The Truth and Myth behind Baby Ruth candy bars

[@shavanerad9038]

My mom, b 1921, made these and she made the little ones. Her innovation was to freeze the candy and shatter it, and then she kneeded the candy into the chilled and rested dough. If you do this, both the pieces are smaller and then the short baking time doesn't slag the cookies as you experienced because the dough sets before the candy fully melts? I don't know if she got the recipe from the wrapper or if it was parallel evolution, heh. But the Baby Ruth was her fave candy bar as a young woman, so maybe she just picked this over chocolate chips.

[@kimlindseyOH]

Your mom = Brilliant!!👏👏👏

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

That's a clever solution.

[@aurhiaseelund]

This is how we made them when I was a kid too, except for kneading the candy in right before chilling instead of after, but still separate from the other ingredients. I have a vague recollection of it being in the Betty Crocker 3-ring binder cookbook back in the day, but with a different candy bar? (or unnamed candy bar? I don't remember now. That doesn't mean your mom didn't also come up with it independently! I just think that's where my grandma got it) We also shaped the dough into a log and wrapped it tightly in saran wrap before putting it in the refrigerator to cool because then you could slice the cookies off and make sure they were all the same size so they cooked evenly, which also reduced issues with the candy bar.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

@@aurhiaseelund The history of cooking is full of things which are similar or the same thing, and which were figured out and developed independently from each other, just because they were a logical conclusion. Food is a science, after all.

[@kitefan1]

@@aurhiaseelund I seem to remember a cookie made with a chocolate coated toffee or hard toffee bar like a heath bar or hard butterscotch where it was frozen and shattered. In the days before blenders, food processors and so on a lot of stuff got bashed with a frying pan, rolling pin or mallet.

[@mikedunn1880]

A softer cookie would be more moist, therefore due to long shipping times, likely to mold or spoil. The crisper cookie might survive the months-long transit times common in WWII.

[@lordlundar]

Also, there was the rationing issue to consider. A couple of the smaller cookies a day would go a lot further than a couple of the bigger ones. I could see the smaller size being done on that facet alone.

[@sarahwatts7152]

I was also thinking smaller cookies would be slightly less likely to break with shipping

[@pineshimmer]

Hard Tack, click click 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MarioMastar]

@@pineshimmer I was genuinely expecting him to find a way to mention hard tack in literally EVERY episode no matter how obtuse. Kind of like Extra History (of the Extra Credits channel) making a point to mention Walpole in every episode for a long while when the guy with the black hair and goatee did the "Lies" sections.

[@mwater_moon2865]

My mom has never made cookies that end up larger than 3 inches across, I really feel like the pictures showed more of a 24-36 cookie batch, still bigger than the mini ones, but nothing like the crumbl size Max picked. But I agree that crisp was likely more desired not just for mold resistance (my grandma used honey, it stays soft but you can still store them in a cool airtight container for 2 months) but for the TEXTURE. We have potato chips and tons of other crispy snack foods stored in airtight, metal laminated plastic bags that they simply wouldn't have had access too, so if you're craving crisp, baked goods were your best bet.

[@berrie-nice-to-meet-you]

This recipe came at the perfect time, now I have a flimsy excuse to go buy a bunch of Baby Ruth candybars. For science, of course. Delicious science

[@pattilemonhouse7911]

🤭

[@ShinHakumen]

Now I'm craving some too.

[@renpixie]

Science needs serious testing

[@Latoyaclarksharkweek]

Right!! I never buy them🎉

[@the3nder1]

"Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down." - Adam Savage

[@BenGazur]

Thank you Max for the kind words you said about my book, A Feast of Folklore! "A must read the next time you are sitting down to a sausage roll", is the best praise I could imagine.

[@TastingHistory]

My pleasure! It was a wonderful read while I was in England back in June. Congratulations on publishing!

[@joshbrown8756]

Child dropping candy bars from airplane: "Gee this is fun. I only wish I could drop something more impactful..."

[@redline1916]

The atomic bomb in question: 😊

[@gunier.j.kintgenanimations]

My, that's a bit _grim..._

[@MeMe-c1w9s]

That was a young Les Nessman° wasn't it? ° WKRP Turkey drop

[@Felix-ve9hs]

little boy dropping candy from a plane 🍬 *20 years later* former little boy dropping "little boy" from a plane 💀

[@Zzyzx--]

Well this took a dark turn! 🍪➡💀

[@r8chlletters]

My grandma, who grew up during the depression, always made her cookies small-sized as a way to stretch out the recipe and give you a sensible taste. Bigger cookies (like huge candy bars) are a modern development. Back then people had more restraint and knew that a cookie had a lot of expensive ingredients reserved for a special treat.

[@hollerinwoman]

Restraint, yes! My grandmother made cookies this small as well. "Only two!" she would say when I asked for more.

