Candy, Candy, Candy. Little Pea hated all of it.” Candy was what Little Pea ate to “grow up big and strong” and to earn a chance at his favorite dessert: “Mmmm!

As he watched the Museum of the Rockies bus trundle down Main Street on Saturday, Jack Tkach recalled one of his first Sweet Pea Festival experiences.

Israel-based confectioner Carmit Candy Industries has launched a pea-protein fortified gluten free wafer snack bar. The new product is designed for “the consumer who wants to curb hunger, add a ...