{{Short description|Type of candy}} {{redirect|Jujubes|the plant and its fruit|jujube}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Jujube | image = Ferrara-Candy-Jujubes.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = American jujubes | alternate_name = Jube, Ju Ju Drop | country = | region = | creator = | course = | type = Confectionery | served = | main_ingredient = | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''Jujube''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|uː|dʒ|uː|b}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|uː|dʒ|uː|b|iː}}; also known as '''jube''', '''jubejube''' or '''juju''') is a gummy type of candy drop.
==History== thumb|right|A box of jujubes A recipe for "pate de jujubes" was published in 1709.{{cn|date=October 2025}} The recipe called for gum arabic, sugar, and the date-like jujube fruit. In 1853, both "ju ju paste" and "ju ju drops" were sold by confectioners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZM4NAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22ju+ju+drops%22&pg=PA481|title=Hoffman's Albany Directory, and City Register, for the Years ...|date=28 August 2018|publisher=L. G. Hoffman|via=Google Books}}</ref> Later, recipes used various flavorings instead of jujube fruits.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/royalenglishand01frangoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/royalenglishand01frangoog/page/n275 240]|quote=jujubes arabic.|title=The Royal English and Foreign Confectioner: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Confectionary in All Its Branches, Comprising Ornamental Confectionary Artistically Developed: Different Methods of Preserving Fruits, Fruit Pulps, and Juices in Bottles, the Preparation of Jams and Jellies, Fruit, and Other Syrups, Summer Beverages, and a Great Variety of National Drinks, with Directions for Making Dessert Cakes, Plain and Fancy Bread, Candies, Bonbons, Comfits, Spirituous Essences, and Cordials: Also, the Art of Ice-making, and the Arrangement and General Economy of Fashionable Desserts|first=Charles Elmé|last=Francatelli|date=28 August 1862|publisher=Chapman and Hall|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
==See also== * Candy Raisins * Chuckles * Gumdrop * Jelly bean * Jujube fruit * Jujyfruits * Midget Gems (also known as Mini Gems) * Mint (candy) * Wine gum * Heide Candy Company
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==External links== * [http://www.jujyfruits.com/ Jujyfruit (Jujubes) Candy website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310214317/http://www.jujyfruits.com/ |date=2019-03-10}} * [http://www.ferrarausa.com Official Ferrara Candy website]
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