Face it, Americans love their chocolate candy. According to Information Resources Inc, chocolate candy sales topped $3 billion dollars last year. Like many Americans, I am a chocoholic and need a chocolate fix every single day. Needless to say, I know my candy bars. I swear I've tried them all and these are my top 10 picks.
1) Snickers - Featuring a delicious nougat center with caramel and nuts, Snickers is at the top of my list. Whether you eat it from the end savoring all the flavors together or from the bottom eating all the nougat and then savoring the caramel/nut mixture separately, this candy bar is simply the best. According to the National Confectioners Association, the Snickers bar was developed in 1930 and named after a favorite horse of the Mars family. This candy bar is the number one selling bar in the U.S. so I guess I'm not alone in my love of the Snickers Bar.
2) Hershey Bar With Almonds - Milk chocolate with a few well distributed almonds easily satisfies my chocolate cravings. Introduced way back in 1908, this candy bar has been delighting chocolate lovers for nearly a century.
3) M & M's - Whether plain or peanut, these tasty little candies make my mouth happy. I must say though that the crispy version of M&M's is not a favorite of mine. The texture is too airy and just plain weird. M&M's were invented during the Spanish Civil War as a great treat that didn't melt in the hot sun. They were introduced to consumers in 1941.
4) Twix - Not much satisfies more that a crunchy cookie center with a layer of caramel and rich milk chocolate. The Twix bar was first introduced to US consumers in 1979.
5) SKOR Toffee Bar - Introduced in 1983, the delicious rich toffee enrobed in milk chocolate make the SKOR Bar a star in my book.
6) 100 Grand Bar - When I want to take a walk on memory lane, I pick up this candy bar. It takes me straight back to my childhood as I savor that delicious caramel and crisp rice filling that is coated in milk chocolate. The 100 Grand Bar was introduced by Nestle in 1966.
7) Kit Kat Bar - Introduced in 1931, the Kit Kat bar is the number one selling candy bar in the U.K. These light crispy wafer cookies smothered in chocolate are easily broken into 4 pieces which I like. You can have a wafer or two now and save the rest for another chocolate craving.
8) Reeses Peanut Butter Cups - Peanut butter and chocolate are a delightful combination that satisfies my sweet tooth and like the Kit Kat bar, I enjoy having one cup now and saving one for later. Interestingly when the peanut butter cup was introduced in 1922, it came with only one cup. It wasn't until 1970 that the double cup version was introduced.
9) Milky Way - When I want something a bit lighter and without nuts, I reach for the Milky Way bar. The delicious nougat and caramel are covered in milk chocolate. Introduced to consumers by Frank Mars in 1923.
10) Mars Bar - Renamed to the Snickers Almond bar in 2000, the classic Mars bar introduced in 1936 was and is one of my favorite candy bars. The nougat and almonds topped with caramel and enrobed in milk chocolate are a fantastic combination that delight my taste buds.
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