5th Avenue (candy) explained

5th Avenue
Type:	Chocolate Bar
Currentowner:	The Hershey Company
Origin:	United States
Producedby:	The Hershey Company
Markets:	United States
Previousowners:	Luden's
Tagline:	It'll Make You Go Crunch More Bunches of Crunches The Right Taste, At The Right Time It's Everything it's Cracked up to be

The 5th Avenue is a candy bar introduced in 1936, consisting of peanut butter crunch layers enrobed in chocolate.^[1] It is currently produced and marketed by The Hershey Company.^[2]

The bar is similar to the Clark Bar which was first produced in Pittsburgh in 1917 by the D.L. Clark Company, now produced by the Boyer Candy Company of Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is also similar in composition to the Butterfinger candy bar,^[3] first developed and manufactured by Curtiss Candy Company, later manufactured by successors including Nestlé and Ferrara.

History

The candy bar was introduced in 1936 by Luden's, at the time a subsidiary of Food Industries of Philadelphia.^{[1] [4] [5]} The name was an attempt to associate the candy with fashionable 5th Avenue in New York City.^[6] Hershey Foods Corporation acquired Luden's brands from the Dietrich Corporation, a successor to Food Industries of Philadelphia, in 1986.^[4] Despite not being advertised since 1993, the candy bar is still available in many smaller retailers.

The original candy bar was topped with almonds, but these were removed in the 1990s as a cost-saving measure.^{[7] [8] [9]}

In popular culture

• The candy bar was a huge favorite of H. Clay Earles, founder of Virginia's Martinsville Speedway, and it was the only candy sold as a concession at the track until his death in 1999.^[10]
• This candy appeared in the 1994 sci-fi movie Stargate^{[11] [12] [13] [14]} and the Seinfeld episode "The Dealership".^{[15] [16]}

See also

• Butterfinger
• Clark Bar
• List of chocolate bar brands
• List of peanut dishes

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5th Avenue Candy Bar. The Old Time Candy Company.
2. Web site: 5th Avenue Candy Bar . . 2011-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111014013400/http://www.thehersheycompany.com/brands/5th-avenue/candy-bar.aspx#/1859 . 2011-10-14 . dead .
3. Web site: Butterfinger. Nestlé USA. July 14, 2016.
4. Web site: From Luden's mother's kitchen to the world: A timeline. Reading Eagle. 19 July 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143445/http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=54968. dead.
5. Web site: Barry Popik. Barry. Popik. Barrypopik.com. 19 July 2018.
6. Web site: 5th Avenue Candy Bar - OldTimeCandy.com. OldTimeCandy.com. 19 July 2018.
7. Web site: 2021-08-20 . 5th Avenue Bar (History, FAQ & Pictures) - Snack History . 2023-06-14 . en-US.
8. Web site: Beyette . Beverly . 1997-07-11 . He Vents So That You Don't Have To . 2023-06-14 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
9. Web site: 5th Avenue Candy Bar . 2023-06-14 . OldTimeCandy.com . en.
10. Web site: Experience the New 5th Avenue Candy Bar | Candy Retailer . 13 September 2021 .
11. Web site: WAYNE SCHMIDT'S CANDY BAR AUTOPSY PAGE. Waynesthisandthat.com. 19 July 2018. 20 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120720071648/http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/candybars. dead.
12. Web site: Stargate: The Movie Transcript - StargateWiki . 2023-06-14 . www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com.
13. Web site: The First Ones » GateWorld . 2023-06-14 . GateWorld . en-US.
14. Web site: 5th Avenue - Semantic Stargate Wiki . 2023-06-14 . en.stargatewiki.noip.me.
15. Web site: 2005-02-14 . Script . 2023-06-14 . 2005-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050214065935/http://www.seinology.com/scripts/script-167.shtml . bot: unknown .
16. Web site: The Dealership . 2023-06-14 . SeinfeldScripts.