Pyramint

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The Pyramint was a brand of Terry's chocolate popular in the 1980s. Created in 1988, it was designed to resemble an Egyptian pyramid made of dark chocolate with a mint-flavoured fondant inside. It was changed to a bar format with pyramid segments in 1991. [1] The Pyramint continued to be marketed under the Terry's label after the brand was sold to Philip Morris-Suchard in 1992. [2]

The Pyramint was discontinued in the 1990s due to falling demand. [3]

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References

  1. Berry, Steve; Norman, Phil (2014). A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers. London: The Friday Project. p. 22. ISBN   9780007575480.
  2. Renata Januszewska (June 1996). "CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY IN A NEW EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE" (PDF). p. 65. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. Anna Lewis (2 September 2020). "Forget Terry's Chocolate Orange – There Used To Be A Terry's Pyramint". Delish . Retrieved 2 June 2021.