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Kit Kat (stylised as KitKat in various countries) is a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection created by Rowntree's of York, England.It is produced globally by Nestlé (which acquired Rowntree's in 1988), [1] except in the United States, where it is made under licence by the H. B. Reese Candy Company, a division of the Hershey Company (an agreement Rowntree's first made with Hershey in 1970).
By 2014, 650 Kit Kat bars were being consumed each second. [79] Combination bars came to dominate the confectionery market with sales surpassing $140 billion in 2018. [ 80 ] As of 2023, milk chocolate was most commonly paired globally with caramel flavours and almonds.
The bar combines the aerated chocolate of Aero with the wafers of a Kit Kat, and is covered in milk chocolate. Rowntree's launched Tex to the South African market in 1956, where it had more success and is still sold to this day. Rowntree's was later acquired by Nestlé, and now Tex is under the Nestlé brand.
Kit Kat, with its crispy wafer layers, smooth chocolate coating, and unmistakable crunch, is a classic candy bar—top tier in most Halloween candy collections that kids hope to get when trick-or ...
In May 1935, Rowntree launched the Aero, an aerated milk chocolate. [29] The Chocolate Crisp, a wafer-and-chocolate bar later known as the Kit Kat, was also launched in 1935. [29] In 1937, the Dairy Box of assorted chocolates was launched, using the market research that had been undertaken for Black Magic. [29]
The Kit Kat was named the most influential candy bar. Thirteen other candies made the list including Hershey's Milk Chocolate, Nestle Milk Chocolate and Snickers.
The 65-piece bag features two-bar snack-size candies in the shape of the jolly old elf himself. ... The candies stick to the classic Kit Kat flavors, chocolate shell around crispy bars.
Kvikk Lunsj (transl. Quick Lunch) is the name of a chocolate bar by the Norwegian chocolate sweets manufacturing company Freia, launched in 1937 [1] and sold ever since, except for a period during and after WWII. Between 1941 and 1949, its production was halted due to a sugar shortage and the lack of quality flour. [1]