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Box of Curtiss' Baby Ruth candy bars at a general store in Portsmouth, North Carolina. Although the name of the candy bar sounds like the name of the famous baseball player Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland.
The Baby Ruth / Butterfinger factory, built in the 1960s, is located at 3401 Mt. Prospect Rd. in Franklin Park, Illinois. Interstate 294 curves eastward around the plant, where a prominent, rotating sign, resembling a giant candy bar, is visible. It originally read "Curtiss Baby Ruth" on one side and "Curtiss Butterfinger" on the other.
The Curtiss Candy Company asserted that the "Baby Ruth" candy bar was named after Ruth Cleveland. Known as "Kandy Kake" from 1900 to 1920, it was renamed in 1921, thirty years after Ruth Cleveland's birth and seventeen years after her death.
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9. Seven Up Bar. Introduced: Sometime in the 1930s Discontinued: 1979 Not to be confused with the fizzy lemon-lime soda 7 Up, the Seven Up candy bar was like a box of Valentine's chocolates all ...
The Reggie! bar was named after Reggie Jackson, the star slugger who played for the New York Yankees in the late ’70s. ... Though popular, the candy bar disappeared in the ’80s, but enjoyed a ...
Crisp: Nestlé also produced Butterfinger Crisp bars, which are a form of chocolate covered wafer cookie, with a Butterfinger flavored cream. This is part of a line of Nestlé products under a "crisp" name, including Nestlé Crunch Crisp and Baby Ruth Crisp. Cocoa Mix: Nestlé released a hot cocoa mix with the flavor of the Butterfinger bar ...
One long-term survivor of the craze over Ruth may be the Baby Ruth candy bar. The original company to market the confectionery, the Curtis Candy Company, maintained that the bar was named after Ruth Cleveland, daughter of former president Grover Cleveland.