With Halloween coming soon, that means only one thing really: candy.
Anyone who trick-or-treated as a child knows that there's always one or two houses that dish out some obscure candy. So, between now and October 31st, we'll take quick looks at obscure candies (and some popular ones as well), just so you know what exactly you're getting yourself into.
Today: Chunky
What it's made of: Milk chocolate, roasted peanuts, and raisins.
Who owns it: Nestlé
Background: Outside of fondue, fruit rarely makes it into chocolate. Because if you want to pack on the pounds, you don't want to be reminded of the vitamins you're lacking. Yet, for reasons unknown, Americans will accept raisins (and occasionally cherries) in their confections--and Philip Silvershein, a New York candy maker in the 1930s, jumped onto the fruit and chocolate bandwagon when he thought up the Chunky Bar.
While creating some candies, he came across a plaster of Paris mold in a trapezoidal shape, decided to cut it down, and pour a chocolate concoction of cashews and raisins into it. What you get is the Chunky's odd shape. The four segments were added later for easier eating (and cashews were swapped out for peanuts).
When creating a moniker, Silvershein thought to name his candy creation after his granddaughter, who he described as a "chunky baby"--officially giving the girl body issues for the rest of her life.
While the name stuck, no advertisement jingle ever hung around. This spot from 1981 is a prime example why:
This isn't a symphony for the ears, but it is a feast for the eyes. We have a bird nearly eating a small child at the 0:06 mark, a complete lack of logic by a baseball catcher at 0:09, and apparently a poor man's viking duo at 0:20.
KitKat never abused our senses like this.
What it tastes like: Overweight babies and geometry lessons.
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Grade: C-
I don't need to be reminded of my love handles.
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