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Peanut Butter M&Ms
What is it?
Peanut butter cream and milk chocolate, with M&M's classic crispy coating.
What's it made of?
Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, skim milk, milkfat, lactose, peanuts, soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavours), sugar, partially defatted peanuts, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, less than 2% - cornstarch, dextrose, corn syrup, natural flavour, salt, gum acacia, colouring (includes red 40 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 1 lake, yellow 5, yellow 6, red 40, blue 1, blue 2, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake), dextrin, propyl gallate to maintain freshness.
What do I need to know?
Launched by Mars Inc in 1990 Peanut Butter M&Ms are very popular amongst Australians who have visited the American. The product may contain almonds.
Do you remember?
Rove McManus having a bowl of M&Ms available for guests to enjoy whilst they're being interviewed on Rove Live. |
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3 Musketeers
What is it?
A delicious, whipped chocolate centre coated in milk chocolate.
What's it made of?
Milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, lactose, skim milk, milkfat, soy lecithin), sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated palm kernel oil and/or palm oil, less than 2% of: cocoa powder, processed with alkali, salt, egg whites, artificial and natural flavours.
What do I need to know?
Manufactured by Mars Inc this product first came to market in America in 1932. As the original packaging contained separate bars of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavoured chocolate the brand was named 3 Musketeers to reflect this trio of tastes. The product may contain traces of peanuts.
Do you remember?
The television advert featuring the characters Porthos, Athos, and the dashing d'Artagnan from Alexandre Dumas book of the same name. |
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Baby Ruth
What is it?
Milk chocolate bar packed with peanuts, rich caramel and chewy nougat.
What's it made of?
Sugar, roasted peanuts, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated palm kernel and coconut oil, nonfat milk, cocoa, high fructose corn syrup, and less than 1% of glycerin, whey (from milk), dextrose, salt, monoglycerides, soy lecithin, soybean oil, natural and artificial flavours, soy lecithin, soybean oil, natural and artificial flavours, carrageenan, TBHQ and citric acid (to preserve freshness), caramel colour.
What do I need to know?
Launched in 1921, the Baby Ruth bar is an American classic. Originally produced by Chicago based Curtiss Candy Company the product is now produced by Nestle. Popular to contrary belief the name is said to have not been inspired by the famous baseball player but rather President Grover Cleveland's daughter Ruth. The product may contain nuts.
Do you remember?
Sloth in The Goonies being 'the number one fan of Babe Ruth' or the scene in Caddyshack where someone drops a bar into the swimming pool and people mistake it for something else. |
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Butterfinger
What is it?
Crispy, crunchy, peanut buttery bar coated with thick chocolate.
What's it made of?
Sugar, corn syrup, ground roasted peanuts, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa, molasses, confectioner's corn flakes, skim milk, whey, salt, monoglycerides, soy lecithin, cornstarch, artificial flavours, yellow 5, TBHQ and citric acid (to preserve freshness), red 40.
What do I need to know?
Originally launched in 1923 by the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago, Butterfinger's are now manufactured by Nestle. The product main contains traces of nuts.
Do you remember?
The television adverts featuring Bart Simpson and other characters from The Simpsons throughout the 1990s with the catchphrase 'Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!' |
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