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.
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]
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.
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abKawash, Samira (2013). Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure. Faber and Faber. pp. 152–153, 156–157, 163.
ISBN9780374711108.
^Barel, Michel (2021).
Du cacao au chocolat: L'épopée d'une gourmandise. Éditions Quæ. p. 102.
ISBN9782759233793. 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.]
^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.]
^Hermé, Pierre (2019).
Le Larousse du chocolat.
Editions Larousse. p. 44.
ISBN9782035981820. 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.]
^Mintz, Sidney (2015). The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. Oxford University Press. p. 157.
Further reading
Cadbury, Deborah, Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers (PublicAffairs, 2011)
Mazze, Edward M. and Michman, Ronald D., The Food Industry Wars: Marketing Triumphs and Blunders (Praeger, 1998)