Munchies (confectionery)
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Munchies are a type of confectionery produced by Nestlé. They were introduced by the British firm Rowntree's in 1957. [1] The brand was later acquired by Nestlé as part of its takeover of Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988. [2]
The original variety of Munchies are individual milk chocolate-coated sweets with a caramel and biscuit centre.[3]
In 1995, the confectionery formerly known as Mintola (near-identical in appearance to Munchies, but consisting of plain chocolate with a mint fondant centre) was renamed Mint Munchies.[4] In 2006, Mint Munchies were again renamed, this time as After Eight Bitesize.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ History of Rowntree's, nestle.co.uk, retrieved 29 September 2006
- ^ Rowntree's, Wikipedia. Version used last revised 2006-09-24, retrieved 2006-09-29.
- ^ Munchies review, chocablog.com, article dated 28 August 2006, retrieved 29 September 2006
- ^ "Our brands - Chocolate and Sweets", nestle.co.uk, retrieved 29 September 2006
- ^ "Mint Munchies join After Eight brand", irn-talkingshop.co.uk. Article dated 13 October 2006, retrieved 5 January 2007
