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Junior Mints are a Candy currently produced by Tootsie Roll Industries . They are small rounds of mint cream filling in dark chocolate coating, sold packaged in a single-serving box. Junior Mints were created in the mid- 1940s by the Cambridge, Massachusetts -based James O. Welch Co. , manufacturers of popular American Candies and Candy Bar s like Sugar Babies and Welch's Fudge . The name supposedly comes from the Sally Benson stories in '' The New Yorker '' that were collected into a book '' Junior Miss '', made into a theatrical play, and then a radio show starring Shirley Temple . Today Junior Mints are still manufactured in Cambridge. Junior Mints are sold in many venues, but are particularly popular in movie theatres. One of the most popular ways they are prepared and consumed is Frozen . The entire box is put whole into the freezer for at least three hours before consumption. This makes the mint flavor in the candies much stronger and refreshing. JUNIOR MINTS IN POPULAR CULTURE Junior Mints were featured prominently in an episode of '' Seinfeld '' (''The Junior Mint''). Kramer – while observing the surgery of Elaine's boyfriend Roy – accidentally drops a Junior Mint into the Retracted chest cavity in a struggle with Jerry . After Roy's condition deteriorates, Jerry calls the hospital intending to confess the whole situation only to discover that Roy's condition has improved. The doctor attributes the miraculous recovery to "something beyond science – something, perhaps, from above." Several other candies were stategically placed within the plot of the show – either as paid Product Placement or otherwise. REFERENCES
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