Charleston Chew

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Charleston Chew
Vanilla Charleston Chew
A chocolate Charleston Chew split in half.

Charleston Chew is a candy bar consisting of flavored nougat covered in chocolate flavor coating. It was created in 1925 by the Fox-Cross Candy Company, founded by stage actor Donley Cross and his friend Charlie Fox.[1] The candy was named after the Charleston, a popular dance at that time.[2]

History[]

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.[3] Warner-Lambert purchased Charleston Chew from RJR Nabisco in 1988, then Tootsie Roll Industries purchased the brand from Warner-Lambert in 1993.

Flavors and varieties[]

The candy is available in vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry flavors. At one time, there were three additional flavours; banana, grape, and cherry.[4] "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.

In science and technology demonstrations[]

Charleston Chew candy bars have been used to demonstrate rheology to students in North American university geology labs.[5]

In popular culture[]

  • In the adult animated sitcom The Life & Times of Tim, Charleston Chew is frequently mentioned throughout the series. When asked what would be Tim's epithet, Steve Dildarian, the show's creator, replied: "Probably something like, 'Here lies Tim. He loved Charleston Chews.'".
  • In the animated sci-fi TV series Futurama, Charleston Chew is frequently mentioned (and advertised) by the head of Richard Nixon, who is the President of Earth.[6]
  • In the comedy sitcom TV show Community, Dean Pelton (played by Jim Rash) mentions Charleston Chews in the season 2 episode "Celebrity Pharmacology."
  • In Season 2 of The Boys (2019 TV series), Annie/Starlight mentions Charleston Chews as one of her “top 3 favorite” sweets
  • In the 2020 movie The Devil All the Time, after violently assaulting two men who made comments about sexually assaulting his wife, Willard Russell asks his son what kind of candy bar he's going to get at the store. His son responds, "Um...a Charleston Chew, yeah."
  • In the song Forgot About Dre, Eminem raps that he is "still loco enough to choke you to death with a Charleston Chew".
  • In the 4th episode of the 6th season of Modern Family, Phil Dunphy finds a Charleston Chew in a hotel vending machine
  • In the podcast Dungeons and Daddies, Charleston Chews are a favorite treat of Darryl Wilson.

References[]

  1. ^ Benjamin, Susan (April 9, 2016). "Secrets of the penny candy jar: From Tootsie Rolls to Necco wafers, the real story behind every nostalgic treat". Salon. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  2. ^ The back of the box of Mini Charleston Chews.
  3. ^ Associated Press (August 18, 2006). "Nathan Sloane, 97, Candy Bar Maker, Dies". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Fox-Cross Candy Company Magazine ad, showing additional flavours".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Weil, Arlo Brandon (November 7–10, 2004). "Deformation of Charleston Chew Candy Bars as a Rheology Analogue in the Structural Geology Classroom". Paper No. 145-8 (Denver Annual Meeting). Geological Society of America.
  6. ^ "3 things we learned from the Futurama AMA | The Young Folks". 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

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