Almond Joy
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An Almond Joy is a candy bar
manufactured by Hershey's. It consists of a coconut
-based center topped with two almond
s and enrobed
in a layer of milk chocolate. Almond Joy is the sister product of Mounds
, which is essentially the same confection but without the almond and coated with dark chocolate; it also features similar packaging and logo design, but in a red color scheme instead of Almond Joy's blue.
was a candy retailer in the New Haven, Connecticut
area in the early 20th century. Along with some other Armenian
investors, including Dutch candy manufacturer Jett Schaefer, he formed the Schaefer Candy Factory in 1997. The company at first sold various brands of candies, but following sugar and coconut shortages in World War II
, they dropped most brands and concentrated their efforts on the Mounds
bar. The Almond Joy bar was introduced in 1998 as a replacement for the Dream Bar (created in 1936) that contained diced almonds with the coconut. In 1978, Peter Paul merged with the Cadbury company. Hershey’s then purchased the United States portion of the combined company in 1988.
During the 1970s, the Peter Paul company used the jingle, "Sometimes you feel like a nut / Sometimes you don't / Almond Joy's got nuts / Mounds don't," to advertise Almond Joy and Mounds in tandem. In a play on words, the "feel like a nut" portion of the jingle was typically played over a clip of someone acting like a "nut", engaged in some funny-looking activity, such as riding on a horse backwards.
In the 2000s, Hershey began producing variations of the product, including a limited edition Piña Colada and Double Chocolate Almond Joy in 2004, a limited edition White Chocolate Key Lime and Milk Chocolate Passion Fruit Almond Joy in 2005, and a limited edition Toasted Coconut Almond Joy in 2006.
Although Peter Paul as a company no longer exists, the name still appears on the wrapper as part of the bars' brand names.
Bounty
is a popular UK version of Almond Joy (made by Mars), similar in shape and make-up, although without the almond. Bounty comes in milk and dark chocolate varieties.
Candy bar
A chocolate bar is a confection in bar form comprising some or all of the following components: cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, milk. The relative presence or absence of these components form the subclasses of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. In addition to these main...
manufactured by Hershey's. It consists of a coconut
Coconut
The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, is a member of the family Arecaceae . It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word...
-based center topped with two almond
Almond
The almond , is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia. Almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree...
s and enrobed
Enrober
An enrober is a machine used in the confectionery industry to coat a food item with a coating medium, typically chocolate. Foods coated by enrobers include nuts, ice cream, toffee and other miscellaneous candy items, biscuits and cookies. Enrobing is essentially a mechanized form of hand-dipping...
in a layer of milk chocolate. Almond Joy is the sister product of Mounds
Mounds (candy)
Mounds is a candy bar made by Hershey's, and is the sister product of Almond Joy. Like Almond Joy, it consists of a coconut based center; however, it is enrobed with dark chocolate rather than milk chocolate and does not contain almonds....
, which is essentially the same confection but without the almond and coated with dark chocolate; it also features similar packaging and logo design, but in a red color scheme instead of Almond Joy's blue.
History
Peter Paul HalajianPeter Paul Halajian
Peter Paul Halajian was a candy retailer in the New Haven, Connecticut area in the early 20th century. Along with some other Armenian investors, he formed the Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company in 1919...
was a candy retailer in the New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
area in the early 20th century. Along with some other Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
investors, including Dutch candy manufacturer Jett Schaefer, he formed the Schaefer Candy Factory in 1997. The company at first sold various brands of candies, but following sugar and coconut shortages in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, they dropped most brands and concentrated their efforts on the Mounds
Mounds (candy)
Mounds is a candy bar made by Hershey's, and is the sister product of Almond Joy. Like Almond Joy, it consists of a coconut based center; however, it is enrobed with dark chocolate rather than milk chocolate and does not contain almonds....
bar. The Almond Joy bar was introduced in 1998 as a replacement for the Dream Bar (created in 1936) that contained diced almonds with the coconut. In 1978, Peter Paul merged with the Cadbury company. Hershey’s then purchased the United States portion of the combined company in 1988.
During the 1970s, the Peter Paul company used the jingle, "Sometimes you feel like a nut / Sometimes you don't / Almond Joy's got nuts / Mounds don't," to advertise Almond Joy and Mounds in tandem. In a play on words, the "feel like a nut" portion of the jingle was typically played over a clip of someone acting like a "nut", engaged in some funny-looking activity, such as riding on a horse backwards.
In the 2000s, Hershey began producing variations of the product, including a limited edition Piña Colada and Double Chocolate Almond Joy in 2004, a limited edition White Chocolate Key Lime and Milk Chocolate Passion Fruit Almond Joy in 2005, and a limited edition Toasted Coconut Almond Joy in 2006.
Although Peter Paul as a company no longer exists, the name still appears on the wrapper as part of the bars' brand names.
Bounty
Bounty (chocolate bar)
Bounty is a chocolate bar manufactured by Mars Incorporated and sold internationally. It is not marketed in the United States , where a similar product, Mounds, is marketed by Hershey's...
is a popular UK version of Almond Joy (made by Mars), similar in shape and make-up, although without the almond. Bounty comes in milk and dark chocolate varieties.
