During the mid-1700s, the term "Kit Kat" is used to refer to savory pies made with lamb served at the Kit-Cat club in London. (Kitt was a nickname at the time for the name Christopher; so, when Christopher Katt began making pies for the men looking to discuss literature, the pies and the clubs themselves became known as Kit Kats.)
It seems like a far jump from mutton to chocolate and it is. But to make the connection, we did a little digging into the chocolate-coated archives of Hershey's and Nestlé. Hello, a game changer.
In the beginning of the 20th century, candy makers marketed candy as "good food," putting a chocolate bar on par with a full lunch. Wrappers boasted the whole ingredients in each bar, like milk, nougat and peanuts. And for workers who didn't want to take the time (and lose money) to sit down for a full lunch, a candy bar was the answer.
And now, KitKats are one of the candies that you grew up with and can't get enough of whether it's Halloween, Easter, or just a regular Tuesday. That's why the KitKats were baked into brownies and made into chocolate wafers. But the brand is planning some huge changes to the candy, and they're starting to take effect now.
According to Delish, to be sold at department stores and convenience stores, Hershey's new Big Kat bars are "designed to fill the hunger void" left after eating a regular Kit Kat.
Apparently it's technically the same Kit Kat Bar you love just bigger and crispier, with five layers of wafers and a little bit extra of that smooth milk chocolate. Its total size is 1.5 ounces, but the King Size version is a whopping 3 ounces. And don't worry, the classic KitKat isn't going anywhere.
In other news, according to Japan Today, Kit Kat has released a new product line called "I Love Tea" in Japan, which consists of five tea variations: Gyokuro (high-quality green tea), Kocha (black tea), Uroncha (Oolong tea), Hojicha (roasted green tea) and Genmaicha (green tea with roasted rice).
