Munchies are a type of confectionery produced by Nestlé. They were introduced by the British firm Mackintosh's in 1957.[1] The brand was later acquired by Nestlé as part of its takeover of Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988.
The original variety of Munchies are individual milk chocolate-coated sweets with a caramel and biscuit centre.
Variants
In 1995, the confectionery formerly known as "Mintola" (near-identical in appearance to Munchies, but consisting of plain chocolate with a mint fondant centre) was renamed "Mint Munchies".[2] In 2006, Mint Munchies were again renamed, this time as "After Eight Bitesize".[3][4]
In September 2019, Nestlé launched a new flavour of the Munchies confection: Chocolate Fudge Brownie. They also launched a Cookie Dough variant. They have also released a Salted Caramel Fudge flavoured variety in 2021.[5]
In August 2020, Nestlé launched a limited-edition variant of Munchies featuring a white chocolate shell.[6]
In March 2023, as a part of their "Golden Collection" of chocolates, Nestlé released "Munchies Gold" made with Caramac chocolate.[7]
External links
References
- History of Rowntree's nestle.co.uk, Nestlé, retrieved 28 January 2015^
- Our brands - Chocolate and Sweets nestle.co.uk, retrieved 28 January 2015^
- After Eights re-invented for a new generation utalkmarketing.com, 27 September 2007, retrieved 3 September 2015^
- "Mint Munchies join After Eight brand", irn-talkingshop.co.uk. Article dated 13 October 2006, retrieved 5 January 2007^
- Elena Chabo. You can now get Salted Caramel Fudge Munchies Good Housekeeping, 2021-06-23, retrieved 2022-07-19^
- Nestlé Launches White Chocolate Munchies Chocolatier.co.uk, 6 August 2020, retrieved 6 August 2020^
- Nestlé launches The Golden Collection, featuring new flavours of Aero, Milkybar, Munchies and Smarties Nestlé, 2023-03-08, retrieved 2023-10-01^