Galaxy (chocolate bar) facts for kids
Galaxy is a chocolate bar, made and marketed by Mars, Incorporated, and first manufactured in the United Kingdom in the 1960s. Galaxy is sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, the Middle East, Morocco, India, Pakistan, Malta, and is also sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico and various Continental European countries as Dove. In 2014, Galaxy was ranked the second-best-selling chocolate bar in the UK, after Cadbury Dairy Milk.
Range
The Galaxy and Dove brands cover a wide range of products including chocolate bars in milk chocolate, caramel, Cookie Crumble, and Fruit & Nut varieties, Minstrels, Ripple (milk chocolate with a folded or "rippled" milk chocolate centre), Amicelli, Duetto, Promises, Bubbles and Truffle. Related brands in other parts of the world include "Jewels", and "Senzi" in the Middle East. The Galaxy and Dove brands also market a wide range of products including ready-to-drink chocolate milk, hot chocolate powder, chocolate cakes, ice cream and more.
A vegan Galaxy range launched in 2019.
Marketing
A 2013 British television advertisement for Galaxy featured a computer-generated image of Audrey Hepburn, which was created by CGI firm Framestore in London. The commercial, set to Hepburn singing "Moon River", debuted in the UK in February 2013.
Galaxy previously sponsored the British Book Awards.
Images for kids
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Front and back of the wrapper of a Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp.
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Topside of a large Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp bar.
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Underside of a large Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp bar.
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Large Galaxy Honeycomb Crisp bar, split in two.
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Front and back of the wrapper of a large Galaxy Bubbles bar.
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A photograph of the topside of a large Galaxy Bubbles bar.
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A photograph of the golden inner wrapper of a large Galaxy Bubbles bar.
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Galaxy Bubbles bar, split length wise, to give a view of what's inside.
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Collection of broken pieces of a Galaxy Bubbles, giving a good view into what it looks like inside.
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Galaxy Bubbles bar broken into chunks, and stacked. The aerated bubbles are clearly visible in this photograph.
