A candy bar is a type of

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that is in the shape of a bar. The most common type of candy bar is the

chocolate bar A chocolate bar (Commonwealth English) or candy bar (some dialects of American English) is a confection containing chocolate, which may also contain layerings or mixtures that include nuts, fruit, caramel, nougat, and wafers. A flat, easily b ...

, including both bars made of solid chocolate and combination candy bars, which are candy bars that combine chocolate with other ingredients, such as

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, caramel, nougat, or

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s. Many varieties of candy bars exist, and many are

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. 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

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, 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 Snickers is a chocolate bar made by the American company Mars, Incorporated, consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts that is encased in milk chocolate. The annual global sales of Snickers was over $3 billion . In the United Ki ...

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

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, 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 Abba-Zaba is a taffy candy bar with peanut butter center, made by the Annabelle Candy Company in Hayward, California. According to the Candy Wrapper Museum, the first Abba Zaba bars were manufactured beginning in 1922 by Colby and McDermott. B ...

: taffy with a peanut butter center * AirHeads: a taffy based candy that comes in multiple flavours *

Big Hunk Big Hunk is a candy bar made by Annabelle Candy Company. It first entered production in the 1950s, in the United States. It is a bar of roasted peanuts covered in chewy honey-sweetened nougat. It was featured in Steve Almond’s book, '' Candyfre ...

: nougat center covered with peanuts * Bit-O-Honey: honey-flavored taffy with almond bits * Carambar: 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: peanut butter center covered with coconut *

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 Pl ...

: 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 *

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: 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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