The Enduring Popularity Of Candy Bars & Where It All Began

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The Enduring Popularity Of Candy Bars Where It
All Began
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• Halloween is less about the ghouls and ghosts
  nowadays, and more about whos going to get the
  biggest haul of candy on their trick-or-treating
  expedition!
• Whatever your age, and whatever you choose to
  dress up as, its always fun to go out in your
  local neighborhood during Halloween and beg folks
  for candy bars and whatever else theyre prepared
  to give you! While as a parent, you might wish
  your kids came home with some healthier treats
  (such as fruit or even some cash!), you know that
  its the one night of the year when everyone gets
  to indulge in their favorite top 10 candy bars,
  guilt-free!

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• But what of the history of the candy bar?
• The introduction of chocolate as a food stuff in
  1847
• You may not know it, but historians reckon that
  the humble (but delicious!) candy bar has its
  origins in the UK in 1847, when Joseph Fry and
  his son first combined cocoa powder and sugar to
  create a bar of chocolate. Before this sweet
  creation, chocolate had been used primarily in
  sweet drinks, but people quickly began to enjoy
  the convenience of a bar of chocolate that they
  could simply pick up and chomp on, and started to
  view it as more of a food stuff, than a mere
  liquid.

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• John Cadburys chocolate candy bars
• Just a couple of years later, the chocolate bar
  was rebranded by John Cadbury, and over time,
  both Fry and Cadbury decided to combine their
  passion for candy, and become joint producers of
  chocolate confectionary.
• Made from bittersweet chocolate, the candy bars
  of yesteryear bore no resemblance in taste to the
  sugary offerings of today, until Henry Nestle and
  Daniel Peter got involved, that is.

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• A new age of chocolate
• Henry Nestle and Daniel Peter decided to
  experiment with traditional, bitter chocolate in
  1875, almost 30 years after Joseph Fry and his
  sons chocolate bar creation, by adding milk to
  the mixture. This made it taste much smoother and
  creamier, and of course, it was sweeter, too.

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• Chocolate in the U.S.
• During and after World War I, candy bars made
  from chocolate grew in popularity in the U.S.,
  and during the war, the government there decided
  to produce candy bars for overseas troops engaged
  in battle, and bought huge quantities of the
  brown nectar. Those soldiers who grew fond of
  chocolate candy bars while fighting overseas,
  returned and introduced their friends and
  families to them, which quickly led to an upsurge
  in their popularity. It was then just a matter of
  time before candy bars of all descriptions began
  to feature in stores around the country (and some
  other parts of the world), with some having
  exotic ingredients such as nougat, cherries and
  nuts.

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• Fast forward to today, and consumers of candy are
  spoilt for choice, with the option of indulging
  in classic top candy bars, or opting for more
  luxurious, bespoke creations designed for more
  discerning palates.
• While nobody seems to be able to put an exact
  figure on it, experts estimate that there have
  been literally thousands and thousands of candy
  bars developed and produced during the last
  century. Candy that has remained popular to this
  day includes Kit Kat, Milky Way, Snickers, Mars
  and Hershey bars, and while it might not be a
  healthy treat, it sure is an enjoyable one!