Galaxy is a chocolate bar, made and marketed by Mars Inc., and first manufactured in the United Kingdom in the 1960s. Galaxy is sold in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, South Africa, the Middle East, Morocco, India, Pakistan, Malta, and is also sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico and various Continental European countries as Dove (chocolate), Dove. In 2014, Galaxy was ranked the second-best-selling chocolate bar in the UK, after Cadbury Dairy Milk."Top 10 selling chocolate bars in the UK"
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Range

The Galaxy and Dove brands cover a wide range of products including chocolate bars in milk chocolate, caramel, Cookie Crumble, and Fruit & Nut varieties, Galaxy Minstrels, Minstrels, Ripple (milk chocolate with a folded or "rippled" milk chocolate centre), Amicelli, Duetto, Promises, Galaxy Bubbles, Bubbles and Chocolate truffle, Truffle. Related brands in other parts of the world include "Jewels", and "Senzi" in the Middle East. The Galaxy and Dove brands also market a wide range of products including ready-to-drink chocolate milk, hot chocolate powder, chocolate cakes, ice cream and more. A vegan Galaxy range launched in 2019.

Bubbles

Galaxy Bubbles is a chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated, Mars similar to a Cadburys Wispa or Aero (chocolate), Nestlé Aero and was introduced in early 2010. The chocolate is like an ordinary Galaxy (chocolate), Galaxy which has been Aeration, aerated. The product also comes in an orange variety. The standard version sold in stores is lighter compared to its competitors, at and consequently has a lower energy content, at , compared to the Wispa's and or the Aero's and . It is also available as a 100g 'block' or as a 28g milk chocolate egg (again with an aerated centre). The bar is suitable for vegetarians.

Honeycomb Crisp

Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp is a chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated, Mars that contains small granular nougats of honeycomb toffee, as part of the Galaxy (chocolate), Galaxy chocolate range.

Marketing

A 2013 British television advertisement for Galaxy featured a computer-generated image of Audrey Hepburn, which was created by computer-generated imagery, CGI firm Framestore in London. The commercial, set to Hepburn singing "Moon River", debuted in the UK in February 2013. Galaxy previously sponsored the British Book Awards.

Gallery

File:Galaxy_Honyecomb_Crisp_Wrapper.jpg, Front and back of the wrapper of a Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp. File:Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp Front.jpg, Topside of a large Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp bar. File:Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp Bottom.jpg, Underside of a large Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp bar. File:Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp Split.jpg, Large Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp bar, split in two. File:Galaxy_Bubbles_Large_Bar_Wrapper.jpg, Front and back of the wrapper of a large Galaxy Bubbles bar. File:Galaxy_Bubbles_Topview.jpg, A photograph of the topside of a large Galaxy Bubbles bar. File:Galaxy Bubbles Large Bar Inner Wrapper.jpg, A photograph of the golden inner wrapper of a large Galaxy Bubbles bar. File:Galaxy Bubbles Long Split.jpg, Galaxy Bubbles bar, split length wise, to give a view of what's inside. File:Galaxy Bubbles Split and Broken Chunks.jpg, Collection of broken pieces of a Galaxy Bubbles, giving a good view into what it looks like inside. File:Galaxy Bubbles Stack of Broken Chunks.jpg, Galaxy Bubbles bar broken into chunks, and stacked. The aerated bubbles are clearly visible in this photograph.

References

External links

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Galaxy UK advertisement from 1980 on YouTube

Galaxy advertisement from the late 1980s on YouTube
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