Butterfinger

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Butterfinger wrapped

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Butterfinger is the name of a candy bar made by Nestlé. It has a flaky, orange-colored center somewhat similar in texture and taste to peanut brittle (without the peanuts), that is coated in milk chocolate. The filling has a peanut butter taste, hence the name. When eaten, it tends to crumble and then take on a peanut buttery consistency.

1 History
2 Additional products
3 Ingredients
4 See also
- 4.1 Similar products
5 External links

[edit] History

Butterfinger was invented by the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago, Illinois in 1923. The company held a public contest to choose the name of the candy bar. The name is a slang term used to describe a clumsy person, often in sporting events to describe an athlete who can't hold onto the ball. As an early publicity stunt and marketing ploy, the company dropped Butterfinger and Baby Ruth candy bars from airplanes in cities across the United States which helped increase its popularity.

Two of the slogans currently used to advertise the candy bar are "Follow the Finger" and "Break out of the ordinary!" Prior to that, Bart Simpson and other characters from The Simpsons appeared in numerous advertisements for the product from 1989 to 2001, with the slogans "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!", "Bite my Butterfinger!", and "Nothin' like a Butterfinger!"

Butterfinger was withdrawn from German shops due to consumer rejection when it was one of the first products to be labeled as containing genetically modified ingredients from corn.^{[citation needed]}

After a series of mergers and acquisitions, the candy bar is now produced by Nestlé.

[edit] Additional products

Besides the candy bar, there are other products currently available in the North American retail market:

Butterfinger BB's are candy pieces. They are small and round, like BB's, hence the name. They are hard to find in North America.
Butterfinger Crisp is a variant of Butterfinger, which consists of wafers and Butterfinger Candy Creme.
Butterfinger Stixx is a variant of Butterfinger, which consists of wafers and Butterfinger Candy Creme.
Butterfinger ice cream bars are surrounded by a milk chocolate coating with Butterfinger bits.
Butterfinger ice cream nuggets are a frozen treat similar to "Butterfinger Ice Cream Bars", but in a ball-like form with ice cream. They have an orange-colored, peanut butter-flavoured ice cream center.
Butterfinger Hot Chocolate is a flavored hot cocoa mix that bears a remarkable resemblance in taste to an actual Butterfinger candy bar.^{[citation needed]}
YoCrunch vanilla yogurt with butterfinger pieces.

In the Family Guy episode "Mother Tucker", Stewie parodies the Simpson-based Butterfinger commercials, making a reference to "selling himself out" before cutting to the joke itself.