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| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |||||
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| Energy | 2,172 kJ (519 kcal) | ||||
61.3 g | |||||
| Sugars | 50.2 g | ||||
| Dietary fiber | 1.4 g | ||||
28.4 g | |||||
| Saturated | 18.2 g | ||||
3.8 g | |||||
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| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults. [1] | |||||
The Toffee Crisp is a British candy bar and former chocolate bar created in 1963. Currently manufactured in Poland, the brand has been advertised using the slogan "somebody somewhere is having a Toffee Crisp" and has spawned multiple derivatives and tie-ins.
The Toffee Crisp was invented by John Henderson, the great-nephew of John Mackintosh. [2] Inspired by a cake his wife made for their children, early versions featured puffed rice and chocolate cake; subsequent versions comprised caramel, crisped cereal, and chocolate. [3] First made at a factory in Halifax, [3] the brand had moved to Castleford in West Yorkshire by 2010 [4] before moving to Fawdon [5] and then to Poland in the early 2020s. [5] In 2025, following a round of skimpflation caused by poor cocoa harvests, [6] Nestlé replaced some of the bar's cocoa solids and milk solids with vegetable fat, which meant neither met the 20% figure required to call itself chocolate under UK law. [7]
The brand launched clusters and biscuit versions in 1999, [8] [9] ice cream bars in 2004, [10] cereal in 2014, [11] and limited edition coconut, honeycomb, and orange flavour derivatives in 2001, 2015, and 2021. [8] [12] [13] The brand has also been used as a Burger King ice cream Fusion in 2015 [14] and in Krispy Kreme doughnuts in 2021. [15] McDonald's brought out lines of McFlurries featuring the brand in 2017, [16] [17] 2025, [18] and again in 2025 as an emergency replacement following quality control failures with the Caramel Loaded McFlurry. [19]
Early advertising used the line "somebody somewhere is having a Toffee Crisp"; [3] [20] Richard Osman investigated the claim for in 2017 and found himself willing to accept it. [20] A 1995 advert featuring the product being transformed into several cartoon-style objects including a pistol and a noose spawned thirty complaints to the Independent Television Commission, who declined to investigate. [21] The brand subsequently made adverts involving a spoof of the Japanese game show Endurance [22] and adverts comprising angry people being placated by eating a Toffee Crisp; [9] [23] its coconut derivative was advertised using a combover in the shape of a coconut husk. [8]
In 2011, the South African newspaper Pretoria News reported that the candy bars could be found on local supermarket shelves despite not being intended for that market. [24] Two years later, Jim'll Paint It featured a three legged Toffee Crisp holding a mushroom and half a wasp [25] [26] and Nestlé's Fawdon factory celebrated the brand's 50th birthday by manufacturing a 10 kilogram version. [27] Since 2024, bars can also be bought as part of a Big Biscuit Box. [28]
