Almond Roca
Almond Roca' is a brand of chocolate toffee butter crunch candy containing a ground almond coating and also almond chunks inside the candy itself. It is similar, if not identical, to English Toffee. It is made by the Brown & Haley Co. of Tacoma, Washington.
Almond Roca was invented in 1923 by Harry Brown and J. C. Haley, founders of Brown & Haley. The candy's name is said to have been inspired by a local librarian, who chose the Spanish word "roca", meaning "rock" in English, to describe the hard, log-shaped confection.[1] Brown & Haley first used Almond Roca's trademark tin can containers in 1927 to extend the product's shelf life.[1] Individual pieces of Almond Roca candy are wrapped in gold-colored aluminum foil.[2][3]
[edit] Ingredients
Almond Roca contains sugar, almonds, butter (cream (milk) and salt), vegetable oil (coconut and/or palm oil), partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oils, cocoa powder, whey (milk), non-fat dry milk powder, soya lecithin, chocolate, cocoa butter, and vanilla.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Brown & Haley – Company History". Funding Universe. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Brown-amp;-Haley-Company-History.html. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ^ "Brown & Haley Product Description – Almond Roca Traditional Tin". https://www.brown-haley.com/popupproduct.php?package=208. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ^ "Mossbacks Remembered: 2005". Seattle Weekly. 28 December 2005. http://www.seattleweekly.com/2005-12-28/news/mossbacks-remembered-2005. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ^ "Brown and Haley: Almond Roca". German Lebkuchen. https://german-lebkuchen.com/acatalog/info_ROC5110-A.html. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
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