Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Wayne Candies and their Bun Bars went through a string of corporate owners in the second half of the twentieth century. The first, the Leaf Confectionery subsidiary of W. R. Grace sold Wayne Candies in 1973 to Standard Brands' Curtiss Candy Company. Under Curtiss, they repackaged caramel Bun Bars as the Reggie! Bar in 1978, named for baseball ...
The "Reggie!" bars were handed to fans as they walked into Yankee Stadium. Jackson hit a home run, and when he returned to right field the next inning, fans began throwing the Reggie bars on the field in celebration. Jackson told the press that this confused him, thinking that maybe the fans did not like the candy. [56] The Yankees won the game ...
A Planters Peanut Bar. Some candy bars do not contain any chocolate. A candy bar is a type of portable 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.
The Reggie! bar was named after Reggie Jackson, the star slugger who played for the New York Yankees in the late ’70s. This mashup of peanuts, caramel, and chocolate was even handed out to fans ...
Reggie Jackson slugs a 3-run home run in the first inning, and the field is showered with candy bars which were given out free to the fans at the game. April 16 – The St. Louis Cardinals ' Bob Forsch hurls a no-hitter in beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5–0.
This is a list of chocolate bar brands, in alphabetical order, including discontinued brands.A chocolate bar, also known as a candy bar in American English, is a confection in an oblong or rectangular form containing chocolate, dark chocolate, or white chocolate, which may also contain layerings or mixtures that include nuts, fruit, caramel, nougat, and wafers.
That night, Reggie leads Jack to Torchy's, a redneck hangout where Billy used to be a bartender. Reggie, on a challenge from Jack, shakes the bar down, using Jack's badge, single-handedly bringing the crowd under his control. They get a lead on Billy's girlfriend Casey, but they get nothing out of her, as Casey says that she threw Billy out.
The company went on to become the first candy manufacturer to use full-color TV commercials. [1] In 1972, the company introduced a candy bar named for what it did not include rather than what it did, the 15-cent (Peanut Butter with) No Jelly bar, also called the Sidekick bar. In 1977, they changed the name to the 20-cent Peanut Butter Bar.