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rounds with a creamy filling within a milk

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shell, made by

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It resembles a chocolate version of the

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dessert. It was created in 1932 and named after two of the Vachon sons, Joseph and Louis ("Jos" is a traditional contraction of "Joseph"). However, as the

was named after the popular American actress

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, a misconception exists that the Jos Louis was named after the popular American boxer

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born in 1914.

Variations

The Jos Louis is also available in a 30-gram half-moon shape, called the 1/2 Jos Louis, and a bar-shaped version called the Jos Louis bar. The bar contains the normal creamy filling found in the Jos Louis and also has a chocolate filling and weighs 53 grams. The ½ Moon cake is essentially a Jos Louis without the chocolaty coating, but has a smaller portion size of 51 grams. The ½ Moon is available in either chocolate or vanilla. A double-layered variant, the Super Jos Louis, has two layers of creamy filling in the middle. In 2006,

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began distributing an equivalent of the ½ Moon in the US, with "Enten-Mini's Chocolate Half Rounds".

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Brand name snack foods Canadian snack foods Products introduced in 1932 {{food-product-stub