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![]() ![]() At the time of the move, the 250,000 square foot Naugatuck plant was operating at 40% capacity. The Hershey Company made Almond Joy in Naugatuck, Connecticut, for nearly 20 years before moving the manufacturing operation to a more modern plant in Stuarts Draft, Virginia in 2007. The name "Almond Joy" was selected by Peter Paul employee Anna Z. ![]() In 1988, Hershey's purchased the United States rights to their chocolate business for $300 million, which included the Mounds, Almond Joy, and York Peppermint Pattie brands, in addition to Cadbury-only products such as Dairy Milk and Caramello. In 1978, Peter Paul merged with the Cadbury-Schweppes company of England. The Almond Joy bar was introduced in 1946 as a replacement for the Dreams Bar, which was introduced in 1934, consisting of diced almonds and coconut covered with dark chocolate. military during World War II, who by 1944 purchased 80% of their production for use in rations (5 million bars/month). The Mounds bar became a hit with the U.S. In 1929, the company acquired the Mounds bar candy line from West Haven, Connecticut, candy maker Vincent Nitido. The Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company was founded by six Armenian immigrants including Peter Paul Halajian and Max Freedman in 1919. The two bars have the same packaging and logo design, with a blue color scheme for Almond Joy and red for Mounds. The company also produces Mounds bars, a similar confection without nuts, coated in dark chocolate. Almond Joy is a candy bar manufactured by The Hershey Company, consisting of sweetened, shredded coconut topped with whole almonds and covered in chocolate. ![]()
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