▁sugar , ▁is ▁then ▁spread ▁over ▁the ▁c andy ▁mass . ▁The ▁paste ▁is ▁wrapped ▁into ▁a ▁ ▁roll , ▁which ▁is ▁drawn ▁out ▁by ▁a ▁machine ▁to ▁a ▁length ▁of ▁about ▁, ▁and ▁separated ▁into ▁the ▁individual ▁M ä ss m og ge . ▁The ▁whole ▁process ▁must ▁take ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 5 ▁minutes , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁c andy ▁mass ▁warm ▁and ▁m alle able . ▁ ▁History ▁C andy ▁can es ▁were ▁first ▁introduced ▁by ▁French ▁con fection ers ▁at ▁Bas el ▁fair s ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 0 s , ▁and ▁sold ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁thick ▁c andy ▁l umps ▁since ▁about ▁ 1 8 7 9 . ▁The ▁con fection er ▁Leon z ▁Gold inger ▁invent ed ▁the ▁current ▁M ä ss m og ge , ▁with ▁a ▁ha z eln ut ▁filling , ▁at ▁around ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁the ▁cand ies ▁were ▁produced ▁directly ▁at ▁the ▁fair ▁and ▁sold ▁while ▁still ▁warm . ▁ ▁Up ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁several ▁con fection ers ▁produced ▁M ä ss m og ge ▁for ▁the ▁Bas el ▁fair s . ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁exp ense ▁of ▁producing ▁the ▁c andy , ▁the ▁ ▁number ▁of ▁manufact ur ers ▁has ▁since ▁dw ind led ▁to ▁one , ▁S weet ▁Bas el ▁AG . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁C ul inary ▁Heritage ▁of ▁Switzerland ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁S weet ▁Bas