The Annabelle Candy Company, also known as Annabelle's, is a candy manufacturer based in
Hayward, California, United States. The company was founded in
San Francisco, California
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in 1950 by Russian
immigrant
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Sam Altshuler, who named the company after his daughter. One of the company's self-proclaimed accomplishments is that its "
Rocky Road" bar was ranked among the top 40 best-selling chocolate bars on the
West Coast of the United States
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in 2007.
The company moved to its present location of Hayward in 1965. In 1972, Annabelle Candy Company purchased the Golden Nugget Company, and in 1978 the Cardinet Candy Company added the Big Hunk, Look, U-NO, and Abba Zaba candy bars to its line of products.
Products
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Rocky Road Original
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* Rocky Road Dark
* Rocky Road Mint
* Rocky Road S'MORES
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Big Hunk
Big Hunk is a candy bar made by Annabelle Candy Company. It first entered production in the 1950s, in the United States. It is a bar of roasted peanuts covered in chewy honey-sweetened nougat. It was featured in Steve Almond’s book, '' Candyfre ...
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Abba-Zaba
Abba-Zaba is a taffy candy bar with peanut butter center, made by the Annabelle Candy Company in Hayward, California.
According to the Candy Wrapper Museum, the first Abba Zaba bars were manufactured beginning in 1922 by Colby and McDermott. B ...
Original
* Abba-Zaba Strawberry
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U-NO
* LOOK!
References
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External links
Annabelle Candy website
Companies based in Hayward, California
Food and drink companies established in 1950
1950 establishments in California
Food and drink in the San Francisco Bay Area
Confectionery companies based in California