Candy bar

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A Planters Peanut Bar. Some candy bars do not contain any chocolate. Planters-Peanut-Bar.jpg
A Planters Peanut Bar. Some candy bars do not contain any chocolate.

A candy bar is a type of candy that is in the shape of a bar. The most common type of candy bar is the chocolate bar,[ citation needed ] including both bars made of solid chocolate and combination candy bars, which are candy bars that combine chocolate with other ingredients, such as nuts, caramel, nougat, or wafers.

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Many varieties of candy bars exist, [1] [2] and many are mass-produced. [3] [4] Between World War I and the middle of the 20th century, approximately 40,000 brands of candy bars were introduced. [1] [5]

Chocolate bars

Goo Goo Clusters, the first combination chocolate candy bar. Goo-Goo-Cluster-Split.jpg
Goo Goo Clusters, the first combination chocolate candy bar.
A Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel bar in its foil wrapper Cadbury-Dairy-Milk-Caramel-Bar.jpg
A Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel bar in its foil wrapper

A chocolate bar is a bar-shaped piece of chocolate, which may also contain layerings or mixtures of other ingredients. A wide variety of chocolate bar brands are sold. A popular example is a Snickers bar, which consists of nougat mixed with caramel and peanuts.

The first chocolate tablets were produced in the early 19th century. [7] [8] In 1830, Kohler started producing hazelnut chocolate. [9] In 1866, Fry's Chocolate Cream became the first mass-produced combination chocolate bar. [10] The Goo Goo Cluster was the first mass-produced combination bar in the United States, including marshmallow, nougat, caramel, and roasted peanuts. [6] In some varieties of English and food labeling standards, the term chocolate bar is reserved for bars of solid chocolate, with candy bar used for products with additional ingredients.

Non-chocolate bars

A caramel-flavored Caramac candy bar Caramac bar (cropped).jpg
A caramel-flavored Caramac candy bar
Almond- and honey-flavored Bit-O-Honey-Bar Bit-O-Honey-Bar.jpg
Almond- and honey-flavored Bit-O-Honey-Bar
The PayDay candy bar has peanuts and caramel. Candy-PayDay-Broken.jpg
The PayDay candy bar has peanuts and caramel.
The Big Hunk Bar is a flat bar of nougat with peanuts. Big-Hunk-Bar.jpg
The Big Hunk Bar is a flat bar of nougat with peanuts.

Candy bars containing no chocolate include:

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References

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  2. ↑ Insel, Paul; Ross, Don; McMahon, Kimberley; Bernstein, Melissa (2010-04-07). Paul Insel, Don Ross, Kimberley McMahon, Melissa Bernstein. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. ISBN   978-0-7637-9376-0.
  3. ↑ Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Kiplinger Washington Editors. December 1947. p. 20.
  4. ↑ Aaseng, Nathan (2005-05-31). Business Builders In Sweets and Treats. The Oliver Press. p. 28. ISBN   978-1-881508-84-7.
  5. ↑ Insel, Paul; Ross, Don; McMahon, Kimberley; Bernstein, Melissa (2010-04-07). Nutrition. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. ISBN   9780763793760.
  6. 1 2 Kawash, Samira (2013). Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure. Faber and Faber. pp. 152–153, 156–157, 163. ISBN   9780374711108.
  7. ↑ Barel, Michel (2021). Du cacao au chocolat: L'épopée d'une gourmandise. Éditions Quæ. p. 102. ISBN   9782759233793. Le premier est François-Louis Cailler, l'inventeur de la tablette de chocolat telle que nous la connaissons aujourd'hui.[The first is François-Louis Cailler, the inventor of the chocolate tablet as we know it today.]
  8. ↑ Petit, Élisabeth (29 December 2014). "Menier, une dynastie pour le chocolat". Ouest-France . Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022. Les premières formes de tablettes, enveloppées de papier blanc, voient le jour. En 1836, Menier lance une tablette à six divisions semi-cylindriques. Le succès est au rendez-vous.[The first chocolate tablets, wrapped in white paper, are created. In 1836, Menier launched a tablet with six semi-cylindrical divisions. Success is on the way.]
  9. ↑ Hermé, Pierre (2019). Le Larousse du chocolat. Editions Larousse. p. 44. ISBN   9782035981820. Les noisettes furent les premiers fruits à être ajoutés dans le chocolat solide, une innovation suisse due à Kohler en 1830.[Hazelnuts were the first fruits to be added to solid chocolate, a Swiss innovation due to Kohler in 1830.]
  10. ↑ Mintz, Sidney (2015). The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. Oxford University Press. p. 157.

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