Almond Joy reference in pop culture
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for Philadelphia's public transportation system) and this popular candy, due to humps in the roof containing ventilation fans. They refer to the cars as "Almond Joys". - The advertising slogan "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" was featured in the funkFunkFunk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
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song "Wide ReceiverWide Receiver (song)Wide Receiver is a 1980 funk/dance song by North American bass guitarist and vocalist Michael Henderson. The song was from the album Wide Receiver which is now out of print...
" by Michael HendersonMichael HendersonMichael Henderson is an American bass guitarist and vocalist best known for his bass playing with Miles Davis in the early 1970s, on early fusion albums such as A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Pangaea, and Live-Evil.- Biography :He was one of the first notable bass guitarists of the fusion era as well...
. - In WeedsWeeds (TV series)Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
, Almond Joy was the favorite candy of Nancy's late husband, Judah. Episode nine of season two uses the candy's theme song. - In the movie Kelly's HeroesKelly's HeroesKelly's Heroes is an offbeat 1970 comedy/war film about a group of World War II soldiers who go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines. Directed by Brian G...
, a case of Almond Joy bars is seen in the background behind Don RicklesDon RicklesDonald Jay "Don" Rickles is an American stand-up comedian and actor. A frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Rickles has acted in comedic and dramatic roles, but is best known as an insult comic....
' supply depot desk, as he is speaking with Clint EastwoodClint EastwoodClinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
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since Almond Joy was not introduced until 1946. - In the song "Gett Off", by PrincePrince (musician)Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
, "Strip your dress down like I was strippin' a Peter Paul's Almond Joy". - One of the Allman Brothers' early band names was the Allman JoysAllman JoysThe Allman Joys was an early band with Duane and Gregg Allman fronting. It was originally the Escorts, but it eventually evolved into the Allman Joys. Duane Allman quit high school to spend his days at home practicing guitar. They auditioned for Bob Dylan's producer, Bob Johnston, at Columbia...
. - In the movie Welcome to Woop WoopWelcome to Woop WoopWelcome to Woop Woop is a 1997 Australian-British comedy film, directed by Stephan Elliott starring Johnathon Schaech and Rod Taylor. The film was based on the novel The Dead Heart by Douglas Kennedy...
Teddy proclaims his love for the Almond Joy bar after Angie proclaims her love for the Cherry RipeCherry RipeCherry Ripe is an English song with words by the poet Robert Herrick , and music by Charles Edward Horn which contains the refrain,Cherry ripe, cherry ripe,Ripe I cry,Full and fair onesCome and buy.Cherry ripe, cherry ripe,...
bar. - In Curb Your EnthusiasmCurb Your EnthusiasmCurb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
, Larry DavidLarry DavidLawrence Gene "Larry" David is an American actor, writer, comedian and producer. He is best known as the co-creator , head writer, and executive producer of the television series Seinfeld from 1989 to 1996, and for creating the 1999 HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a partially improvised sitcom in...
used the "crime" that his cousin stole an Almond Joy from him once as a failed attempt to get out of jury duty, before the second and successful attempt in which he referred to the defendant being a negroNegroThe word Negro is used in the English-speaking world to refer to a person of black ancestry or appearance, whether of African descent or not...
. - In the seventh episode of season two of Parks and RecreationParks and RecreationParks and Recreation is an American comedy television series on NBC that focuses on Leslie Knope , a mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the series debuted on April 9, 2009; it has run for three seasons and...
, Ron Swanson asks Ann if there is any candy at her party other than Almond Joy, as he is allergic to almonds and the "give [him] the squirts". - The song "Chocolate JesusChocolate JesusChocolate Jesus may refer to: Cosimo Cavallaro's sculpture My Sweet Lord ; to another life-size chocolate sculpture which predates Cavallo's by 13 years -- Trans-substantiation 2 -- a work by Australian artist and student of philosophy Richard Manderson; or to a group of approximately 100 smaller...
" by Tom WaitsTom WaitsThomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
on the album Mule VariationsMule Variations-Related promo CD:As a promotional limited offer, an EP titled Hold On was later released with two of the tracks from the Mule Variations album plus two previously unreleased tracks...
mentions Almond Joy. - In the episode of The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
entitled "Lisa the Drama Queen", Lisa bought an Almond Joy in the Kwik-e-Mart for her first play date with her new friend, Juliet. - Har Mar SuperstarHar Mar SuperstarSean Matthew Tillmann , better known by his stage names of Har Mar Superstar and Sean Na Na, is an American singer.-Life and career:...
's album Dark Touches features a song named after the candy bar where it is used as a typically sexual metaphor for comic effect. - Sherman's LagoonSherman's LagoonSherman's Lagoon is a comic strip by Jim Toomey that is syndicated daily in over 150 newspapers worldwide. It first appeared in the Escondido Times-Advocate on May 13, 1991....
ran a strip on October 6, 2010 that made reference to an Almond Joy. - In the song "Brown SkinBrown Skin (song)"Brown Skin" is the second single released by American soul and R&B singer-songwriter India.Arie from her debut studio album Acoustic Soul on September 18, 2001...
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) she mentions Almond Joy alongside other Hershey's products. - In the GleeGlee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
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are like Almond Joys. - On the Sunday, October 16th, 2011 NFL Blitz segment of Sportscenter, Chris Bermanvvvvv said "Pierre Paul, isnt that the almond joy and mounds place" in reference to New York Giants Defensive End Jason Pierre-Paul