The Oatfield Emerald is a type of chocolate toffee sweet native to

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and is considered one of the country's most popular sweets and one of the "iconic names of the Irish sweet world". They have distinctive green wrappers. The Oatfield Emerald has been produced since the mid-twentieth century and exported worldwide. Production moved out of the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...

(and the original factory) in 2012. The image of the young girl on the original wrapped packaging is alleged to be based on Mountcharles native Deborah Cunningham, taken from a sketch drawn by celebrated artist Kevin Sharkey.

Ingredients

Milk chocolate filled with caramel and coconut. Ingredients Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Milk Chocolate (19%), ugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithins Vegetable Fat alm Condensed Skimmed Milk, Shredded Coconut (4%), Flavour, Emulsifiers ono and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Soya Lecithins

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Emerald Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr. and Kammerling, Robert C. (1991) ''Gemology'', John Wiley & Sons, New York, p ...

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