Candy Bar↕ | Maker↕ | Year Introduced↕ | What's Inside↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Snickers | Mars | 1930 | Nougat, caramel, peanuts, chocolate | Best-selling candy bar in the world, 'You're not you when you're hungry' |
Kit Kat | Nestlé/Hershey | 1935 | Crispy wafer layers, chocolate | 'Have a break', satisfying snap, crazy Japanese flavors, 4-finger debate |
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups | Hershey | 1928 | Peanut butter, chocolate | Perfect chocolate-peanut butter ratio, holiday shapes, 'not sorry' |
Twix | Mars | 1967 | Cookie, caramel, chocolate | Left Twix vs Right Twix debate, satisfying crunch, two bars in one |
M&M's | Mars | 1941 | Chocolate (or peanut) inside candy shell | 'Melts in your mouth, not in your hands', spokescandies, color sorting |
Milky Way | Mars | 1923 | Nougat, caramel, chocolate | Named after a milkshake, lighter than Snickers, different in UK vs US |
Butterfinger | Ferrara (Ferrero) | 1923 | Crispy peanut butter flaky core | Bart Simpson ads, unique flaky texture, 'Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger' |
3 Musketeers | Mars | 1932 | Whipped chocolate nougat | Originally had 3 flavors (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry), lightest/fluffiest bar |
Baby Ruth | Ferrara (Ferrero) | 1921 | Peanuts, caramel, nougat, chocolate | Named after... nobody agrees (Ruth Cleveland? Babe Ruth?), Caddyshack pool scene |
Toblerone | Mondelēz | 1908 | Swiss chocolate with honey and almond nougat | Triangular shape, hidden bear in Matterhorn logo, airport staple |
Cadbury Dairy Milk | Cadbury (Mondelēz) | 1905 | Smooth milk chocolate | British chocolate icon, glass and a half of milk, purple packaging |
Heath Bar | Hershey | 1928 | English toffee coated in chocolate | Toffee crunch, ice cream mix-in staple, simple two-ingredient concept |
100 Grand | Ferrara (Ferrero) | 1966 | Crispy rice, caramel, chocolate | Underrated crunchy-chewy combo, name from a game show, sleeper hit |
Almond Joy / Mounds | Hershey | 1946 | Coconut, almonds (Joy) or dark chocolate (Mounds) | 'Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't', tropical vibes |
PayDay | Hershey | 1932 | Peanut-studded caramel nougat (no chocolate!) | One of few bars with no chocolate coating, salty-sweet, construction worker energy |
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