Annabelle Candy Company
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The Annabelle Candy Company is a Hayward, California
Hayward, California
Hayward is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County, California. With a population of 144,186, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward was ranked as the 37th most populous municipality in California. It is included in...

 based candy
Candy
Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...

 manufacturer. The company was founded in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

 in 1950 by Russia
Russia
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n immigrant Sam Altshuler, who named the company after his daughter. The company currently manufactures 10 different candy bars, with its most popular the Rocky Road candy bar (which features the "Rocky road
Rocky road (dessert)
Rocky Road is a type of dessert made up of milk chocolate and marshmallow which is usually served in individual portions such as a cupcake or in American cuisine, as an ice cream flavor.-Australia:...

" flavor of marshmallow, chocolate, and cashews) is currently ranked among the top 35-40 best selling chocolate bars on the West Coast of the United States
West Coast of the United States
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.

The company moved to its present location in Hayward, California in 1965. In 1972, Annabelle Candy Company purchased the Golden Nugget Company and in 1978 the Cardinet Candy Company adding the Big Hunk, Look, U-NO and Abba Zaba candy bars to its current line of products.

Products

  • Rocky Road (original)
  • Rocky Road Dark
  • Rocky Road Mint
  • Big Hunk
    Big Hunk
    Big Hunk is a candy bar made by Annabelle Candy Company. It is a bar of roasted peanuts covered in honey sweetened nougat. It was featured in Steve Almond’s book, Candyfreak, as being one of the only successful candies made by a small company. Big Hunk was acquired by Annabelle Candy Company when...

  • Abba-Zaba
    Abba-Zaba
    Abba-Zaba are taffy candy bars with peanut butter centers, made by Annabelle Candy Company in Hayward, California.According to the Candy Wrapper Museum, the first Abba Zabba bars were manufactured beginning in 1922 by Colby and McDermott. Before Annabelle Candy Co. started manufacturing Abba...

  • Abba-Zaba Chocolaty
  • U-No
    U-No Bar
    The U-No Bar is produced by the Annabelle Candy Company.It is a truffle type bar with almond bits covered in chocolate and comes wrapped in a silver foil-like wrapper. It is comparable to a 3 Musketeers except it has a much higher fat content compared to 3 Musketeers with a much thinner chocolate...

  • Look!
  • Supreme Rocky Road Peanut Butter
  • Supreme Rocky Road Mocha
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