The Yankie Bar is a caramel, nougat, and milk

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produced and sold in

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Toms International Toms International is a Danish chocolate, liquorice and sugar confectionery producer, headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark. The company produces around 50,000 tons of chocolate and sugar confectionery annually which it supplies to customers in Denm ...

History

Just after the

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, Danish candy producer Toms were contacted by the

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high command in Germany, which commissioned Toms to produce a candy bar for the American troops in Germany to avoid transporting such products across the Atlantic. In return, the U.S. would supply Toms with the required amount of

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s. The Yankie Bar is similar to the European version of the

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, and both the American troops and the Danish youth found it very tasty. Ten years later, in 1956, Toms launched the Holly Bar, similar to the Yankie bar, but with white nougat and roasted hazelnuts.

References

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External links

Toms Group's homepage

Yankie Bar on Facebook
Chocolate bars Danish confectionery Brand name chocolate Danish brands Products introduced in 1946