Carambar
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History
In 1954, Mr Fauchille, director of the Delespaul-Havez company, and Mr. Galois an employee had a surplus of cocoaCocoa solids
Cocoa solids are the low-fat component of chocolate. When sold as an end product, it may also be called cocoa powder, cocoa, and cacao....
and decided to create a new, original recipe
Recipe
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to use it up. The legend says that one of the machines in the factory was malfunctioning, making the long bars that still exists today. This sweet, in the form of a bar was christened Caram'bar.
Each of the original Caram'bars were a regulated size and weight. The statistics are as follows:
- Length: 7 cm
- Weight: 10g
- Recommended retail price: 5 centimes
- Wrapper: Yellow, with red striped twisted ends
Inside of the wrappers, there were "Carambar points" which could be redeemed for various Carambar-related products until 1961 when points where replaced by jokes.
In 1972, the name changed to "Super Caram'bar". In 1977, the name lost its apostrophe.
Flavours
Currently, there are many different flavours all available in multipacks:- Natural Flavours (Arômes Naturels)
- LemonLemonThe lemon is both a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and the tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world – primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind are also used, mainly in cooking and baking...
/ CitronCitronNot to be confused with Cintron.The citron is a fragrant citrus fruit, botanically classified as Citrus medica by both the Swingle and Tanaka systems... - StrawberryStrawberryFragaria is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. Although it is commonly thought that strawberries get their name from straw being used as a mulch in cultivating the plants, the etymology of the word is uncertain. There...
/ Fraise - OrangeOrange (fruit)An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × sinensis and its fruit. It is the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world....
- RaspberryRaspberryThe raspberry or hindberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves...
/ Framboise
- Lemon
- Drinks
- ColaCoca-ColaCoca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
- GrenadineGrenadineGrenadine is traditionally a red syrup. It is used as an ingredient in cocktails, both for its flavor and to give a reddish/pink tinge to mixed drinks. "Grenadines" are also made by mixing the syrup with cold water in a glass or pitcher, sometimes with ice....
- Oasis Peach Tea/Thé à la pêcheOasis (drink)Oasis is a non-carbonated bottled soft drink, which is a product of Orangina Schweppes . It originated in France by Volvic in 1966. The drink is described as a "fruit juice drink - with sugar and sweeteners".Advertising campaigns for Oasis target adults and promote the drink as an alternative to...
- AbsintheAbsintheAbsinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood", together with green anise and sweet fennel...
- Miruvor
- Cola
- Other flavours
- CherryCherryThe cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy stone fruit. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium....
/ CeriseCeriseCerise may refer to:* Cerise * Cerise * Cerise * Cerise * Cerisé, France* The French word for cherry, a fruit... - Candy floss / Cotton CandyCotton candyCotton candy , candy floss or candyfloss or candy buttox , or fairy floss is a form of spun sugar. Since cotton candy is mostly air, a small initial quantity of sugar generates a tremendously greater final volume, causing servings to be physically large and voluminous...
/ Barbe à papa - CaramelCaramelCaramel is a beige to dark-brown confection made by heating any of a variety of sugars. It is used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, and as a topping for ice cream, custard and coffee....
- Caranougat
- OranginaOranginaOrangina is a carbonated citrus beverage made from orange, lemon, mandarin, and grapefruit juice. The concept of Orangina originated at a trade fair in France and was first marketed in Algeria by the French Algerian Léon Beton...
yellow / jaune - Orangina red / rouge
- LimeLime (fruit)Lime is a term referring to a number of different citrus fruits, both species and hybrids, which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3–6 cm in diameter, and containing sour and acidic pulp. Limes are a good source of vitamin C. Limes are often used to accent the flavors of foods and...
/ Citron vert - Bigoouu / Pomme Cassis / Double Flavor
- Passion fruit
- Cherry
There are now various other flavours available which include the Carambar Atomic. These have strange names like Green Cactus. There are Titeuf
Titeuf
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ones which have pictures of the Swiss comic strip star Titeuf and his friends. The Titeuf Carambars are blue on the outside and yellow inside or vice versa.
Popular culture
Carambar is also very famous for the poor jokes that are printed on the wrapping paper. The expression blague Carambar (FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Carambar joke) refers to a lame or childish joke.
External links
- Carambar.fr — Official Carambar website
- Le dossier de marque (PDF) — Listing of the history and development of the Carambar
- Carambar : De l'or en barre - Historia's article