Jos Louis

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Jos Louis
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OwnerVachon Inc. a division of Canada Bread
CountryCanada
MarketsCanada, United States
Previous ownersArcade Vachon and his wife Rose-Anna Giroux
later bought by Saputo Inc.
Websitehttp://www.vachon.com/ http://www.instagram.com/joslouisofficial/

Jos Louis is a Canadian plastic-wrapped confection consisting of two chocolate cake rounds with a cream filling within a milk chocolate shell, made by Vachon Inc. It resembles a chocolate version of the May West dessert. It was created in 1932 and named after two of the Vachon sons, Joseph and Louis ("Jos" is a traditional contraction of "Joseph").[1][2]

Variations[]

The Jos Louis is also available in a 30-gram half-moon shape, called the 1/2 Jos Louis, and a bar-shaped version called the Jos Louis bar. The bar contains the normal cream filling found in the Jos Louis and also has a chocolate filling and weighs 53 grams. The ½ Moon cake is essentially a Jos Louis without the chocolaty coating, but has a smaller portion size of 51 grams. The ½ Moon is available in either chocolate or vanilla.

Super Jos Louis used to only be available individually but are now sold in boxes of six at some retailers. In the middle it has a layer of cream filling.

In 2006, Entenmann's began distributing a duplicate of the ½ Moon in the US, with "Enten-Mini's Chocolate Half Rounds".[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Skinner, RJ (5 May 2017). "7 Canadian snacks you can't get in the U.S. and the backstory on why". CBC. Retrieved 2018-07-16.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Our History". Vachon Inc. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Entenmann's Introduces Enten-mini's". Convenience Store News. 15 September 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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