Where did Baby Ruth get its name?
It’s the day after Halloween, and every office in America has a bowl of leftover candy within arm’s reach of most employees. In between stories about kids’ costumes and how many trick-or-treaters came to the door, throw out this bit of trivia about Baby Ruth, the octogenarian candy bar which may or may not have gotten its name from the baseball player, Babe Ruth. Directly from the candy bar’s website itself:
“Introduced in the early 1920s by Curtiss Candy Company, Baby Ruth was said to be named after President Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth. At the time, the child was endearingly referred to as “Baby Ruth”. The trademark was patterned after the engraved lettering used on a medallion struck for the 1893 Chicago World’s Colombian Exposition. The image pictured the President, his wife, and young daughter Baby Ruth.”1
Other sites still suggest a connection to Babe Ruth, and with the original Curtiss Candy Company being sold a few times (currently owned by Nestle), the official reason for the name may never be known. The likely real answer is probably a combination of the two theories.
Baby Ruth’s are not my favorite candy bar and I get absolutely no joy from Almond Joy bars, but if you have any Reese’s Peanut Cups lying around, I can e-mail you my home address.
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