The Lehigh Valley's candy man who helped make marshmallow Peeps a household treat dies at 98 – The Morning Call
Lehigh Valley business icon, Just Born candymaker Ira 'Bob' Born, has died.
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Lehigh Valley business icon, Just Born candymaker Ira 'Bob' Born, has died.
Bob Born, father of PEEPS® dies at 98, according to the candy production company, Just Born Quality Confections.
The candy company executive figured out a way to reduce the manufacturing time of the iconic Easter candies from 27 hours to six minutes.
For more than 30 years, Bob Born was president of Just Born Quality Confections — which makes Peeps, Hot Tamales Mike and Ike fruit chews and Goldenberg’s...
Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for mechanizing the process to ...