Almond Joy

What it is

Sweet coconut topped with a whole almond in milk chocolate.

The story

• 1946: first made by Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company, Naugatuck, Connecticut.
• 1978: Cadbury takes over.
• 1988: Hershey takes over.

Fun facts

• It replaced Peter Paul's Dreams Bar of 1934.
• The "Sometimes you feel like a nut" jingle by Joey Levine first aired in January 1977.
• Made in Naugatuck until 2007, then in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.

Is Almond Joy still made?

Yes. Almond Joy is still made, by The Hershey Company. Look for it at candy shops that stock old-fashioned candy, or search for Almond Joy on Amazon.

If you like Almond Joy

• Krackel (1938): Milk chocolate with crisped rice.
• Sky Bar (1938): A milk chocolate bar in four sections, each with a different center: caramel, vanilla, peanut and fudge.
• Chunky (late 1930s): A thick square of milk chocolate with peanuts and raisins, shaped like a flat-topped pyramid.
• 5th Avenue (1936): Crunchy peanut butter layers coated in milk chocolate.

See every candy from the 1940s or all candy bars.