A candy bar is a type of

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that is in the shape of a bar. The most common type of candy bar is the chocolate bar, including both bars made of solid chocolate and combination candy bars, which are candy bars that combine chocolate with other ingredients, such as

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caramel Caramel ( or ) is an orange-brown confectionery product made by heating a range of sugars. It can be used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, or as a topping for ice cream and custard. The process of caramelizatio ...

, nougat, or wafers. Many varieties of candy bars exist, and many are mass-produced. Between

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and the middle of the 20th century, approximately 40,000 brands of candy bars were introduced.

Chocolate bars

A chocolate bar is a bar-shaped piece of

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, which may also contain layerings or mixtures of other ingredients. A wide variety of chocolate bar brands are sold. A popular example is a Snickers bar, which consists of nougat mixed with

and

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s. The first solid chocolate bar was produced by Fry's of Bristol, England in 1847. Fry's Chocolate Cream became the first mass-produced chocolate bar in 1866. The Goo Goo Cluster was the first mass-produced combination bar, including marshmallow, nougat, caramel, and roasted

s. In some varieties of English and food labeling standards, the term ''chocolate bar'' is reserved for bars of solid chocolate, with ''candy bar'' used for products with additional ingredients.

Non-chocolate bars

Candy bars containing no chocolate include: *

Abba-Zaba Abba-Zaba is a taffy candy bar with peanut butter center, made by the Annabelle Candy Company in Hayward, California. According to the Candy Wrapper Museum, the first Abba Zaba bars were manufactured beginning in 1922 by Colby and McDermott. B ...

: taffy with a peanut butter center * AirHeads: a taffy based candy that comes in multiple flavours *

Big Hunk Big Hunk is a candy bar made by Annabelle Candy Company. It first entered production in the 1950s, in the United States. It is a bar of roasted peanuts covered in chewy honey-sweetened nougat. It was featured in Steve Almond’s book, '' Candyfre ...

: nougat center covered with peanuts *

Bit-O-Honey Bit-O-Honey is an American candy product; it first appeared in 1928 and was made by the Schutter-Johnson Company of Chicago, Illinois. Bit-O-Honey was a new kind of candy bar consisting of six pieces wrapped in waxed paper and then packaged in ...

: honey-flavored taffy with almond bits *

Carambar Carambar is a brand of chewy caramel candy from France, owned by Eurazeo. History In 1954, Mr. Fauchille, director of the Delespaul-Hazard company, and Mr. Gallois, an employee, had a surplus of cocoa and decided to create a new, original recipe ...

: caramel-based candy *

Caramac Caramac is the brand name for a caramel-based confectionery that was created by Mackintosh's, and is now manufactured by Nestlé. It was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1959. The name is derived from the syllabic abbreviation of ''Caramel ...

: caramel-based candy *

Chick-O-Stick Chick-O-Stick is a candy produced by the Atkinson Candy Company Choo Choo Bar A Choo Choo Bar is a brittle toffee liquorice-flavoured confectionery bar popular in Australia. Available in a bar, packaged in a blue wrapper depicting an old steam train, ("The Choo Choo Funtime Express"), Choo Choo Bars were originally a Pl ...

: liquorice-based candy * Laffy Taffy: a taffy based candy that comes in multiple flavours * Mantecol: a peanut butter nougat bar * Munch: peanut brittle-like candy *

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: peanuts and caramel * Salted Nut Roll: nougat center covered with caramel and peanuts * Turkish Taffy: taffy-based candy * Wazoo: taffy center covered with sprinkles *

Zagnut Zagnut is a candy bar produced and sold in the United States. Its main ingredients are peanut butter and toasted coconut. History The Zagnut bar was launched in 1930, by the D. L. Clark Company of western Pennsylvania, which also made the Clar ...

: peanut brittle wrapped in toasted coconut

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Chocolate bars

Non-chocolate bars

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