Kit Kat

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Kit Kat

Kit Kat (/ˈkɪt kæt/) is a popular chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced globally by Nestlé, except in the United States, where it is made under license by the H.B. Reese Candy Company, a division of the Hershey Company.

Etymology

The name Kit Kat or Kit Cat for a type of food goes back to the 18th century. The name was adopted by a London firm as a brand name for a type of mutton pie. The name was later used by Rowntree's of York, England, for a chocolate bar. The origins of the "Kit Kat" brand go back to 1911 when Rowntree's, a confectionery company based in York in the United Kingdom, trademarked the terms "Kit Cat" and "Kit Kat".

Related Terms

  • Chocolate: A typically sweet, usually brown food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla.
  • Wafer: A crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, light and dry cookie, often used to decorate ice cream, and also used as a garnish on some meats.
  • Nestlé: A Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.
  • Hershey Company: An American company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world.
  • Rowntree's: A British confectionery business based in York, England. Rowntree developed the Kit Kat (introduced in 1935), Aero (introduced in 1935) and Smarties (introduced in 1937) brands, and the Rolo and Quality Street brands when it merged with Mackintosh's in 1969.

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