Acandy baris a type of portablecandythat is in the shape of a bar. The most common type of candy bar is thechocolate 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 asnuts,caramel,nougat,orwafers.
APlantersPeanut Bar. Some candy bars do not contain any chocolate.
Many varieties of candy bars exist,[1][2]and many aremass-produced.[3][4]BetweenWorld War Iand 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 ofchocolate,which may also contain layerings or mixtures of other ingredients. A wide variety ofchocolate bar brandsare sold. A popular example is aSnickersbar, which consists ofnougatmixed withcaramelandpeanuts.
The first chocolate tablets were produced in the early 19th century.[7][8]In 1830,Kohlerstarted producinghazelnutchocolate.[9]In 1866,Fry's Chocolate Creambecame the first mass-produced combination chocolate bar.[10]TheGoo Goo Clusterwas the first mass-produced combination bar in the United States, includingmarshmallow,nougat, caramel, and roastedpeanuts.[6]In some varieties of English and food labeling standards, the termchocolate baris reserved for bars of solid chocolate, withcandy barused for products with additional ingredients.
^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.Archivedfrom the original on 22 May 2022.Retrieved22 May2022.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.
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