[@cathejones3412]

​@@hollerinwomanI WAS LUCKY, MY AUNT ALWAYS MAD CAKE. AS LONG AS I SAID, AUNT KATE, YOU RE THE BEST COOK, SHE D GIVE ME MORE. I just didnt say that in front of my mom....

[@B.McAllister]

The Baby Ruth Cookies are EXACTLY what I thought snickerdoodles were supposed to be when i was a kid. I was so pissed when I got to try my first snickerdoodle and found out they didn't have any chunks of snickers bars in the cookie.. They're good cookies just not what I was expecting. So I made them myself with a chocolate chip cookie dough with snickers chunks along with the chocolate chips. Better than I expected them to be.

[@sallyhamilton7202]

OMG me too! I thought a snickerdoodle had snickers in it. I don't like snickerdoodles, they're a very boring cookie. I've no idea why they're so popular.

[@AdamYJ]

I feel like snickerdoodles existed before snickers candy bars.

[@AnnabelSmyth]

@@sallyhamilton7202 Brit here - please, what are they? I mean, I know a type of biscuit/cookie, but what, exactly?

[@Hrisst]

@@AnnabelSmyth Snickerdoodles are delicious. They're made with sugar, butter, shortening, eggs, flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, sugar, and ground cinnamon.

[@seraphale]

Snickerdoodle cookies are sort of like small, round, soft scones, rolled in cinnamon sugar.

[@kramermariav]

Max, my daughter was saying she doesnt like learning history in school because its all wars...so I got her started on your videos. She loves them! Thank you Max!

[@sallyhamilton7202]

You mentioned that these cookies were the most desired thing the soldiers of WWII wanted from home. Perhaps that's why the smaller size cookie was in the recipe. You said they were crispier, and also the smaller size would make them less likely to crumble apart after a cross-ocean voyage to their intended recipient.

[@kevinanderson2540]

The smaller ones would also have less moisture in them, so I would guess the recipe called for smaller ones to make sure they didn't spoil while in transit overseas.

[@elif6908]

++++

[@patrickwilliams3108]

Also, having more cookies meant that a soldier could share them more widely. I would imagine that anything from 'home', whether your home or not, meant a very great deal to those soldiers.

[@QwertiusMaximus]

“Rich in dextrose.” Olde timey way of saying it’s full of sugar.

[@lmpeters]

Lots of advertisements from the era tout foods as being high in "food energy" (i.e. sugar). Which isn't unreasonable, considering that America had gone from the Great Depression straight to World War II rationing, and it wouldn't be until much later that cheap, high-calorie foods would lead to a rise in obesity.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

"Sugar" is actually a class of organic chemicals that tastes sweet. We have Glucose, Fructose, and Dextrose as the main categories...

[@SB-qm5wg]

I saw that too. Got a laugh

[@TheGuyCalledX]

​@@theotherohlourdespadua1131dextrose is just glucose (d-glucose)

[@HarryDirtay]

​@theotherohlourdespadua1131 we actually put food in our mouths!

[@hoilst265]

Truly, Liberty Pups were the Freedom Fries of their day. And with fewer carbs!

[@TastingHistory]

Exactly!

[@JenIsHungry]

Youll pry my carbs from my cold dead hands 😂

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Unless you put those weiners in a bun....

[@AnnabelSmyth]

Wasn't just in the USA. Our Royal Family changed its name for similar reasons, becoming the House of Windsor! And German Shepherd dogs were known as Alsatians well into my lifetime. Dachshunds were not popular, and were and are often called "sausage dogs". But I believe many were destroyed during the Great War.

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

Never liked that one. Nuts were not remotely interestingly edible to me then.

[@kimberlyterasaki4843]

The whole thing of Baby Ruth touting itself as a health food actually kinda feels like the modern "eat a snickers" ads or even the fact that most "energy bars" are like 70% sugar with maybe a bit of protein.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

I was shocked when I checked the carbohydrate count of Energy bars. They are quite literally cookies disguised as health foods.

[@katelynbrown98]

Lol, a few years back Outside magazine did an article about best foods to eat at a convience store and they included Snickers as one of the better candy bars.

[@katelynbrown98]

​@@kathleenhensley5951not really. I mean carbs are sugar, but if you're doing a lot of exercise, you'll use and burn those carbs off.

[@thesmallerhalf1968]

@@katelynbrown98I think the point is that energy bars are promoted as being ‘health’ foods, whatever that means, but in fact eating your favourite cookie is much the same, but less virtuous.

[@raziyatheseeker]

Exactly what I was thinking -- Baby Ruths being advertised like Snickers are today. To be fair, 1920s pharmacies and soda fountains went together like bread and butter but... yeah, not better for someone either. >.>

[@NoobPTFO]

The slippery slope of dropping candy bars to dropping bombs It happens to the best of us 😔

[@aliasfakename3159]

Sounds like a PSA slogan. "Dropping candy from planes is a gateway to dropping bombs!"

