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A Candy Bar is a form of confectionery usually packaged in a bar or log form. Mostly it is coated with chocolate but mixtures of ingredients such as nuts, fruit, caramel or fondant etc. are also used in the preparation. Candy Bar is called Chocolate Bar in British English, Australian English and Canadian English language. Mostly cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, milk are mostly used as the main ingredients. It may also contain emulsifiers such as soy lecithin, flavours such as vanilla etc. They come in many varieties and shapes. Some of the major manufacturers of Candy Bars are Cadbury, Hershey Foods Corporation, Kraft Foods, Ritter Sport etc.
History
In 1847, Joseph Fry discovered a way to mix some melted cacao butter back into defatted, or "Dutched," cocoa powder (along with sugar) to create a paste that could be pressed into a mould. The resulting Bar was an instant success to such an extent that people soon began to think of eating chocolate as much as drinking it. Joseph Fry founded a chocolate company called Fry, Vaughan & Co. in Bristol. He also founded Fry and Pine later Joseph Fry & Co., a type-foundry.
Development in the Invention of the Candy Bar
Milk Chocolate - In 1876, Milk Chocolate was invented by Daniel Peter (a maker of evaporated milk) from Switzerland. It took him eight years to do this. In 1879 Daniel Peter joined with Henri Nestle (a chocolate maker) to form the Nestle Company.
Snapping Bar - In 1879, Rodolphe Lindt thought to add cocoa butter back to the chocolate. Adding the additional cocoa butter helped the chocolate set up into a bar that "snaps" when broken as well as melting on the tongue.
Hershey Chocolate Bar - Chocolates were expensive in those times. Only the wealthy could really afford to relish it. In 1900, Milton S. Hershey set up a Candy factory in dairy country, now known as Hershey, PA, Milton. He was able to mass produce Candy Bars enabling everyone to taste the Bar. This Bar was known as Hershey Chocolate Bar. In 1908, Hershey started putting almonds in the candy bars and the Hershey with Almonds was born.
Mars Candy Bar - In 1911, Frank and Ethel Mars formed a company named Mars Candy Company which also started producing Milk Chocolates.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups - In 1923, Harry B. Reese invented his own line of Bars known as Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Reese was a farmer on one of Hershey's dairy farms. He didn't like farming and was inspired to start his own candy company.
The Milky Way Candy Bar - This type of Bar was introduced by Frank C. Mars of Minnesota in 1923.
Snickers Bar - Mars introduced the Snickers bar in 1930 (it was named for a horse).
Candy Bars for Soldiers - It was also in 1930 that demand for the chocolate Candy Bars got even bigger. This was due to the fact that the Hershey Company had created a chocolate Candy Bar for soldiers who were fighting in the first and second world wars. The U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps commissioned various American chocolate manufacturers to provide 20 to 40 pound blocks of chocolate to be shipped to quartermaster bases. The blocks were chopped up into smaller pieces and distributed to doughboys in Europe. When these soldiers came home, they wanted more chocolate.
Musketeers Bar - In 1932, 3 Musketeers Bar was invented. The original 3 Musketeers had 3 bars in one wrapper, each with a different flavour.
Kit Kat - In 1933, Kit Kat was invented. It was developed as a four-finger wafer crisp, initially launched in London and the South East in September 1935.
Nestle's Crunch - In 1938, Nestle's Crunch was invented. It is made of milk chocolate with crisped rice mixed in.
M&Ms Chocolate - Forrest Mars invented the recipe for M&Ms chocolate during the Spanish Civil War. He observed how soldiers kept chocolate candies from melting in their pockets by covering the candy with a sugary coating. The coating preventing the candy from melting in the hot sun. Mars wanted to produce chocolate candies that could be sold year-round, especially in the summer when sales usually went down. He put his chocolate candy inside a candy shell, thereby preventing the chocolate from melting. It could be eaten neatly so that, as the ad says, it "melts in your mouth and not in your hand." Forrest Mars received a patent for his manufacturing process on March 3, 1941. The name is an abbreviation for their creators, Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie.
Role of the Invention of the Candy Bar in the improvement of Human Life
