What the Famous American Chocolate KitKat Stands For

By Anthony K

Kit Kat Each bar is made up of three layers of wafer fingers that are encased in a chocolate shell. You can snap off each finger on the bar separately. Bars usually have two or four fingers. Kit Kat Chunky bars in larger sizes are very popular.

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Over the years, Kitkat has grown to be one sensational chocolate globally. It all began in York, England, back in 1935 when it was first produced by one Joseph Rowntree and is now produced globally by Nestle.

There are so many theories and myths about where this famous chocolate bar got its name. He sometimes derived the name from the Kit Kat, a popular nightclub in London’s West End, although the Kit Kat was founded in the 1920s, after World War I, and Rowntree coined the name in 1911.

Although the names were registered in 1911, Rowntree did nothing with them until the 1920s. However, he utilized them to make a box of chocolates rather than the chocolate-wrapped wafers, which didn’t come out for another few years. Chocolates like these were gradually phased out. Rowntree then set his eyes on creating a candy bar that a man could pack up and carry to work.

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When it comes to the meaning of the abbreviation, it has been said that KITKAT stands for Kiss In Time, Kiss Ant Time which sounds like a Romeo and Juliet Kinda Chocolate. Maybe it is the reason why it became so famous for being one of the most consumed chocolates in America? At this point, nothing is certain but one thing for sure. People consume billions of KitKat every year not only in America but Globally.