What is in a Clark bar?

The Clark Bar is a candy bar consisting of a crispy peanut butter/spun taffy core (originally with a caramel center) and coated in milk chocolate. It was the first American "combination" candy bar to achieve nationwide success.
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Is a Clark Bar the same as a Butterfinger?

Similar to the Clark Bar, a Butterfinger is a chocolate bar with a crunchy peanut butter middle that has been rolled and mixed with a sugar candy. The main difference between this candy bar and the Clark Bar (aside from the candy-laced center) are the ingredients and texture.
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Why don't they make Clark Bars anymore?

Clark Bars went through a series of confectionery owners throughout the years, and was purchased by Boyer Candy Co. in 2018, after owner Necco went bankrupt, and discontinued the product.
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Do they still sell Clark Bars?

You can buy it on Amazon or through the Boyer Candy Co online store. Candy fans everywhere are overjoyed that Clark Bars are back in business, and that Clark Cups are its peanut butter crunch cousin.
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What is similar to Butterfinger?

Clark Bars are similar to Butterfingers, because they are both milk chocolate peanut butter bars, but Clark Bars are like Butterfingers' better tasting, classier cousin.
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What does a Clark Bar taste like?

The Clark Bar has a rather unique taste to it, not the same as a Butterfinger, but somewhere in that ballpark. It's chocolaty and has a strong peanut butter taste to it. The peanut butter taste seems a little stronger than the chocolate flavor, but it's a good mix.
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Is a Clark Bar like a Crispy Crunch?

The Clark Bar is slightly thicker, which makes it a bit messy to eat. But it was tasty. Cadbury's Crispy Crunch is very tasty because it is a bit moister and sweeter, but there are some modified milk ingredients and modified oils in the product (ref). The differences may not matter depending where you live.
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What is the oldest candy bar?

In the 20th century, candy bars became one of the most popular sweets of all time. The oldest candy bar was created in 1847 by Joseph Fry using bittersweet chocolate. Henry Nestle and Daniel Peter first introduced milk chocolate to the world in 1875.
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What is inside a Charleston Chew?

Ingredients: Corn Syrup, Sugar, Palm Kernel and Palm Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Cocoa, Lactose, Milk Protein Concentrate, Egg Albumen, Artificial Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Soy Protein, Salt, Sodium Citrate.
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What's inside a Zero candy bar?

The Zero candy bar, introduced in 1920, is a candy bar composed of a combination of caramel, peanut and almond nougat covered with a layer of white chocolate fudge. Its outwardly white color — an unusual color for a candy bar — has become its trademark.
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What is in a Fifth Avenue candy bar?

The 5th Avenue is a candy bar introduced in 1936, consisting of peanut butter crunch layers enrobed in chocolate. It is produced and marketed by The Hershey Company.
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Who makes Clark candy bar?

The assets of D. L. Clark were purchased by Pittsburgh businessman James Clister for $3.2 million, and operated under the newly-formed Clark Bar America, Inc. Following a subsequent bankruptcy, its assets were acquired by Necco (New England Confectionery Company) in 1999 for $4.1 million ($7 million today).
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What is the difference between Butterfinger and 5th Avenue?

Both are massive bars. The 5th Avenue rings in at exactly 2 ounces and the Butterfinger at 2.1 ounces. The main difference, as far as I can tell between the two is that the Butterfinger coating is not chocolate but a chocolate-like substance where the 5th Avenue has a creamy milk chocolate enrobement.
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What is a Clark candy bar?

The Clark Bar is a candy bar consisting of a crispy peanut butter/spun taffy core (originally with a caramel center) and coated in milk chocolate. It was the first American "combination" candy bar to achieve nationwide success.
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What is in the middle of a Butterfinger?

What are Butterfingers? Butterfinger candy bars has been around since the 1920's. These candy bars have a crispy, peanut butter layer that is covered in chocolate. The crunchy orange filling is made by combining a cooked hard candy with peanut butter.
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How did Clark Bar get its name?

The chocolate-coated peanut butter crunch bar was created in Pittsburgh by Irish immigrant D.L. Clark in 1917. The bars were individually wrapped to ship to American troops during World War I.
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Is Charleston Chew a marshmallow?

The Charleston Chew, that dense chocolate covered marshmallow-taffy-toffee substance may be nostalgic, but beneath the chocolate exterior, is an edgy, activist DNA embedded in the candy which, as it happened, was named for the song and the dance known as the “Charleston” in 1925.
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What kind of nougat is in a Charleston Chew?

Although Sloane did not invent the Charleston Chew, he did change the candy's original form, chocolate-covered vanilla nougat. In the 1970s, he introduced such new flavors as chocolate and strawberry.
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What candy is similar to Charleston Chew?

As for today, although Charleston Chews are very much still being sold in stores, the most comparable candy would have to be the Brach's Jelly Nougat; however, there are so many different nougat-based candies out there, such as an Italian favorite of mine called Torrone.
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Which candy bar is named after horse?

In 1930, Mars introduced Snickers, named after the favorite horse of the Mars family. The Snickers chocolate bar consists of nougat, peanuts, and caramel with a chocolate coating.
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Why are M&M's called M&M's?

Why are M&M's called M&M's? It comes from the last names of the candy company's founders, Forrest Mars and William Murrie. The name has stayed the same since the candy was introduced in 1941.
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What candy bars are no longer made?

Brach's Ice Blue Mints - probably the most requested bulk candy of all time! Brahs Stars - Milk Chocolate - no, this is not a typo, and yes, this is unbelievable. Brach's Dem Bones - these were a Halloween classic! Brach's Villa Cherries - these were rereleased in 2010 but discontinued again in 2018!
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Does Clark Bar have coconut?

The coconut flavor is far from overwhelming, and incorporates an excellent additional flavor to the crunchy peanut butter. The Clark Company changed hands quite a bit. It was sold to the Beatrice Food Company in 1955, Leaf Inc.
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What Canadian candy is not available in US?

Smarties. That's right, these colourful candy-coated chocolates are not available in the States. Americans have instead decided to anoint the name "Smarties" to what are known in Canada as Rockets.
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Why is Canadian chocolate better than American?

“Canadian chocolate is higher in fat and it is a higher particle size, but Americans tend to gravitate towards a little bit more of a grittier or even cheesier flavour.”
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