[@SightlySinner]

You wouldn’t download a car--😆

[@jimgore1278]

The airplane Baby Ruth drop was the precursor to the WKRP helicopter Thanksgiving turkey drop.

[@bradnelson3595]

I was thinking that in the back of my mind while watching this, but couldn't quite put two and two together. Thanks for bringing that up. Yes, that was a hilarious episode.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

but at least the baby Ruths had parachutes! 😀

[@melissalambert7615]

As God is my witness.... Watch that every year.

[@SewingBoxDesigns]

"Oh, the humanity!" 😂

[@h.a493]

as god is my witness, i thought baby ruths could fly!

[@ezioauditore4061]

We need to bring dropping candy out of planes back. Imagine having a bad day, and a pack of Reese Cups drops right in front of you on a little parachute. Day saved.

[@ChefSalad]

I'd rather not have my day ruined like that with a Reese's anything. They and Butterfingers are the worst candies ever invented. Bit-o-Honey or Worther's Soft/Chewy Caramels all the way.

[@ronaldfrechette2045]

​@@ChefSaladNo problem. I'll eat you Reese's and Butterfingers 😅

[@ezioauditore4061]

@@ChefSalad PB cups the worst candy ever invented? If you aren't allergic to peanuts, this is blasphemy I say!

[@justrosy5]

Quick! Someone make a Kamala Bar and do this!!!

[@glennjpanting2081]

@@ChefSalad Reese's and Butterfingers are the "worst candies ever," you say? I've been hearing for years that aliens are living among us. I think we found one. 👽

[@284mbp]

1936: you can hike 7 1/5 miles with the energy in a babe ruth candy bar! eat up! 2024: you have to hike 7 1/5 miles to burn the calories from just one babe ruth candy bar. stay away from them.

[@MarioMastar]

Ironic how for once, people were actually way smarter in 1936 advertisements than 2024 ones. It's like saying 1936: Use a duracell battery to keep your radio handy! 2024: Batteries eventually die out, so you MUST use your radio constantly so you don't waste it! Hehe, being healthy always starts with the brain, once that's gone, the body will fall apart shortly after.

[@michaelkeha]

@@MarioMastar It's honestly stupid how people don't seem to get the calories is the energy your food burns and so long as you burn more than you take in you will lose weight and if you keep it mostly even then you should maintain your weight

[@Keenath]

@@michaelkeha It would be nice if it worked like that, but it actually doesn't, and there's huge amounts of research on why not. For one thing, different foods can be absorbed more or less readily by your digestive system, so 600 calories of this food and 600 calories of that food are often not remotely similar in terms of energy intake, and that can vary from person to person or within the same person at different times of year or under different hormonal situations. Complicating that, your body doesn't just operate in a constant, predictable way regardless of input. When it thinks you aren't eating enough, your body says "uhoh, bad food conditions!" and does stuff to try to improve how long you can survive on the new diet. (Remember, your body was designed to get a cave-man through winter, it always thinks you're potentially about to starve.) Your metabolism slows, your intestines reduce the speed of transport through your gut, attempting to conserve energy and get everything it can out of the food you're getting, and many other changes. Most people have a weight their body seems to "like" to be at, and it resists being pushed off that point. If you work hard enough, you can do it, but as soon as you relax, your body will rush to get back to that stable state it wanted to be in. (Similarly, if somebody really is overeating and pulls back, they'll drop the pounds rapidly until they get to the spot their body 'likes' and then it becomes almost impossible to lose more.) The attitude of "Ugh, how stupid are you people, it's just Calories In Calories Out" is very harmful and has contributed to a lot of the negative treatment of fat people, specifically because it reframes a complicated biological system that we aren't fully in control of as simple stupidity and lack of discipline, which is just obviously not the case if you've ever spent any time around an actual fat person who is struggling to try to lose weight.

[@vacafuega]

​@@michaelkeha cause the human body isn't a machine, and it's not straightforward. The principle is what you described, but there are so many variables in practice. Not least the fact that sugar affects insulin production, which affects a huge number of other body processes. And people will have different metabolic adaptations depending on genetics. Some people's bodies will drop their metabolism when food is restricted to avoid losing weight cause it seems to signal a famine they're gonna need to survive. Losing weight depends on your metabolism working normally, if it slows so does weight loss.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

​@@Keenath Yup. This gets drilled into your head in animal science classes sense "feed efficiency" varies between different breeds. For instance, broiler chickens are bred to be highly feed efficient, so if you give them and an laying hen the same diet, the broiler will still put on weight faster, because it was selectively bred to do that. Similarly, ponies and cold blood horse breeds are at much higher risk for obesity and diabetes than other horses because historically many of them came from cold, harsh climates with limited, low-nutrient vegetation, so they're essentially wired to extract every ounce of nutrients from the food they eat. If you're a proper modern horse owner who makes sure their horse actually has food on a daily basis instead of a medieval peasant in Norway or something, this means it can actually be difficult to keep ponies from getting overweight even if you're feeding it servings appropriate for its size - especially if it's more of a pet and isn't doing any sort of rigorous exercise like plowing fields or pulling coal carts...

