The Annabelle Candy Company is a Hayward, California

Hayward, California

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 based candy

Candy

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 manufacturer. The company was founded in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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 in 1950 by Russia

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n immigrant Sam Altshuler, who named the company after his daughter. The company currently manufactures 10 different candy bars, with its most popular the Rocky Road candy bar (which features the "Rocky road

Rocky road (dessert)

Rocky Road is a type of dessert made up of milk chocolate and marshmallow which is usually served in individual portions such as a cupcake or in American cuisine, as an ice cream flavor.-Australia:...

" flavor of marshmallow, chocolate, and cashews) is currently ranked among the top 35-40 best selling chocolate bars on the West Coast of the United States

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The company moved to its present location in Hayward, California in 1965. In 1972, Annabelle Candy Company purchased the Golden Nugget Company and in 1978 the Cardinet Candy Company adding the Big Hunk, Look, U-NO and Abba Zaba candy bars to its current line of products.

Products

• Rocky Road (original)
• Rocky Road Dark
• Rocky Road Mint
• Big Hunk
  Big Hunk
  Big Hunk is a candy bar made by Annabelle Candy Company. It is a bar of roasted peanuts covered in honey sweetened nougat. It was featured in Steve Almond’s book, Candyfreak, as being one of the only successful candies made by a small company. Big Hunk was acquired by Annabelle Candy Company when...
  
  
• Abba-Zaba
  Abba-Zaba
  Abba-Zaba are taffy candy bars with peanut butter centers, made by Annabelle Candy Company in Hayward, California.According to the Candy Wrapper Museum, the first Abba Zabba bars were manufactured beginning in 1922 by Colby and McDermott. Before Annabelle Candy Co. started manufacturing Abba...
  
  
• Abba-Zaba Chocolaty
• U-No
  U-No Bar
  The U-No Bar is produced by the Annabelle Candy Company.It is a truffle type bar with almond bits covered in chocolate and comes wrapped in a silver foil-like wrapper. It is comparable to a 3 Musketeers except it has a much higher fat content compared to 3 Musketeers with a much thinner chocolate...
  
  
• Look!
• Supreme Rocky Road Peanut Butter
• Supreme Rocky Road Mocha