Almond Joy is a candy bar manufactured by The Hershey Company, consisting of sweetened, shredded coconut topped with whole almonds and covered in milk chocolate. The company also produces Mounds bars, a similar confection without nuts, coated in dark chocolate.
The two bars have the same packaging and logo design, with a blue color scheme for Almond Joy and red for Mounds.
History
The Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company was founded by six Armenian immigrants, including Peter Paul Halajian and Max Freedman, in 1919. In 1929, the company acquired the Mounds bar candy line from West Haven, Connecticut, candy maker Vincent Nitido.[3] The Mounds bar became a hit with the U.S. military during World War II, who by 1944 purchased 80% of their production for use in rations (5 million bars/month).[4]