[@charlesstout480]

Just one small correction to a wonderful presentation about a great candy bar: in 2018, Nestle sold its candy division to Ferrero, who makes such wonderful delights as Nutella and Ferrero Rocher. So, confections such as Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, Crunch, 100 Grand, SweeTarts, Gobstoppers, Nerds, Runts, Spree, Bottle Caps, and many others are now made by Ferrero, or labeled under its domestic division, Ferrara Pan.

[@MichelleB-k8t]

and in my town of Bloomington Il a Ferrero factory just opened... not sure which of these sweet treats will be made at this factory.

[@Sonofholhorse]

It still throws me for a loop whenever I see the Ferrero or Ferrara on the lable; to me that's Rocher and Lemon Heads lol.

[@Sonofholhorse]

@@MichelleB-k8t Right off of 55 haha, I'm used to seeing the big ol' billboard on the Tri-state headed towards 55 (I work in Countryside/Bedford Park a couple times a year).

[@SeranEI]

​@@MichelleB-k8tThe new factory will make Kinder Bueno. The old factory makes a lot of brands from the Nestle acquisition

[@SeranEI]

Ferrero makes the chocolates, the affiliated company Ferrara makes the sugar candies.

[@kaybouie1972]

17:26 "Make'em for Wednesday" 😆

[@ArchArturo]

This recipe feels like Dylon Hollis is gonna pop up outta nowhere, giving us a collab video 😂😂😂

[@ladyrazorsharp]

We can only hope! The former Prince Charming and Bermuda's most adorable export need to get together and make food history magic!!

[@Shorkshire]

Holy crap, fruit stripe! I remember being a kid in the 90s and my parents would let me get a pack at the checkout of Toys R Us and by the time I got to the car the flavor would be gone!

[@tksharkbait]

The specifics of the Toys R Us checkout line... same, exactly the same!

[@retrovelcro]

Thanks for this memory. Toy R Us was the best.

[@priscillajimenez27]

And their cheap tattoos 😂

[@LJBSullivan]

Yes, why didn't the flavor last. Was great and blah at the same time.

[@stephenjackson4968]

This isn't related to the video, but I want to say that your channel has been my favourite KZbin discovery of the year. Your presentation, insights and humour have given me hours of entertainment, so far, and plenty of inspiration for meals to cook for my good lady.

[@TastingHistory]

Appreciate that! Got 4.5 years of weekly episodes to catch up on.

[@stephenjackson4968]

@@TastingHistory Yep. I love history and food, so I have no doubt that I'll get through most of it. I'm going to get a copy of the cook book, too. One last thing. It's always fun to see which Pokémon is making a ln appearance in the background.

[@kitefan1]

@@stephenjackson4968 Make sure you watch the garum ones.

[@youmukonpaku3168]

@@stephenjackson4968 the cookbook is pretty good! I've actually made a few dishes from it, mostly the desserts, since I got it for Christmas last year.

[@stephenjackson4968]

@@youmukonpaku3168 My good lady secretly ordered a copy for me. I'm going to try my hand at making some of them. The book is gorgeous, too. It's presented, beautifully.

[@giuliaciulia89]

I was absolutely waiting for the Goonies quote and Max could not disappoint ❤️ I’m Italian but the Goonies was often on tv when I was a kid (we even recorded it on tape) and I know every line by heart XD I happened to marry an American woman and when we were still dating and living two continents apart she sent me a box of Baby Ruth and I literally squealed when I saw them! Carefully opened one and framed the wrap under my poster with Goonies quotes from the movie 🤣❤️

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

Goonies never say die!

[@lavishgoblin]

awww that's so sweet!

[@dlxmarks]

Slightly older 80s kids associate Baby Ruth with _Caddyshack._ 😆

[@325im20]

As a German, i consider the smaller cookie as a normal sized cookie. Since Otto Schnering seemed to be of german origin (if one can go by the name) and might have been used to smaller cookies, maybe that is the reason he went with a cookie size considered small in the US.

[@olgagnatyuk2441]

OMG I didn't know that Butterfinger and Baby Ruth were created by the same company! Both of them are my most favorite candy bars!

[@SafetyBriefer]

'A 12 year old boy was hired to drop the candy parachutes onto children. He later dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan.' Damn, history.

[@snorpenbass4196]

I've made similar cookies with mint Daim bars (butterscotch brittle in chocolate), they were a huge success, especially with the professional chef I worked for at the time. And as another poster mentioned, freezing the candy and then shattering them and working them into the dough just before putting it in the oven works much better for the actual baking process.

