Invention Of Foods In The Year 1847

First candy-making machine in the U.S. created by Oliver Chase; precursor to Necco Wafers.

The Carolina Housewife cookbook published; includes early peanut brittle recipe.

The first chocolate bar is made by J.S. Fry and Sons.

Tin cans are used for the first time to store food, invented by Englishman Peter Durand.