Twix
chocolate-coated cookie candy bar
Twix is a chocolate bar made by Mars Inc., consisting of a biscuit applied with other confectionery toppings and coatings (most frequently caramel and milk chocolate). Twix are packaged with one (mini and snack sizes), two (standard and xtra sizes, xtra having double-length biscuits), or four bars (king size) in a wrapper.
History
Twix was first produced in the United Kingdom in 1967 at Mars's Slough factory. The name is a portmanteau of "twin sticks". Mars have also labelled the product in speech as the "Twix Cookie Bar".
The product was introduced in the United States in 1976 and again in 1979. Twix was called Raider in mainland Europe for many years before its name was changed in 1991, 2000 in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Turkey, to match the international brand name. The Raider brand was resurrected for retro editions sold in Germany in 2009, in the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland and Sweden in 2015, and Switzerland in late 2023.
Twix launched in Australia in 1989. In 1992, it launched in Russia and Czechoslovakia.
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