[@susanholler2128]

I wish you would do an episode about the kitchen before modern appliances and tools. In particular I would love to know how kitchens ran before plastic. How did they store food, what were kitchen items made of, etc. just an idea. Love your channel!

[@nicm9600]

Max Miller is like the terminator, he can’t stop making bangers man

[@kyleemery2798]

As a fellow child of the 80's I always associated Baby Ruth's with Caddyshack! Awesome historical connection to Tibbets! I truly enjoy studying WWII and that is certainly something that I never knew.

[@kfnfjcjf]

Okay, Max - you've opened the door to a world of foods made from other foods, especially sweets and treats. An example from my childhood would include Coke cake(made with Coca-Cola, not the other stuff). My grandmother made it from scratch and we never found the recipe. I would love to find it, and make it again. I'm not talking about just dumping a can of soda in with a cake mix, but starting with eggs, flour, butter, etc. She also put Coke in the frosting. Best cake ever - it even included caffeine!

[@johnopalko5223]

My mom used to make Coca-Cola cake. It was interesting but never one of our favorites. If it sat for a couple of days it became hard as a rock. I think she also made a 7-Up cake but it was just weird.

[@kfnfjcjf]

@@johnopalko5223 When we had leftover Coke cake, it would become dried out after a few days. So we ate it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in a glass of Coke. My brother and I would get wired, lol.

[@LucarioredLR]

I forgot the name of it but here in Brazil it's not uncommon for grandmas to moisten cakes with guaraná -- a national soft drink The result is, obviously, a much sweeter and moister cake, yet it tastes so nice

[@johnopalko5223]

@@kfnfjcjf Sounds good!

[@kr555wizard]

my grandma loved using cola in cake, she always added it fresh from the bottle to act as sugar and make it a tiny bit fluffier, she also liked using it in cooking as a marinade. I'd totally be down to see him cook with cola

[@Kyun69]

The witch Pikachu is so cute 😭

[@fsutaria]

I know. Also those ceramic pumpkins / jack-o'-lanterns! 😍

[@Jeff121456]

The smaller cookies are the size of cookie I remember from my childhood. My mother was brought up during the depression, so that might have influenced cookie size. I don't remember large cookies being a thing until the 1980s, with the introduction of Famous Amos and Mother's commercially.

[@peggyleadingham4528]

Stuff is bigger now. So are the people eating them. Muffins are another good example of "bigger now."

[@resourcedragon]

@@peggyleadingham4528: But, for the record, the Baby Ruth bar itself is smaller.

[@glenith50]

0:15 Giggity

[@CptHiker]

Ooooooriiight

[@jasonminnis3850]

lol

[@aquatadevore9335]

Who else but Quagmire? 🤷‍♀️

[@LostinMayberry]

I was sooo confused. But I’m ok now…giggity

[@DrummerGrrrl]

There IS an actual thing called a quagmire. And it has nothing to do with that vile "Family Guy" cartoon.

[@sarah.j_ca]

The Baby Ruth for your health promotion reminds me of the cigarette ads around the same time, touting its a relaxing treat to yourself.

[@Chocobo0Scribe]

Whenever I see baby Ruth’s I always think of the pool scene from Cadyshack😂

[@pineshimmer]

lol, thank you!

[@KM-nw7be]

Yes!!! 🤪

[@KM-nw7be]

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[@belialbathory2299]

Yes! Exactly. Came looking for this comment.

[@charlieharper886]

"It's no big deal!"

[@michelleclapham1833]

Hi Max, I'm a longtime fan of your channel. Whenever I hear "hardtack" or "garum" I just have to smile & think of you. I'm a history major as well as a foodie so I really appreciate the extensive research you do for each video. The intro music is very appropriate as well. I was thrilled to hear mention of my community, the South Bay, & our beloved newspaper, "The Daily Breeze"! Oh what joy those kids must have felt in 1929, to look skyward and see candy & gum raining down upon them! Thanks for your outstanding research, please keep up the good work! Michelle Clapham, Gardena, CA PS-I really enjoy your cookbook as well!

[@danielgertler5976]

The chocolate bar has been out for like 100 years, surely it's an adult ruth now.

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

"Senior Ruth" does not have the same ring to it...

[@terminallumbago6465]

@@carloshenriquezimmer7543Ancient Ruth

[@Brasc]

I swear, watching the inventive ways Max segues into the sponsor ad is right up there with the recipe and the history.

[@abluecardigan]

Baby Ruths are my all time favorite candy bar! What a time to be alive.

[@rickdickerson4502]

I'd never heard of them, and Max doesn't really describe them either. Looks like a sort of snickers with a fudge middle maybe, rather than nougat?

