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5th Avenue (candy)
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- For the street in Manhattan, see 5th Avenue (Manhattan).
The 5th Avenue candy bar is a crunchy peanut butter bar with a chocolatey coating, and is made by Hershey's. It was introduced in 1936 by William H. Luden, founder of Luden's cough drops, and was named after 5th Avenue in Reading, PA. Luden's company changed hands a number of times and was most recently purchased by Hershey's Corporation in 1986.
It is very similar to a Butterfinger candy bar. One difference between these two candy bars is that, until the Hershey takeover, 5th Avenue candy bars had three or four small almonds or almond pieces along the top center length of the bar, under the chocolate coating. Also, the 5th Avenue texture is a creamier, peanut-butter-based filling rather than the toffee crunch of Butterfinger.
The 5th Avenue bar was the favorite of Martinsville Speedway founder H. Clay Earles and, until his death, was the only candy bar sold at the speedway during races.
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| Chocolate-based: | 5th Avenue • Almond Joy • Bar None (discontinued) • Cherry Blossom • Fast Break • Glosette • Heath bar • Hershey bar • Hershey Kiss • Hershey's Kissables • Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme • Hershey's Pops • Hershey's S'mores • Kit Kat* • Krackel • Milk Duds • Mounds • Mr. Goodbar • Oh Henry!† • Rolo* • Reese's Peanut Butter Cup • ReeseSticks • Skor • Snack Barz • Take 5 (Also known as Max 5) • Whatchamacallit • Whoppers • York Peppermint Pattie • Swoops |
| Non-chocolate: | Bubble Yum • Good & Plenty • Ice Breakers • Jolly Rancher • Koolerz • PayDay • Reese's Pieces • Twizzlers • ZAGNUT • ZERO |
| * This product is marketed in a number of countries, but is produced by the Hershey Company only within the United States. † This product is marketed in both the United States and Canada, but is produced by the Hershey Company only within Canada. Hershey also manufactures Cadbury-branded products in the U.S. and military chocolate for the U.S. armed forces. |
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