Munchies (confectionery)

Confectionery brand of Nestlé

Nestle Munchies


Product type	Confection
Owner	Nestlé
Country	U.K.
Introduced	1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Previous owners	Mackintosh's
Website	nestle.co.uk/munchies

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. It 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]

References

^ "History of Rowntree's". nestle.co.uk. Nestlé. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2015. 1957 - Munchies are introduced
^ "Our brands - Chocolate and Sweets". nestle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2015. Mint Munchies [were launched] in 1957, this product changed its name from Mintola to Mint Munchies in June 1995
^ "After Eights re-invented for a new generation". utalkmarketing.com. 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015. Mint Munchies [..] are being changed into the After Eight brand. [..] "New After Eight bitesize combines the popular Mint Munchies product with the strength of the After Eight brand."
^ "Mint Munchies join After Eight brand"^{[permanent dead link]}, irn-talkingshop.co.uk. Article dated 13 October 2006, retrieved 5 January 2007 ^{[dead link]}
^ Chabo, Elena (2021-06-23). "You can now get Salted Caramel Fudge Munchies". Good Housekeeping. 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. Archived from the original on 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2023-10-01.

External links

Official website
"Mint Munchies join After Eight brand"^{[permanent dead link]}

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¹ Currently manufactured by General Mills in the U.S. and Canada. Produced by Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand elsewhere. ² Brand owned by General Mills; U.S. and Canadian production rights controlled by Nestlé under license. ³ U.S. production rights owned by The Hershey Company. ⁴ U.S. rights and production owned by the Smarties Candy Company with a different product. ⁵ U.S. rights and specific trade dress owned by Nestlé; rights elsewhere owned by Associated British Foods. ⁶ Produced by Cereal Partners, branded as Nestlé. ⁷ Produced by Cereal Partners and branded as Nestlé in the U.K. and Ireland. Produced by Post Foods elsewhere. ⁸ Philippine production rights owned by Alaska Milk Corporation. ⁹ Singaporean, Malaysian and Thai production rights owned by Fraser and Neave. ¹⁰ Used only in Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia. ¹¹ Used only in the Philippines. ¹² U.S. production rights owned by the Ferrara Candy Company. ¹³ NA rights and specific trade dress to all packaged coffee and other products under the Starbucks brand owned by Nestlé since 2019. ¹⁴ Brand owned by Mars, sold by Nestlé in Canada. ¹⁵ Produced by Froneri in the U.S. since 2020.