A candy bar is a type of portable

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that is in the shape of a bar. The most common type of candy bar is the

chocolate bar A chocolate bar is a confection containing chocolate, which may also contain layerings or mixtures that include nut (fruit), nuts, fruit, caramel, nougat, and wafers. A flat, easily breakable, chocolate bar is also called a tablet. In some variet ...

, including both bars made of solid chocolate and combination candy bars, which are candy bars that combine chocolate with other ingredients, such as nuts, caramel, nougat, or wafers. Many varieties of candy bars exist, and many are mass-produced. Between

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and the middle of the 20th century, approximately 40,000 brands of candy bars were introduced.

Chocolate bars

A chocolate bar is a bar-shaped piece of

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, which may also contain layerings or mixtures of other ingredients. A wide variety of chocolate bar brands are sold. A popular example is a

Snickers Snickers (stylized in all caps) is a chocolate bar consisting of nougat topped with Caramel#Candy, caramel and peanuts, all encased in milk chocolate. The bars are made by the American company Mars Inc. The annual global sales of Snickers is ...

bar, which consists of nougat mixed with caramel and

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s. The first chocolate tablets were produced in the early 19th century. In 1830, Kohler started producing

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chocolate. In 1866, Fry's Chocolate Cream became the first mass-produced combination chocolate bar. The Goo Goo Cluster was the first mass-produced combination bar in the United States, including

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, nougat, caramel, and roasted

s. In some varieties of English and food labeling standards, the term ''chocolate bar'' is reserved for bars of solid chocolate, with ''candy bar'' used for products with additional ingredients.

Non-chocolate candy bars

Candy bars containing no chocolate include: * Abba-Zaba: taffy with a peanut butter center * AirHeads: a taffy based candy that comes in multiple flavours * Big Hunk: nougat center covered with peanuts * Bit-O-Honey-Bar

Bit-O-Honey: honey-flavored taffy with almond bits * Cajeta Elegancita: caramel center covered with goat's milk * Carambar: caramel-based candy * Caramac: caramel-based candy * Chick-O-Stick: peanut butter center covered with coconut * Choo Choo Bar: liquorice-based candy * Hershey's Cookies 'n' Mint: mint-flavored Hershey candy bar with mint-flavored cookie bits * Hershey's Gold: caramel-flavored Hershey candy bar with peanuts and pretzels * Kendal Mint Cake: peppermint-based candy * Laffy Taffy: a taffy based candy that comes in multiple flavours * Mantecol: a peanut butter nougat bar * Mr. Tom: peanuts and caramel * Munch: peanut brittle-like candy * Candy-PayDay-Broken

PayDay: peanuts and caramel * Pecan log roll: cherry-laced nougat center covered with caramel and pecans * Planters Peanut Bar: peanut brittle-like candy * Salted Nut Roll: nougat center covered with caramel and peanuts * Turkish Taffy: taffy-based candy * Wazoo: taffy center covered with sprinkles * Yeot-gangjeong: ''hangwa'' center covered in toasted seeds, nuts, beans or puffed grains mixed with ''mullyeot'' (rice syrup) * Zagnut: peanut brittle wrapped in toasted coconut

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Chocolate bars

Non-chocolate candy bars

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