Sky Bar facts for kids
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| Type | Candy bar |
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| Owner | Sky Bar Confectionary Company |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 1938; 2019 (reintroduced) |
| Discontinued | 2018 |
| Markets | New England |
| Previous owners | Necco |
The Sky Bar is a yummy American candy bar that first came out in 1938. It was made by a company called Necco. After a break in 2018, it came back in 2019 thanks to the Sky Bar Confectionary Company.
What makes Sky Bar special is that it has four different parts. Each part has a different tasty filling: caramel, vanilla, peanut, and fudge. All of these are covered in smooth milk chocolate!
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The Story of Sky Bar
How It All Started: Necco
The Sky Bar was first announced in March 1938. The New England Confectionery Company, known as Necco, was the first company in the United States to create a candy bar with four different centers inside a chocolate shell. A candy maker named Joseph Cangemi, who worked for Necco, came up with the idea for the Sky Bar.
To tell everyone about their new candy, Necco did something really cool. They used skywriting! Airplanes wrote "Sky Bar" in the sky as an advertisement. They also held a contest in The Boston Globe newspaper to get people excited. The first Sky Bar cost only five cents.
When it first came out in 1938, the four different fillings were English toffee, nougat, nut butter toffee, and fudge parfait. Over time, the fillings changed a bit. By 2001, they were caramel, vanilla, peanut, and fudge. The peanut part was not peanut butter; it was a peanut-flavored caramel. The vanilla part was soft, a bit like a marshmallow.
In 1945, a Necco advertisement for Sky Bar was one of only six signs lit up in New York City's Times Square. This happened right after VE Day, which marked the end of World War II in Europe.
Around 2009, Necco made special chocolate bars for the DVD release of New Moon, a popular vampire movie. One of these bars was like the original Sky Bar but had three fillings: caramel, creme, and peanut butter. Another bar was shaped like a heart and only had creme inside.
By 2014, Sky Bars became harder to find in stores. However, Necco still made them. You could sometimes find them in stores like Cracker Barrel, especially in New England. You could also buy them online.
Sky Bar Confectionery Company Takes Over
In 2018, Necco closed down. The Sky Bar brand was then sold at an auction on September 27, 2018. Louise Mawhinney, who owns a food store called Duck Soup in Sudbury, Massachusetts, won the bid.
The new owner planned to start making Sky Bars again in small amounts by late 2019. In November 2019, her company, the Sky Bar Confectionery Company, announced that Sky Bars were back! You could buy them online and at the Duck Soup store. Starting December 7, 2019, a special Sky Bar store opened right next to Duck Soup, where the candy bars are made in the back.
Images for kids
Sky Bars made by Necco had the Necco logo on the wrapper and on each of the four sections. Sky Bars made by the Sky Bar Confectionary Company do not have a logo on the wrapper. Instead, they have "Sky" or "Bar" printed on each section.
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A Necco Sky Bar in its wrapper.
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A Sky Bar Confectionary Company bar in its wrapper.
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A Necco Sky Bar, unwrapped and split open to show the fillings.
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A Sky Bar Confectionary Company bar, unwrapped.
