Big Hunk is a

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made by

Annabelle Candy Company 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 in 1950 by Russian immigrant Sam Altshuler, who named the company af ...

. It first entered production in the 1950s, in the United States. It is a bar of roasted peanuts covered in chewy honey-sweetened

nougat Nougat refers to a variety of similar confections made from a sweet paste hardened to a chewy or crunchy consistency.. The usual version in Western and Southern Europe is made from a mousse of whipped egg white sweetened with sugar or ho ...

. When struck on a hard surface, such as a table, it shatters into "bite-sized" pieces. It was featured in

Steve Almond Steve Almond (born October 27, 1966) is an American short-story writer, essayist, and author of fifteen books, four of which are self-published. Life Steve Almond was born on October 27, 1966, in California. Almond was raised in Palo Alto, Ca ...

’s book, '' Candyfreak'', as being one of several successful candies made by a small company. Big Hunk was acquired by

when the company purchased Golden Nugget Candy Company in 1970.

External links

Annabelle Candy website Big Hunk pageCandy Addict reviewAnnabelle Candy Company website Company History
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