[@Eclyptical]

9:03 I joking leaned over and told my girlfriend that he probably ended up dropping the atom bomb in WWII and then we both lost it when that ended up being exactly what happened. Crazy fact!

[@Firegen1]

Maybe Baby Which Ruth is the Truth? Melted down the controversy To the core crumbs of Max's youth A taste of home From those battling a war Conversion rates of chocolate Since the world economy has rolled on The secret is wider Than the wings of destiny A 12 year old child Drops off little parachutes Of delicious candy treats Which led him to fly to higher seats The record goes missing For what the name truly means In the end it not a shocker Just a fave of Halloween

[@EmMiller-wu3dy]

Bravo🎉

[@Firegen1]

​@@EmMiller-wu3dyThank you

[@FelisImpurrator]

That kid wasn't the only one dropping bars, evidently.

[@Firegen1]

​@@FelisImpurratorHAHAHA apparently you too! What a line 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🫶🏾

[@twisted_introvert]

Back when I was on the forensics team (aka speech team) in high school, I competed in a category in which you created a presentation based on an event/person/phenomenon from a time period designated for each school year. One year, the set time frame was the 1920s. Everybody & their grandma's cat did their speeches on flappers, but that was far too mundane for me, so I did mine on foods invented during the era - including Baby Ruth! I don't remember what else I talked about besides Wonder Bread, but it did make me stand out that year, and here I am a couple decades later, still enjoying food history courtesy of the inimitable Mr. Max. 😁

[@HRHTwisteenaTonga]

0:07 My lord, that picture of the Cleveland family is CHILLING.

[@petergray2712]

Grover Cleveland: a forthright politician in public, and an utter creep in his private life.

[@perhapsyes2493]

> "Behold, your daughter!" < "I am unimpressed by this creation."

[@resourcedragon]

Even more chilling is the fact that she died so young. So young but old enough to be aware of what was happening.

[@priscillajimenez27]

?

[@LouisWritingSomethingCrazy]

I was waiting for the Sloth connection. "Hey you guys!"

[@goingindieEN]

14:34 I can’t believe you were thinking the same thing as I was 😂 Fruitstripes last like 3 seconds

[@shirleyannconfer9651]

This could be a good way to use up the fun size candy bars that most people give out for Halloween, especially the tiny mini ones. I would probably end up making three dozen out of the recipe. We’re spoiled nowadays on the huge, chewy cookies. I once used a refrigerated dough to make cookies, and I could cut the slices into quarters and still have an acceptable tray for a potluck! I also remember my grandmother using a regular table spoon to scoop out cookie dough, and sizes vary wildly. She used a soup spoon for bigger cookies, and they were sometimes used as serving spoons for family gatherings.

[@misselizabeth269]

Grandma always used a particular spoon for a particular recipe... because all the spoons in the drawer were different!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

To catch a break from being spooked by Spooktober, Max Miller has laid out some lovely cookies.

[@joshh8245]

Baby Ruth cookies sounds intriguing. Didn't even know that was a thing or that WW2 soldiers enjoyed getting those while overseas. Great video!

[@priscillajimenez27]

15:50 my crazy 90s childhood self thought it was called Babe Ruth bars for years (i didn't eat them a lot) and thought baby ruth were the fun size ones 😅

[@Star-u3t1l]

PLEASE HAVE A PARTY WHEN YOU HIT 3 MILLION SUBS, ALMOST THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💝

[@EmMiller-wu3dy]

Yay it’s Max Tuesday!

[@danielflynn8530]

0:50 the lady on the right was smiling because she poisoned that cookie. I live in the town where Babe Ruth hit his first pro home run which was in Muzzy Field in Bristol Connecticut.

[@Robgra]

I grew up with these cookies. My daughter loves them! In the 70s we figured out how much we needed. I still have that calculation on an index card. Thank you for all of your videos

[@Flytrap]

I would not argue that a candy bar with every meal would, at least, generate some fulfillment and happiness.

[@robviousobviously5757]

opposite of Fruit Stripe.... made me giggle 😂

[@JRR0013]

Me too! Fruit Stripe gum flavor lasted about....10 seconds?

[@ModernClassic]

Growing up in the 80's myself, I remember eating the candy bar before learning about Babe Ruth, but once I did get into baseball I remember asking my mom if the candy bar was named after the player. And she pulled an "actually..." on me about that Ruth Cleveland story. I never fully believed it and I believe it even less now. It always struck me as a way for the company to avoid paying royalties while still benefitting from the marketing, even before I knew anything about the court case.

[@dlxmarks]

Yeah, after I heard the details of the story years ago, I was convinced that Schnering had the Ruth Cleveland excuse on standby but the name change was driven by Babe Ruth's fame.

[@garycubby2572]

We salute your dedication and sacrifice in forcing yourself to make two, TWO, batches of cookies. My hat is off to your suffering sir!

[@TastingHistory]

Willing to take one for the team.

