Almond Joy

Almond Joy is a candy bar manufactured by Hershey's, consisting of whole almonds and sweetened, shredded coconut covered in milk chocolate. The company also produces Mounds, a similar confection that omits the almonds and is coated in dark chocolate. The two bars have the same packaging and logo design, but Almond Joy has a blue color scheme while that of Mounds is red.

Almond Joy
An Almond Joy candy bar
TypeCandy bar
Place of originUnited States
Created byTyler Smith
Food energy
(per serving)
220 kcal (921 kJ)
Nutritional value
(per serving)
Protein2 g
Fat13 g
Carbohydrate26 g
Other informationNutritional information source:[1]

History
An Almond Joy split

The Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company was founded by six Armenian immigrants including Peter Paul Halajian and Max Freedman in 1919, introducing the Mounds bar in 1920, which became a hit with the U.S. military during World War II, who by 1944 purchased 80% of their production for use in rations (5 million bars/month).[2] The Almond Joy bar was introduced in 1946 as a replacement for the Dreams Bar, which was introduced in 1934, consisting of diced almonds and coconut covered with dark chocolate.[3] In 1978, Peter Paul merged with the Cadbury-Schweppes company of England. In 1988, Hershey’s purchased the United States rights to their chocolate business for $300 million, which included the Mounds, Almond Joy, and York Peppermint Patties brands, in addition to Cadbury-only products such as Dairy Milk and Carmello.[4] The name "Almond Joy" was selected by Peter Paul employee, Anna Z. Ranaudo from Naugatuck, CT.

During the 1970s, Peter Paul used the jingle "Sometimes you feel like a nut / Sometimes you don't / Almond Joy's got nuts / Mounds don't", written by Leo Corday and Leon Carr and sung by Joey Levine, to advertise Almond Joy and Mounds in tandem.[5] In a play on words, the "feel like a nut" portion of the jingle was typically played over a clip of someone acting like a "nut", i.e., doing something unconventional, such as an equestrian riding on a horse backward or a bride carrying her groom over the threshold.

In the 2000s, Hershey began producing variations of the product, including a limited-edition Piña 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.

Similar products

Bounty (produced by Mars, Incorporated) is a popular British version of Almond Joy, similar in shape and make-up, although without the almond (like Mounds, but sometimes with milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate, though Bounty is also sold in dark chocolate). F.B. Washburn Candy Corporation produced the Waleeco chocolate-covered coconut candy bar for many years.[6]

References
  1. "Almond Joy Bar". The Hershey Company. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. Sarajane Cedrone (October 14, 2015). "Peter Paul's Path to Sweet Success". Connecticut Explored.
  3. Lisa Flaherty. "A Few Questions about Almond Joy, Mounds & Peter Paul". WASAW. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  4. Narula, Svati Kirsten (February 1, 2015). "How Cadbury lost the right to sell its own chocolate in the US". Quartz.
  5. "TeeVee Toons - The Commercials Vol. 1 Soundtrack CD". 1989. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  6. "About F.B. Washburn Candy Corporation". FB Washburn Candy Corporation.
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