Jos Louis is a Canadian confection consisting of two

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rounds with a cream filling within a milk

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shell, made by Vachon Inc. It resembles a chocolate version of the May West dessert. It was created in 1932 and named after two of the Vachon sons, Joseph and Louis ("Jos" is a traditional contraction of "Joseph").

Variations

The Jos Louis is also available in a 30-gram half-moon shape, called the 1/2 Jos Louis, and a bar-shaped version called the Jos Louis bar. The bar contains the normal cream filling found in the Jos Louis and also has a chocolate filling and weighs 53 grams. The ½ Moon cake is essentially a Jos Louis without the chocolaty coating, but has a smaller portion size of 51 grams. The ½ Moon is available in either chocolate or vanilla. Super Jos Louis used to only be available individually but are now sold in boxes of six (or eight at Costco) at some retailers. In the middle it has a layer of cream filling. In 2006,

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began distributing an equivalent of the ½ Moon in the US, with "Enten-Mini's Chocolate Half Rounds".

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Brand name snack foods Canadian snack foods Products introduced in 1932 {{food-product-stub