At the time of the 2016 change Glenn Caton, president of the northern Europe division of Toblerone’s parent company Mondelez, said that the wider gaps were only a “short-term solution” and “not the right thing for the long term because of the iconic nature of the product”. Toblerone: 1909". How it All Began: Tobler's Chocolate. Kraft Foods. 2006. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009 . Retrieved 3 February 2008. Invented for over 100 years now by Theodor Tobler, the name Toblerone has been a cult favorite for its distinct pyramid-like shape and its nougat ingredients. Toblerone comes from his surname, plus 'torrone' which is an Italian word for a type of nougat immediately caught the consumers' attention in the chocolate world. The Meaning Behind Its Shape A similar product is the Croatian product Kolumbo, made by factory Kraš from Zagreb. This chocolate is also composed of pyramids of hazelnuts and honey. Kraš was producing Toblerone under licence during the 1970s and 1980s. [ citation needed] Bar sizes range from ten centimetres to nearly one metre, all similarly proportioned. According to Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany the sizes and number of peaks for Toblerones are as follows:

Toblerone ( / ˈ t oʊ b l ər oʊ n/ TOH-blər-ohn, German: [tobləˈroːnə]) is a Swiss chocolate brand [1] owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods). It is produced in Bern, Switzerland, [2] was sometimes manufactured elsewhere in the past, and is planned to be made in Slovakia from the end of 2023. Toblerone is known for its distinctive shape, a series of joined triangular prisms and lettering engraved in the chocolate. Toblerone Fruit and Nut. The smooth milk chocolate bar combines almond nougat, honey, and raisins. You can find this delicious Toblerone in a 360g size across the country. Toblerone Milk Chocolate. Delicious, smooth milk chocolate with almond nougat and honey available in 100g, 150g, and 360g sizes. Enjoying a Toblerone will provide you with a unique chocolate taste experience that will bring your taste buds to life. The triangle chocolate bar combines premium Swiss milk chocolate with honey and almond nougat. Although the company maintains the classic shape and bar of Toblerone, they continue to innovate by exploring new tastes. That bar is now being replaced with a new version weighing 33% more, but the price could rise by more than 200%.

Olivennes, Hannah (8 November 2016). "Toblerone Alters Shape of 2 Chocolate Bars, and Fans Are Outraged". The New York Times . Retrieved 9 November 2016. Koltrowitz, Silke (23 June 2022). "Toblerone loses Swiss exclusivity as production shifts east". Reuters. By 1920, the popular Toblerone recipe already faced competition from other manufacturers, for instance from another Swiss manufacturer, Cailler, who launched the Chocmel tablet that year. [26] Another comparable chocolate made in Switzerland (in this case both for the ingredients and shape) is Mahony, produced by Frey. [27] [28]

Svensson, Britta (5 January 2007). "Nej det handlade inte bara om Toblerone..." (in Swedish). Expressen. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012 . Retrieved 24 January 2007. The interior of the Tobler factory in Switzerland was the location where the title sequence of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was filmed. However, the majority of the film was produced in West Germany. [33]

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things you probably didn't know about the Toblerone chocolate bar". Cool FM. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016 . Retrieved 9 November 2016. Toblerone Dark. This rich dark chocolate with almond nougat and honey is typically available in a 360g size in the UK. Chrystal, Paul (2013). Chocolate: The British Chocolate Industry. Bloomsbury Publishing. p.68. ISBN 9780747810742. Dark Toblerone was launched in 1969 with White Toblerone following in 1973. Frank, Allegra (25 September 2017). "Neo Yokio's big Toblerone is real, to the internet's delight". Polygon . Retrieved 11 February 2019. Chrystal, Paul (2021). Rowntrees: The Early History. Pen & Sword Books. p.62. ISBN 9781526778925. Prudently, Theodor Tobler and his then company, Tobler AG, applied for a patent in 1909 in Bern to cover the manufacture and shape of the bar, and Toblerone thus became the first patented milk chocolate bar. The official who gave the authorising singature was one Albert Einstein who was working in the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property in Bern at the time.

UK comedy character Alan Partridge battled a longstanding addiction to Toblerones, which became a running gag of his TV series. [ citation needed]In the past it was manufactured in other locations including Bedford in England, and Dundee in Scotland from the 1930s up to 1969. [23] In the 1970s and 1980s, it was manufactured under licence in Yugoslavia by Kraš in Zagreb (now in Croatia). [ citation needed] Toblerone is one of the most popular Swiss chocolate bars on the market made with honey and almond nougat. This mouthwatering chocolate was created by Theodor Tobler in 1908 along with his cousin Emil Baumann. Its name originated from the family name of the chocolatier combined with torrone, which is the Italian term for nougat. While it is often assumed that the triangle design of Toblerone was inspired by the steep Swiss Alps, it is claimed that the chocolate bar shape was influenced by a row of show dancers. Though we can't deny the fact that its logo is actually a bear hugging a mountain, but it is pretty interesting knowing where the inspiration came from.

Toblerone maintains peak performance". Confectionery Production. 26 July 2019. The product has encountered rivals during its 111 year history, including a similar Kolumbo bar in Croatia, and Swiss company Chocolate Frey's triangular Mahony bars. TOBLERONE - Questions et Réponses". Toblerone.ch (in French). Archived from the original on 14 December 2014 . Retrieved 11 February 2016. advertisement Advertising in the 1960s included the production of a model Volkswagen Type 2 by Corgi Toys, featuring Toblerone designs on its side panels. Toblerone ice cream Toblerone displays in Hong Kong Size(g) The Whitworth Park Residencel". Our Manchester - Manchester History Net. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014 . Retrieved 3 November 2014.Some early advertisements for Tobler chocolate appeared in the international languages Esperanto [14] and Ido. [15] Tobler". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in French). 18 December 2013. [His son Theodor entered the business in 1894 and in 1899 set up a chocolate factory, whose products were very successful.] Theodor Tobler applied for a patent for the Toblerone manufacturing process in Bern in 1909. [8] The Toblerone brand was trademarked the same year, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property in Bern. [10] Albert Einstein, who was working at the institute as a clerk, might have been involved in the patenting. Toblerone was thus the first patented milk chocolate bar. [11] It is probably also one of the oldest candy bars using milk chocolate, although not the very first one; the Branche, another iconic product of the Swiss chocolate industry, had been launched a few years earlier. [12] To eat a Toblerone, push the triangles inwards towards the other triangles on the bar to devour a Toblerone.