What country has the best/worst/unique candy?

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The best UK-based chocolates were invented in the 1920s and 30s.

Roald Dhal commented that this period was the chocolate equivalent to the Italian Renaissance.

1920: Flake
1921: Fruit and Nut Dairy Milk
1929: Crunchie
1930: Snickers, Freddo
1932: Mars Bar
1933: Whole Nut Dairy Milk
1935: Aero, Kit Kat, Milky Way
1936: Maltesers, Blue Riband
1937: Smarties, Rolo, Milky Bar

What a time to be alive! (…apart from those two massive wars either side)

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Thanks for reminding me what to pick up at the duty-free in Madrid on our layover next Saturday!

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Hence hs book featuring a chocolate factory and industrial espionage - which was also a characteristic of the chocolate wars.

Also invented in 1920: the chocolate box. To hold soft-centre chocolates, invented only a little earlier, in 1912.