[@Cornflakes234]

8:17 Imagine being outside minding your own business and out of nowhere you get pelted by falling candy bars.

[@brianritchie8920]

Trick AND Treat

[@rogerk6180]

You should be lucky you wheren't in japan when he was throwing stuff out of a plane.

[@Cornflakes234]

@@rogerk6180 😂 😂

[@meganh4011]

As soon as you said Chicago, I knew there would be some corruption😂

[@TastingHistory]

😂

[@christinegraham2579]

And in this election year in Chicago they said in from the eras of Al Capone - famous gangster; Richard J. Daley - Chicago mayor from1955 to 1976; and William Hale Thompson- Chicago mayor from 1915 - 1923 & 1931 - 1935. Mayor Thompson was thought to have started saying it. Capone & Daley merely repeated it.

[@jadakowers590]

I bought bags of “baby sized” Baby Ruth Candy Bars for Halloween Treats. If there are enough left over, I’m going to use them to bake cookies! Thanks for another wonderful episode!

[@robinsanders5541]

Yaaaay! Max Millers back! It’s Tuesday and Tuesday has sucked once again and Max is back to cheer me up!

[@robertacrownover9314]

Love the accessibility of your channel. We who speak American TV English as our primary have so little understanding of the struggles those with not English/Romantic languages deal with. I didn't know until recently that ASL has a different grammar/syntax. Not to mention... Thank you Max and oh damn he's so cute and I can't remember his name partner. You're doing good.

[@panqueque445]

I'm gonna invent a "the rock" candy bar and say I named it after my favorite rock in my backyard.

[@chewxieyang4677]

Cool. What's the flavor you have in mind?

[@celticdr]

As long as it has pop rocks in it, I approve.

[@BadQualityStudios]

recently discovered your channel, been binging on your videos and this one is straight from the oven cheers mango müller 👍

[@micahphilson]

Me: "Paul Tibbets... I've seen that name. It's an obscure one, but I know I should know it..." _flew the Enola Gay_ "Ah, yeah, that would be why."

[@Swishy_Blue]

I love old candy advertisements that make sugar sound healthy. Dextrose for energy! Feed it to the kids!

[@songofshadow5043]

0:43 I love seeing how advertising changes over time. "Rich in Dextrose" is not a slogan you'd see nowadays. ...Every time I decide to comment before finishing the video, it ends up being something mentioned later in the video. Ah, well, my comment still stands. "You have to walk nearly 8 miles to burn off these calories" is also something that I don't see advertised a lot. Wait, that's actually not true. If you called it an energy bar, instead of a candy bar, you could probably get away with it. And, although I think people nowadays are generally aware that dextrose and sucrose are practically identical, there are plenty of things that say "contains real fruit" and mean "this is totally healthy! Ignore the rest of the ingredients!" So I guess advertising really hasn't changed. That's interesting, too!

[@russh6414]

I think the smaller size was a hit with the troops at the time because you can ship them and share then pretty easily. The Ideal size of this cookie would be something in between the small and large cookies you made in this episode

[@NoPantsBaby]

They don't actually contain any baby?

[@TastingHistory]

😂

[@ZhovtoBlakytniy]

They are also Ruthless 😂

[@GoodPooper8669]

@@ZhovtoBlakytniy dang it. 😂

[@belagrolaub8746]

Baby Ruth makes me think of the del Toro Hellboy movie (Prof Trevor Bruttonholm uses one to befriend baby HB). I should also say that I'm German and had never seen one of these bars before, so I associate them entirely with this film lol

[@petergray2712]

8:42 There is no place called "South Bay" anymore. This is now the cities of Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance to the south of Los Angeles. It is most noteworthy now for containing the most hated part of the I-405 freeway.

[@rachicolate]

I grew up in Torrance, and we still refer to the surrounding areas as “the South Bay.” The Daily Breeze newspaper he quoted is even still around! (Also, every part of the 405 is hated. It’s the 405)

[@sarapullman6336]

my mom made cookies like this with crushed malted milk balls - soooooo good!

[@rebeccaclark8798]

I can't wait to make these for my boyfriend. These are his favorite candy. Thanks for a great video!

[@jenniferpatin8138]

This one is by far my favorite. For one I work with candy and for another this one has some seriously fascinating history. I love the pumpkins on the countertop,by the way. I want them for my kitchen ❤

[@Dekkia_]

I love stuff like the "fun"-fact at 9:10. If there was a channel that made videos about historical connections, I'd subscribe instantly.

[@SewardWriter]

That bit about the Enola Gay hit hard. I grew up next door to the navigator of one of the escort planes alongside Bockscar. He came back home in more psychological pieces than he left, and lived with that duty on his conscience. Sweet old guy. He always liked to see us kids on Halloween.

[@ThreadbareInc]

The smaller cookies probably packed better for overseas deliveries. And you can just chop the candy bars into even smaller pieces.

