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14-September-2008 18:38:40 - Baby Ruth Baby Ruth wrapped Baby Ruth wrapped Baby Ruth opened Baby Ruth opened Baby Ruth is a candy bar that is made of chocolate-covered peanuts and nougat, though the nougat found in it is more like fudge than is found in many other American candy bars. The bar was a staple of Chicago-based Curtiss Candy Company for some seven decades. Curtiss was later purchased by Nabisco, and after a series of mergers and acquisitions, the candy bar is currently produced by Nestlé. In 1921 the Curtiss Candy Company refashioned its Kandy Kake into the Baby Ruth. Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 Ingredients 3 Baby Ruth ice cream bar 4 Other References 5 Further reading 6 References 7 External links Origin of the name Although the name of the candy bar sounds nearly identical to the name of the famous baseball player Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company has traditionally claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland. Nonetheless, the bar first appeared in 1920, as Babe Ruth's fame was on the rise and long after Cleveland had left the White House and 16 years after his daughter had died. Moreover, the company had failed to negotiate an endorsement deal with Ruth, and many saw the company's story about the origin of the name of the bar as merely a way to avoid having to pay the baseball player any royalties. Ironically, Curtiss successfully shut down a rival bar that was approved by, and named for, Ruth, on the grounds that the names were too similar in the case of George H. Ruth Candy Co. v. Curtiss Candy Co, 49 F.2d 1033 1931. 1 A couple of versions of the story are referenced in the trivia book series Imponderables, by David Feldman. In the ion called What Are Hyenas Laughing At, Anyway? 1995, p.84, he reports the standard story about the bar being named for Grover Cleveland's daughter, with interesting additional information that ties it to the President: The trademark was patterned exactly after the engraved lettering of the name used on a medallion struck for the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, and picturing the President, his wife, and daughter Baby Ruth. The next ion, How Do Astronauts Scratch an Itch? 1996, p. 288-289, brings out a new and potentially more plausible and prosaic explanation. The author was tipped off by a letter writer, referring to another trivia collection, More Misinformation, by Tom Burnam: Burnam concluded that the candy bar was named... after the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Williamson, candy makers who developed the original formula and sold it to Curtiss. Williamson had also sold the Oh Henry! formula to Curtiss around that time. The writeup goes on to note that marketing the product as being named for a company executive's granddaughter would likely have been less successful, hence their official story. However, in Do Elephants Jump? 2004, p. 264-265, David Mikkelson of Snopes.com denies the claim that the Williamsons invented the recipe, as Mr. George Williamson was head of the Williamson Candy Company, producers of the Oh Henry! bar. He continues to say that the Baby Ruth bar came about when Otto Schnering, founder of the Curtiss Candy Company, made some alterations to his company's first candy offering, a confection known as 'Kandy Kake.' As if to tweak their own official denial of the name's origin, after Babe Ruth's Called Shot at Wrigley Field in the 1932 World Series, the Chicago-based Curtiss company installed an illuminated advertising sign for Baby Ruth on the roof of one of the flats across Sheffield Avenue, near where Ruth's home run ball had landed in center field. The sign stood for some four decades before finally being removed. Company founder Otto Schnering chartered a plane in 1923 to drop thousands of Baby Ruth bars over the city of Pittsburgh -- each with its own mini parachute. In 1995, a company representing the Ruth estate licensed his name and likeness for use in a Baby Ruth marketing campaign. 