Twix

Twix
Product type Confectionery
Owner Mars, Incorporated
Country United Kingdom
Introduced 1966
Markets World
Website www.twix.com

Twix is a chocolate bar made by Mars, Inc., consisting of biscuit applied with other confectionery toppings and coatings (most frequently caramel and milk chocolate).[1] Twix bars are packaged in pairs, although smaller single bars are available.

The product was first produced in the United Kingdom in 1967,[2] and introduced in the United States in 1979.[2] Twix was called Raider in mainland Europe for many years before its name was changed in 1991 (2000 in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Turkey) to match the international brand name. The name Twix is a portmanteau of twin biscuits, or 'twin bix'.

Flavour and product variants

North American Twix wrapper used until 2010
picture of unrapped peanut butter twix
A peanut butter Twix wrapper, from North America.
A Twix Java wrapper.

Between 2012 and 2013 the size of a standard Twix in the UK was reduced by 14%, from 58g to 50g.[5]

See also

References

  1. The biscuit is typically topped with caramel and then coated with milk chocolate. There is also an additional thin layer of chocolate between the biscuit and the caramel. "Cross-section of a Twix", ediblegeography.com
  2. 1 2 "TWIX", marsfoodservices.com
  3. 1 2 "29 April", Food of the 90s Archived 29 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. http://candyaddict.com/blog/2007/10/12/candy-review-twix-java/
  5. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11532019/Cadburys-drops-two-chocolate-Fingers-from-packs.html

External links

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