[@barrymccall2482]

My two favorite candy bars growing up in Chicago were Baby Ruth and Butterfingers. Both were made by the Curtiss candy company, that was based in Chicago. Also you could substitute Curtiss's other candy bar Butterfingers, using the same recipe. Btw...Outside of Hersey PA. Chicago was the next largest center for candy production. Because it was the home of the M&M\Mars company, Brach Candies, and the Ferrara Pan Candy factory.

[@peabody1976]

I'd rather drop Baby Ruth bars from biplanes than turkeys from a helicopter, for sure. 🙂 And now I want coffee and a sweet. The cookies look amazing, Max!

[@ThePhaeriephox]

“As God is my witness…I thought turkeys could fly!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thenovicenovelist]

​@@ThePhaeriephox Thank you for quoting it. I was going to if no one else did.

[@jessdrewthis]

That's _exactly_ what popped into my head too

[@susanscott8653]

Oh! The humanity!🦃

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

5:00 yeah, I live in a city in Canada that was called Berlin pre-1916, so the lack of German love was echoed up here too. I don’t know if we had a bill that caused the change like that article shows and we’re definitely not called Liberty or Victory, we were renamed after a British Army Officer, Kitchener (yes the guy in the weird Kingsman prequel movie😅) Despite that we’ve managed to maintain having the largest Oktoberfest outside of Germany so we’ve gone back to embracing the German roots.

[@cheechdubinsky6709]

K/W. Schneiders.

[@El-Hugger]

Do You mean the man of the British recruitment of “we need you”?

[@Somebody.Alive-pj6xp]

I just got braces recently, and I'm dying to try this. Thanks for posting. Hope you're doing alright, Max!

[@Duskets]

“Mr. Schnering, for the last and final time, could you please confirm if this candy bar is named after the late daughter of Grover Cleveland or the world famous baseball player currently alive and popular today?” “Umm whichever one doesn’t get me sued, your honor.”

[@froddobaggins]

You always upload right around my lunch time. Thank you!

[@reepicheepsfriend]

Love this channel's style. Never change.

[@Star-u3t1l]

omgoodness, perfect recipe to celebrate Halloween....well done! The kids will go crazy for them!!!!!!!

[@kaynithdarkwater6194]

I think my favorite part of the videos of this era of history is listing to him read stuff in the old time news real voice. I keep expecting him to start taking about how our boys on the front lines are pushing the Jerries back to Germany.

[@Tiffany-m4b]

They did Babe Ruth dirty. Obviously this was named after the baseball player and not Ruth Cleveland lol Those cookies look delicious

[@irishrebel1976]

Max, one of my favorite parts of your videos is how you continually come up with amazing transitions to the video sponsors. Nailed it again!

[@kenwarren9450]

Wasn't "Otto Schnering" that dude from the Bette Midler song? Oh wait no that was Otto Titschling.

[@TastingHistory]

😂 I love that song.

[@justmee2477]

One of my very favorite candy bars. Thanks for the history Max. I wonder if they bake differently now than they did then because sometime in the 70s or 80s, they changed the formula a bit to make them softer and less chewy. This was a change that I’ve never seen as an improvement.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Halloween Pikachu spotted!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@EbonRaven]

I love adding candy to cookies! It's always fun to experiment! I just recently made gochujang sugar cookies and on a whim added thumbnail sized chunks of milk chocolate fudge to the middle of half of them. I then rolled the cookies in a mix of white sugar and gochugaru (Korean chili powder) like a snickerdoodle. It's very interesting, but the fudge actually emphasizes the spice. But the cookies are SO good. I need to make another batch soon so I can freeze the dough. But first I want to see if I have the ingredients to make Hamilton Pudding. :)

[@LetsTakeWalk]

5:18 Dodged a bullet there with Curtis not spelled with a K.

[@barryeldridge4771]

The ‘Sloth from The Goonies’ joke just slayed me 🤣

[@boesvig2258]

It’s pretty funny to me that you think the old recipe cookies are small. Here in Denmark, that would be a standard size cookie 😊

[@aerynmusick4548]

My mom makes Milky Way cake occasionally. It is SO DELICIOUS but it hits the table like a brick and sends you to sleep quickly haha

[@TastingHistory]

Lol! SUGAR!

[@GoodPooper8669]

5:10 poor little dachshunds had it ruff. They are cute little doggos though.

[@Bfolh]

My mother makes almost the same larger cookies but with Snickers bars instead, and they are incredible. She also adds an extra drizzle of chocolate at the end.

[@josephhargrove4319]

The Kandy Kake and the GooGoo Cluster look like variants of each other. The GooGoo Cluster is still made. richard --

[@YouToob-g7h]

Love that you went into character for the gum, "that peppermint flava" paraphrasing but yeah, loved it