114 S 2nd - Douglas Candy Company
Organized in 1885 as C. W. Douglas & Son at 114 South 2nd Street. In 1896, the company absorbed the business of William Kneer & Son. William Kneer & Son was the oldest confectioners on the Missouri River. In 1905, the business was incorporated as the Douglas Candy Company. Douglas Candy was located on the east side of South 2nd, just south of Edmond. They specialized in hand dipped chocolate candy. Home of the Cherry Rounder, a large mound of cherry flavored candy covered with chocolate and crushed nuts with a whole maraschino cherry in the middle of a cherry flavored center. It was wrapped in transparent red paper. In the 1960's, the Rounder cost 10 cents and was larger than Chase's Cherry Mash.
