KitKat
Still made in York, where Rowntree's launched it in 1935, KitKat is the eleven o'clock biscuit. We keep the two-finger in multipacks, Milk Chocolate in eight, twelve and eighteen bars plus Dark, Orange, Caramel, White and Mocha, because it survives a lunchbox and the dark and orange give a tea tray something other than milk chocolate.
Still made in York, where Rowntree's launched it in 1935, KitKat is the eleven o'clock biscuit. We keep the two-finger in multipacks, Milk Chocolate in eight, twelve and eighteen bars plus Dark, Orange, Caramel, White and Mocha, because it survives a lunchbox and the dark and orange give a tea tray something other than milk chocolate.
About KitKat
KitKat was invented by Rowntree's in York and launched in September 1935 as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp, a four-finger wafer born of an employee's idea for a bar that would fit in a lunch box. Two years later it became KitKat Chocolate Crisp, a name taken from Christopher Catling, the pastry cook known as Kit Cat. Nestlé bought Rowntree's in 1988, and KitKat is still made in York today.
This is the eleven o'clock biscuit: the lunchbox, the desk drawer, the glovebox. The slogan still says “Have a break”. The milk two-finger sits best beside a strong builder's brew, a Yorkshire or a PG Tips, where the malt meets the wafer. The dark suits an Assam or a plain Ceylon, and the orange belongs with Earl Grey.
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KitKat 2 Finger Cookie Dough Flavour Chocolate Bar Multipack is eight individually wrapped two-finger bars, 165.6g in the outer, picked into the teas.co.uk curator selection as the sweet-end tea-break bar for anyone…
KitKat 2 Finger White is the white-coated version of the two-finger wafer bar, eight individually wrapped 20.7g bars in a 165.6g multipack.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this…
KitKat 2 Finger Mocha Flavour is the coffee-toned member of the two-finger family, eight individually wrapped 20.7g wafer bars under a mocha flavour coating in a 165.6g multipack.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per…
KitKat 2 Finger Orange is the chocolate-orange version of the two-finger wafer bar, eight individually wrapped 20.7g bars in a 165.6g multipack, picked into the teas.co.uk curator selection as the flavoured variant…
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KitKat was invented by Rowntree's in York and launched in September 1935 as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp, a four-finger wafer born of an employee's idea for a bar that would fit in a lunch box. Two years later it became KitKat Chocolate Crisp, a name taken from Christopher Catling, the pastry cook known as Kit Cat. Nestlé bought Rowntree's in 1988, and KitKat is still made in York today.
