Almond Joy
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An Almond Joy is a small candy bar manufactured by Hershey's. It consists of a coconut based center topped with an almond and coated in a layer of milk chocolate. It is very similar to M&M Mars's Bounty chocolate bar. The Mounds bar is Almond Joy's "sister" product, essentially the same confection but without the almond and coated with dark chocolate; it also features similar packaging and logo design but in a red color scheme instead of Almond Joy's blue.
[edit] History
Peter Paul Halajian was a candy retailer in the New Haven, Connecticut area in the early 20th century. Along with some other Armenian investors, he formed the Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company in 1919. The company at first sold various brands of candies, but following sugar and coconut shortages in World War II, they dropped most brands and concentrated their efforts on the Mounds bar. The Almond Joy bar was introduced in 1946. In 1978, Peter Paul merged with the Cadbury company. Hershey’s then purchased the United States portion of the combined company in 1988.
During the 1980s, the Hershey company used the jingle, "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't," to advertise Almond Joy and Mounds.
In the 2000s Hershey began producing variations of the product, including a limited edition Pina Colada and Double Chocolate Almond Joy in 2004, a limited edition White Chocolate Key Lime and Milk Chocolate Passion Fruit Almond Joy in 2005 and a limited edition Toasted Coconut Almond Joy in 2006.
[edit] External links
- Almond Joy official website
- Information from the great-granddaughter of Peter Paul's first candy maker
- Almond Joy fanlisting
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