AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE MILKY WAY!
A growing sport for American candy enthusiasts is trying international variations of our staple bars. As it does with Pringles, Japan takes the cake for the widest varieties of Kit Kat bars. However, Hong Kong is catching us to the land of the rising sun. Returning from a recent business trip, a colleague brought back bags of assorted Kit Kat varieties (strawberry, cheesecake and, most peculiar of all, cracker). The story of the Milky Way bar abroad, however, is a little more tangled and mundane at the same time, but interesting nonetheless. Introduced by Mars Incorporated in the United States in 1924, the Milky Way bar, with its gooey caramel and nougat filling, soon became a staple of American confectionery . Eleven years later Milky Way made its English debut and subsequently made its way throughout Europe. Hence a variant of the Milky Way was formed that continues to this day. It is smaller than its American older brother and was stripped of the caramel component, making it l