Sky Bar

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Sky Bar candy on display in the United States

Sky Bar is an American candy bar produced since 1938 by NECCO. Each Sky Bar has four sections with four fillings: caramel, vanilla, peanut and fudge, all covered in milk chocolate. In 1938, the Sky Bar was first announced to the public by means of a dramatic skywriting advertising campaign. Necco was the first candy manufacturer in this country to introduce a molded chocolate bar having four distinctly different centers enrobed in chocolate. The originator of the Sky Bar was a candy maker working for Necco named Joseph Cangemi.

In 1945, the blackout and curfew in Times Square, NY was lifted on VE Day after three years of darkness. Only six display signs had their lighting equipment ready for operation and Necco’s Sky Bar was one of them.^{[citation needed]}

The peanut section of the Sky Bar is not filled with peanut butter, but in fact a peanut-flavored caramel. The vanilla section is not quite nougat or marshmallow, but similar to the consistency of a Valomilk cup.

The Sky Bar has become difficult to find, but it is still produced by Necco and can be found in certain stores or on the Internet.

On the Dec. 6, 2007 episode of Pardon The Interruption, Tony Kornheiser named the Sky Bar as his favorite chocolate bar.