Carambar [SEP] country of origin
Carambar
Carambar is a brand of chewy caramel candy from France, owned by Eurazeo.
History.
In 1954, Mr. Fauchille, director of the Delespaul-Hazard company, and Mr. Gallois, an employee, had a surplus of cocoa and decided to create a new, original recipe to use it up. The legend says that one of the machines in the factory was malfunctioning, making the long bars that still exists today. This sweet, in the form of a bar was named Caram'bar.
Each of
the original Caram'bars were a regulated size and weight. The statistics are as follows:
- Length: 7 cm
- Weight: 10 g
- Recommended retail price: 5 centimes
- Wrapper: Yellow, with red striped twisted ends
Inside of the wrappers, there were "Carambar points" which could be redeemed for various Carambar-related products until 1961, when points were replaced by jokes. Carambar is famous for the poor quality of these jokes, and the expression "blague Carambar" (