Candy bar

 ( Candy ) 

A candy bar is a type of portable candy that is in the shape of a bar.

Many varieties of candy bars exist,

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and many are mass-produced.

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Between World War I and the middle of the 20th century, approximately 40,000 brands of candy bars were introduced.

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Chocolate bars

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 .

The first chocolate tablets were produced in the early 19th century.

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In 1830, Chocolat Kohler started producing hazelnut chocolate.

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In 1866, Fry's Chocolate Cream became the first mass-produced combination chocolate bar. The Goo Goo Cluster was the first mass-produced combination bar in the United States, including marshmallow, nougat, caramel, and roasted .

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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.

File:Goo-Goo-Cluster-Split.jpg|Goo Goo Clusters, a combination chocolate bar. File:Cadbury-Dairy-Milk-Caramel-Bar.jpg|Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel bar in its foil wrapper File:Snickers-broken.JPG|Snickers bar, a combination chocolate bar File:Milka Alpine Milk Chocolate bar 100g with chunks broken off.jpg|Milka brand solid milk chocolate bar

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Non-chocolate candy bars Candy bars containing no chocolate include:

• Abba-Zaba: taffy with a peanut butter center
• AirHeads: a taffy based candy that comes in multiple flavours
• Big Hunk: nougat center covered with peanuts
• Bit-O-Honey: honey-flavored taffy with almond bits
• Cajeta Elegancita: caramel center covered with goat's milk
• Carambar: caramel-based candy
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• Chick-O-Stick: peanut butter center covered with coconut
• Choo Choo Bar: liquorice-based candy
• Hershey's Cookies 'n' Mint: mint-flavored Hershey candy bar with mint-flavored cookie bits
• Hershey's Gold: caramel-flavored Hershey candy bar with peanuts and pretzels
• Kendal Mint Cake: peppermint-based candy
• Laffy Taffy: a taffy based candy that comes in multiple flavours
• Mantecol: a peanut butter nougat bar
• Mr. Tom: peanuts and caramel
• Munch: peanut brittle-like candy
• : peanuts and caramel
• Pecan log roll: cherry-laced nougat center covered with caramel and pecans
• Planters Peanut Bar: peanut brittle-like candy
• Salted Nut Roll: nougat center covered with caramel and peanuts
• Turkish Taffy: taffy-based candy
• Wazoo: taffy center covered with sprinkles
• Yeot-gangjeong: hangwa center covered in toasted seeds, nuts, beans or puffed grains mixed with mullyeot (rice syrup)
• Zagnut: peanut brittle wrapped in toasted coconut

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See also

• Candy making
• Bar (food), overview of bars
• Dessert bar – dessert similar to a bar cookie (traybake)
• Energy bar – snack food
• Granola bar – snack food similar to granola (muesli) cereal in a bar shape
• List of candies
• List of chocolate bar brands

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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)

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