Did You Know – Kit Kat Chocolate Candy Bars
A few weeks ago I posted a cake that I made for my grandson. I used Kit Kat Chocolate Candy Bars to decorate the outside of the cake so I thought I would share some fun facts about Kit Kats.
- There are 192 million Kit Kats sold annually in the United States.
2. 650 Kit Kat bars are consumed every second across the globe.
3. Kit Kat is the second most popular Halloween Candy.
4. Kit Kats have been around since 1935.
5. Kit Kat is valued at over $2 billion dollars.
6. Japan sells about 4 million mini Kit Kats a day.
7. Japan also sells Kit Kat flavored cough drops!
8. Since the year 2000 there have been 300 flavors of Kit Kats available in Japan, including wasabi.
9. The US is the only place that produces mint flavored Kit Kats.
10. My favorite fun fact is that the filling in Kit Kats is made from broken Kit Kat bars. The Kit Kat rejects get crushed up together and are turned into a wafer paste.
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Fun facts from the TV show Modern Marvels.
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Used to like the chunky ones! I can’t find them in the shops anymore..
I have never seen a chunky Kit Kat. I just looked on Amazon and they have them. I’m seeing Kit Kats on my Christmas list! Thank you, no really, thank you! 🤣
Yaaay! Sounds good to me 😊
Kit Cat name came from a 18th century gentlemans club in London England . It gained fame for the titled members who joined as members including the King . It is as you say a name of a chocolate bar today
I was shocked to read how long they have been around. Thank you Kevin!
I admit I like Kit Kats. I like it when they come out with different flavors now and again. The most recent was white chocolate and strawberry 🍓
They have blueberry muffin too! Amazon sells a variety pack.
And was invented in York in the UK in the 1930’s
Yes and now they are all over the world. Thank you Karen!
Yum 😋
Right, I agree! Thank you
OMG I had no idea! I find them far too sweet.
Maybe you should try the wasabi to kill the sweetness. 🤣😂🤣
That would be my preference
I’m a Kit Kat fan and love all the facts here
Thank you Beth!
Kit Kat is probably my favourite chocolate bar. I love the white chocolate ones and I like that you highlighted the unique flavors from Japan. I noticed Kit Kat ice cream bars the other day at the Costco.
Oh yum! My son was experimenting with ice cream. He let my grandson pick different things like bananas, cereal, candy etc. and he said some were delicious. What will power you have if you didn’t buy them!
I do love Kit Kats. But I gotta say, I draw the line at wasabi.
You never know it may go well with wine! Hahaha
Cool trivia, Diane! I can’t even imagine what a wasabi KitKat bar would taste like, but it doesn’t sound very good.
I agree Kellye, the heat of the wasabi would ruin the delicious chocolate taste. Thank you 🥰
300 flavors of Kit Kats! That would be fun to try! I used to be obsessed with this candy but then one day I lost my taste for it, but it has been fun to read about it – thanks!
I know isn’t that crazy? Amazon sells a 24 Japanese variety pack for $43.00! You’re welcome Tierney!
Thanks for sharing a bit of history of our beloved Kit Kat candy bar!
You’re very welcome!
Thanks for the info. I love Kit Kats. I could go for one right now.
You’re welcome!
I know I have a weird sense of humor, but I think reusing the reject KitKat bars IN KitKat bars is really funny. Someone should have gotten a bonus for that idea!
Right but it’s like what came first the chicken or the egg? How did they make the first one without the rejects? 🤣
One of my favorites! Haha. Any chocolate candy is probably one of my favorites. Fun facts.
They are delicious and I was surprised how the broken ones were the filling. Now how did they make the very first one if they needed the broken ones for the filling?🤣
I love Kit Kat’s. Now I want one.
Me too Betty and I’m glad there aren’t any in my house! I never knew they were this popular.
Plus the mint ones sound soooo good!
Amazon has an assortment mix bundle pack of Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, mint, mocha, strawberry and blueberry muffin! I want to try blueberry muffin. This may go on my Christmas list! 🤣
I’m not sure you should have told me this! 🙂 Actually, it sounds like something I should bring to Pentwater and share on the beach or around the campfire.
Let me know when! 🤣
Great info about KitKats! We tried different flavors too and they were tasty.
We love Kit Kats at our house.
I will be adding some to my Christmas list from Amazon. Strawberry and blueberry muffin…..YUM!
No waste in that Kit Kat Kitchen. Marvelous!
Right it is pretty clever!
Kit Kat cough drops? My word – never heard of it! I always make sure my Kit Kat isn’t broken when I buy it in the shop … only to come home and break it while I’m eating it 😄.
🤣😂🤣 You made me laugh because I think we all do that!
I had Berto drop by the shop after church … and he said “But we don’t need anything”. And I said, “Babe, believe me, we need a Kit Kat 😁”. After reading your post a few days ago, I was so craving a Kit Kat. And it was good!
Hahahaha when women get a craving men just don’t get it!
That was interesting Diane. I do like Kit Kat bars. I have never had them in mint flavor … I’m a purist, so will stick with the regular kind. I wonder why Japan seems so fascinated with Kit Kat bars, right down to the cough drops? Amazing they grind up the rejects to make into the inside of the bars. Many years ago my grandmother worked at Rowntree’s in Toronto, at a factory that made chocolate bars and other chocolate treats, including “Smarties” which were like plain M&Ms. Whatever were rejects, the employees could take home. A lot of the neighbors worked in other manufacturing jobs, so they would swap their rejects for other rejects. My mom was a bookkeeper in a sweater factory and supplied family and friends with sweaters she could buy for a quarter apiece (in the early 50s before I came along).
What a great memory Linda! That was nice the companies let the employees take home the rejects!
Yes, they had all those rejects and traded with other neighbors – very nice!
I love learning stuff and I love KitKats so this was doubly fun! I wish I could get my hands on the wasabi KitKats. My husband would love them. I have never seen chocolate mint Kit Kats but will be on the lookout. Thanks for the run read!
Check out Amazon, they sell the Japanese version of 12 mini wasabi (5.2 oz) but they are $37.00!!!!!