[3][4] In 1871, immigrant brothers Claus, John and Heinrich Doescher left their uncle's confectionery in Cincinnati, Ohio to start their own firm there, on Fifth Street between Broadway and Sycamore, forming the Doscher Brothers candy company.

Cooking small batches of molten sugar in copper kettles, and hand-working to roll, knead, stripe, and hook the canes.

The Doscher Brothers sold this popcorn to the Cincinnati Redlegs, which made them one of the first concessioners for American baseball.

Before being made into the more commercial or traditional bar form, French Chew was sold in large pieces that were broken up in candy stores and sold by the pound, which led to the French Chew's advertising slogan, "Freeze It, Crack It, Smack It.

[8] In February 2019, Doscher's acquired Béquet Confections, a gourmet caramel maker from Bozeman, MT.