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Butterfinger is a candy bar manufactured by the Ferrara Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrero. It is manufactured internationally by Nestlé. [1]
The Baby Ruth / Butterfinger factory, built in the 1960s, is located at 3401 Mt. Prospect Rd. in Franklin Park, Illinois. Interstate 294 curves eastward around the plant, where a prominent, rotating sign, resembling a giant candy bar, is visible. It originally read "Curtiss Baby Ruth" on one side and "Curtiss Butterfinger" on the other.
Ruth Cleveland, daughter of United States president Grover Cleveland, became the official corporate namesake for the "Baby Ruth" candy bar in 1921, almost 30 years after she was born.
In March 1999, Transcendence (1999) debuted at the number three on the RIM International Charts was released and sold over 60,000 units, which was considered to be Butterfinger's best work. [3] The album went on to earn Butterfingers their first Double Platinum Award. This album also contains their most well-known song, "The Chemistry (Between ...
Butterfinger, an American confectionery brand of Ferrero; Butterfinger (Canadian band), a Canadian alternative-rock band; Butterfingers (Australian band), an Australian hip hop group; Butterfingers (Malaysian band), a Malaysian rock band; Butter Fingers, a 1925 American film directed by Del Lord "Butterfingers" (song), a song by Amy Pearson
It was the first American "combination" candy bar to achieve nationwide success. Two similar candy bars followed the Clark Bar, the Butterfinger bar (1923) made by the Curtiss Candy Company and the 5th Avenue bar (1936) created by Luden's. The Clark Bar was manufactured in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the original family-owned business until 1955.
The Butterfinger series revolves around the escapades of thirteen-year-old Amar Kishen, a class VIII student of the fictitious Green Park Higher Secondary School. Amar's slip-grip methods and his clumsy antics earned him the nickname Butterfingers.
The candy bar was introduced in 1936 by Luden's, at the time a subsidiary of Food Industries of Philadelphia. [1] [4] [5] The name was an attempt to associate the candy with fashionable 5th Avenue in New York City. [6]