Texan was a nougat and toffee candy bar covered with chocolate, manufactured during the 1970s and 1980s.[1] It was withdrawn from sale in 1984 but was briefly re-launched as a limited "nostalgia" edition by Nestlé in 2005.[2][3]
A 2004 survey of sweet shops' customers rated the Texan bar their favourite sweet of all time, by a large margin.[4]
The advertisements for the Texan showed a cartoon cowboy, who was captured by bandits and tied to a stake. When asked if he had a last request he asked for a Texan bar which took him a long time to eat, during which time his captors fell asleep, allowing his escape. The cowboy's catchphrases were "Someone should have told em, Texan takes time a chewin!" and "Sure is a mighty chew!"[5]
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- Tim Richardson. Sugar candy kisses The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 2005-02-19, retrieved 2010-12-12^
- Grant Woodward. Fings are wot they used to be! Yorkshire Evening Post, Johnston Press Digital Publishing, 2005-09-06, retrieved 2010-12-12^
- History Of Rowntree Nestlé, retrieved 2010-12-12^
- It's Official... Texan is Britain's Favourite Chocolate Bar Ever... PR Newswire, August 23, 2005^
- Texan, Itv Advert Ad Break 3 July 2008^