A candy bar is a type of candy 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 nuts, caramel, 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

chocolate Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec ci ...

, 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 caramel 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: taffy with a peanut butter center * AirHeads: a taffy based candy that comes in multiple flavours * Big Hunk: 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 recip ...

: 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 ...

: 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 * PayDay: 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: peanut brittle wrapped in toasted coconut

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* {{commonscat-inline, Candy bars Confectionery

Chocolate bars

Non-chocolate bars

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