Charleston Chew is a candy bar consisting of marshmallow flavored nougat covered in chocolate flavor coating. It was created in 1922 by the Fox-Cross Candy Company, founded by stage actor Donley Cross and his friend Charlie Fox.[3] The candy was named after the Charleston, a popular dance at that time.[4]
A chocolate Charleston Chew split in half
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| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 1,761.46 kJ (421.00 kcal) |
82 g | |
| Sugars | 58 g |
| Dietary fibre | 0 g |
12 g | |
| Saturated | 7.9 g |
| Trans | 0 g |
2.6 g | |
| Vitamins | Quantity %DV† |
| Vitamin C | 0% 0 mg |
| Minerals | Quantity %DV† |
| Calcium | 4% 53 mg |
| Iron | 5% .95 mg |
| Sodium | 3% 66 mg |
Amounts converted and rounded to be relative to 38 g serving.
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| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2] Source: Nutrition Value | |
The company was purchased in 1957 by Nathan Sloane and later sold to Nabisco in 1980. Although Sloane did not invent the Charleston Chew, he did change the candy's original form, chocolate-covered vanilla nougat.
In the 1970s, he introduced such new flavors as chocolate and strawberry.[5] Warner-Lambert purchased Charleston Chew from RJR Nabisco in 1988, then Tootsie Roll Industries purchased the brand from Warner-Lambert in 1993.
The candy is available in vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry flavors. At one time, there were three additional flavours; banana, grape, and cherry.[6] "Mini Charleston Chews" are a bite-sized, similarly-shaped version of the candy bar, introduced in 1998. The original packaging for Charleston Chews was a grey box that had the brand name in a small red font at the bottom of the box.
Charleston Chew candy bars have been used to demonstrate rheology to students in North American university geology labs.[7]
