Patent ID: 8048470

Claim:
A method of producing a confectionary product comprising a) providing a chewy material having a water activity, and a water content of between about 6% and 8%, wherein the chewy material comprises sweetener, indigestible dextrin and fat, and does not comprise a chewing gum base; b) providing a candy material having a water activity and comprising sweetener, wherein the candy material is at least primarily amorphous and the water activity of the chewy material is greater than the water activity of the candy material; c) disposing the chewy material and the candy material adjacent to each other such that the amorphous candy material surrounds the chewy material; d) creating nucleating sites in the candy material; e) coating the combined candy material and chewy material with a coating; and f) migrating water from the chewy material to the candy material in an amount sufficient such that at least a portion of the amorphous candy material crystallizes.