The College has existed since 1562. The Royal Privilege, issued by the Captain-General of Catalonia on the 5th of November 1562, approved the ordinances dictated for the College by the Council of the Hundred (Consell de Cent) in the city of Barcelona.

The College survived until 1877 according to its deliberations and accords. A "Junta Liquidadora" of the College of Grocers and Confectioners (Colegio de Drogueros y Confiteros) existed from October 1879 to September 1880.

At the front of the College there were two consuls - old and young - that changed each year, a "clavario"*, a "credenciero"**, a "síndico" (liquidator), "examinadores" (examiners), "oidores de cuentas" (bill's judge) and "andadores"***. The College delegated determined deliberations to a "Junta Particular" and, specific commissions for the tracking of concrete issues since 1739. It also counted on officials in charge of the "custodia del Misteri" or pace dedicated to the Dolores Virgin, with which it assisted to the Good Friday's procession of the Confraternity of Our Lady of the Solitude (Cofradía de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad) founded in the convent of La Mercè in Barcelona.

*Knight belonging to a military order in charge of the protection of a castle or a convent.

**Servant in charge of the "credencia". He ask for permission for speaking or representing something before the Lord started to drink.

***Inferior ministry of Justice in the past.

The documentary material of the College entered the Archive of the Crown of Aragon between 1881 and 1884. It was delivered by the “Comisión Liquidadora del Gremio de Confiteros” with the authorization of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Ministerio del Fomento) in accordance with the Royal Order issued on the 3rd of January 1881.