Patent ID: 8029849

Claim:
A multi-piece confectionary food product, comprising: a center confectionary strand of edible material having a length lying along a first axis; a first outer confectionary strand of edible material wrapped about said center strand along said length thereof to define a first plurality of convolutions wrapped about said center strand; a second outer confectionary strand of edible material wrapped about said center strand along said length thereof to define a second plurality of convolutions wrapped about said center strand wherein said second plurality of convolutions are interpositioned about said center strand relative to said first plurality of convolutions; and said edible material of each of said strands being formed from a cooked mixture of 20 to 70% sweetener, 15 to 40% starchy material, and 1 to 25% fruit by weight based on the total dry weight of said mixture and wherein said fruit includes at least 40% solids content.