1 On p.34 of the spring, 2007, ion of the Chicago Cubs game program, there is a full-page ad showing a partially-unwrapped Baby Ruth in front of the Wrigley ivy, with the caption, The official candy bar of major league baseball, and proud sponsor of the Chicago Cubs. Continuing the baseball-oriented theme, during the summer and post-season of the 2007 season, a TV ad for the candy bar showed an entire stadium played by Dodger Stadium filled with people munching Baby Ruths, and thus having to hum rather than singing along with Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch. Ingredients Original flavor U.S. ion; listed by weight in decreasing order: sugar, roasted peanuts, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated palm kernel and coconut oil, nonfat milk, cocoa, High-fructose corn syrup and less than 1% of glycerin, whey from milk, dextrose, salt, monoglycerides, soy lecithin, soybean oil, natural and artificial flavors, carrageenan, TBHQ and citric acid to preserve freshness, caramel color. Baby Ruth ice cream bar Nestlé also produces a Baby Ruth ice cream bar with a milk chocolate coating, chocolate-covered peanuts, and a vanilla-and-nougat flavored ice cream center. Other References In the 1980 movie, Caddyshack, a Baby Ruth bar is mistaken for fecal matter in the infamous swimming pool scene. In the 1985 movie, The Goonies, Chunk makes a new friend in the youngest Fratelli brother, Sloth, by giving him the popular candy bar. In the 2002 B-Movie Bubba Ho-Tep, Baby Ruth is Elvis's choice of candy when offered ding-dongs by Jack. In the 2003 episode 3 of 6th Season of That '70s Show, Fez wants a Baby Ruth for playing the piano, in Eric's mind impression of Casablanca, and after telling it, Steven says: Now I want a Baby Ruth In the 2004 movie, HellBoy, Professor Broom uses a Baby Ruth bar to coax baby Hellboy down from the ruins. In the 2007 musical film, Hairspray, Edna Turnblad hands the candy bar over to Mr. Pinky after the negotiation of Tracy's contract. Further reading Sweets by Tim Richardson. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2003. ISBN 1-58234-307-1. References ^ Urban Legends Reference Pages: Baby Ruth External links Baby Ruth website Snopes.com article about the Baby Ruth naming controversy v d e Nestlé Corporate directors Günter Blobel · Peter Brabeck-Letmathe · Edward George, Baron George · Nobuyuki Idei · Henri Nestlé · Kaspar Villiger Brands Worldwide 100 Grand Bar · Abuelita · Aero · After Eight · Alpo · Arrowhead Water · Baby Ruth · Beggin' Strips · Beneful · Bertie Beetle · Big Turk · Breakaway · Butterfinger · Caramac · Carnation · Caro · Cerelac · Chico babies · Chipwich · Goobers · Raisinets · Chokito · Chunky · Coffee Crisp · Coffee-Mate · Creamola Foam · Deer Park Spring Water Co. · Dog Chow · Drammens Is · Dreyer's · Drumstick · Eskimo Pie · Gerber · Hjem-IS · Hot Pockets · Ice Screamers · Jelly Tots · Jenny Craig, Inc. · Juicy Juice · KLIM · La Lechera · Lean Cuisine · Lion Bar · Mackintosh's Toffee · Maggi · Maggi noodles · Matchmakers · Maverick · Maxibon · Menier Chocolate · Milkybar · Milo · Mirage · Mövenpick · Munchies · Nescafé · Nespresso · Nesquik · Nestea · Nestle Favrites · Nestlé Crunch · Nestlé Pure Life · Nestlé Stixx · Nestlé Wonder Ball · Nido · ONE · Oompas · Ozarka · Parlour · Peppermint Crisp · Perrier · Perugina · Poland Spring · Polly Waffle · PowerBar · Pretzel flipz · Purina · Quality Street · Redskins · Rowntree's · Rowntree's Fruit Gums · Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles · San Pellegrino · Scorched Peanut Bar · Sin Parar · Sjora · Smarties · Sno-Caps · Spree · Stouffer's · Svitoch · Tender Vittles · Toffee Crisp · Toll House · Vice versas · Violet Crumble · Walnut Whip · The Willy Wonka Candy Company · Yorkie Worldwide with exceptions Aquarel Only Portugal, Spain and Brazil · Cereal Partners Worldwide not USA/Canada · Häagen-Dazs1 only USA/Canada · Kit Kat2 not USA · Oh Henry!2 not Canada · Ovaltine3 malt only in USA · Rolo2 not USA 1 Brand owned by General Mills. 2 Local production rights owned by The Hershey Company. 3 Brand owned by Associated British Foods. See also Nestlé boycott · International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes Annual revenue ▲ 98,5 billion CHF 8% profit 2006 · Employees 305,000 · Stock symbol SWX: NESN OTCBB: NSRGY · Website nestle.com Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Baby_Ruth Categories: Candy bars | Ice cream brands | Nestlé brands | 1920 introductions Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Português This page was last modified on 10 September 2008, at 02:37
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