Food Readme

-The Heath Bar is a sweet and chewy candy made of milk chocolate and toffee.
-It has been around since the 1920s.
-It was created by Heath brothers Bayard Heath and Everett Heath in 1915.
-The original name of the candy bar was “Heath English Toffee” and it was later changed to the Heath Bar.
-It gained popularity in the United States during the Great Depression when it was included in soldiers’ rations.
-The Heath Candy Company was eventually acquired by Leaf, Inc.
-In 1996, Hershey acquired the rights to the Heath Bar.
-The candy bar is now marketed under the Hershey brand.
-It is similar to the Skor Bar.
-The Heath Bar is popular in cookies and other products, especially in the ice cream industry.
-A popularity survey in 1987 ranked the Heath Bar as the 56th most popular snack in the United States.
-The ingredients used by Hershey for the Heath bar are milk chocolate, palm oil, almonds, sugar, dairy butter, artificial flavor, salt, and soy lecithin.
-Other Heath bar-based products include Archway Cookies, Heath Cookies, and Dairy Queen’s Heath Bar Blizzard flavor.
-Hershey’s acquired the rights to produce the Heath Bar in 1996.
-The Skor Bar is a similar candy made by Hershey’s to compete with the Heath Bar. It has a slightly thicker and darker chocolate layer, a thicker taffy layer, and does not contain trans fat.
-The Heath Bar can be found at stores like Wal-Mart, Sam’s Food Store, Rite Aid, and some health food stores.
-Nutritionally, a serving size of 1 bar (86g) contains 229 calories, 12g of total fat, 21g of sugar, and 0g of trans fat. The Heath Bar contains 3.4g of Vitamin A, 6.5% of Vitamin C, 1.4% of Calcium, and 8.9% of Iron. It is gluten-free, according to the Hershey company website. The bar contains almonds and may be exposed to other nuts, such as peanuts. It is not considered healthy, as it has high sugar content and lacks nutrients. The recipe for making homemade Heath Bars includes chocolate chips, butter, sugar, water, corn syrup, and a candy thermometer.