Almond Joy

1.6 oz. coconut candy bar covered in milk chocolate with 2 large almonds on top. Click to Order.

"Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don't. Peter Paul Almond Joy's got nuts. Mounds don't." 

Each Almond Joy bar gets two layers of chocolate to protect the almond from the coconut so it doesn’t get soggy. The bar receives one coat, the almonds are added and then the entire bar is covered in chocolate.

Both Almond Joy and Mounds Bar were rated the #1 and #2 candy for many years by Candy Industry magazine.

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History

The Almond Joy candy bar was introduced by the Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company in New Haven, Connecticut in 1946 as a replacement for the Dream Bar which was introduced in 1936. The Dream Bar was made of milk chocolate, coconut and diced almonds.

Until 2007, both Mounds and Almond Joy were made exclusively at the plant in Naugatuck, Connecticut which was built in 1922. Operations were moved to a Hershey plant in Virginia.

The famous advertising jingle, "Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don't. Peter Paul Almond Joy's got nuts. Mounds don't,” was introduced in the 1970s.

Cultural References

• A type of subway car, the M3 built by the Budd Company is nicknamed the Almond Joy because it has two humps in the roof for ventilation which make it resemble the candy bar.

• In the movie, Kelley’s Heroes, there is a scene which shows a case of Almond Joys behind the desk of the supply depot clerk, played by Don Rickles. The setting of the movie is World War II. So, of course, that could never have happened because the Almond Joy was not introduced until 1946, one year after the war ended.

• In the movie, Welcome to Woop Woop, Angie says her favorite candy is the Cherry Ripe bar, but Teddy says his is the Almond Joy.

• The song, Wide Receiver, by Michael Henderson, uses the slogan, “Sometimes you feel like a nut…”

• An early name for the Allman Brothers band was Allman Joys.

• In the TV series, Parks and Recreation, Season 2, Episode 7, Ron Swanson asks Ann if there will be any candy besides Almond Joy at her party because he is allergic to almonds.

• In the HBO TV series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David tries to get out of jury duty by saying that he had been the victim of a crime. His cousin had once stolen an Almond Joy from him. It didn’t work.

• In the TV program, Weeds, Almond Joy was Nancy ’s late husband’s favorite candy. Also, Season 2, Episode 9, ends with the Almond Joy / Mounds theme song because of Judas’ love for them.