Peter Paul Halajian was a Connecticut candy
seller in the early 1900s. Along with some other Armenian
investors, he formed the Peter Paul Candy Company in 1919.
Almond Joy Candy Bar - 36 chocolate candy bars
The company sold various kinds of candies, but following sugar
and coconut shortages of World War II, they dropped most
brands and put all of their efforts on the Mounds candy bar.
The Almond Joy bar was introduced in 1946.
Almond Joy Candy Bar - 36 chocolate candy bars
During the 1970s, the Peter Paul company introduced their
famous advertising jingle that contained a play on words,
"Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't; Peter
Paul Almond Joy's got nuts; Mounds don't." |