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ABOUT KIT KAT
Kit Kat is a chocolate-covered wafer biscuit bar confection that was created
by Rowntree's of York, England, and is now produced worldwide by Nestlé, which
acquired Rowntree in 1988, except in the United States where it is made under
license by The Hershey Company. Each bar consists of fingers composed of three
layers of wafer, covered in an outer layer of chocolate. Each finger can be snapped
from the bar separately. Bars typically have 2 or 4 fingers. Larger Kit Kat Chunky
bars are also popular.
Use of the name "Kit Kat" or "Kit Cat" for a type of food goes back to the
18th century, when mutton pies known as a Kit-Kat were served at meetings of the
political Kit-Cat Club in London.
The origins of what is now known as the "Kit Kat" brand go back to 1911,
when Rowntree's, a confectionery company based in York in the United Kingdom,
trademarked the terms "Kit Cat" and "Kit Kat".
The original four-finger bar was developed after a worker at Rowntree's
York Factory put a suggestion in a recommendation box for a snack that "a man
could take to work in his pack" The bar launched on 29 August 1935, under the
title of "Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp" (priced at 2d), and was sold in London and
throughout Southern England.

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