In 2012, Butterfinger made industry headlines when it jumped on the 2012 Mayan calendar prophecy bandwagon. Then Bart, Homer and the rest of the family starred in popular commercials for the candy bar in 1988, a year before the crew from Springfield debuted their own show. By 2019, the ingredients for the original bar had been refined to milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, skim milk, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin, artificial flavor), peanuts, corn syrup, sugar, palm oil, skim milk, lactose, salt, egg whites, artificial flavor. In 1923, Curtiss Candy Company was looking for a name for its new chocolate-covered candy bar with a flaky, peanut butter core and decided to hold a contest to solicit the public for their ideas. It does, but it's still fucking delicious. According to the brand, these updates have resulted in a crispier, fresher candy bar. That's right, the Butterfinger candy brand which had been owned by Nestle since 1990 was bought by Ferrero (the company behind Nutella) in January. Heath bars have the same problem. The new bars, which will be available in stores nationwide in February 2019, are made using a chocolate shell coating that contains more milk and cocoa (instead of hard-to-pronounce fillers). "Butterfinger sales have experienced periods of double digit growth while broadening the appeal of the brand to reach more consumers," a representative said in an email to Business Insider. The new iteration of the candy bar is also double wrapped to preserve the freshness and flavor. Butterfinger was advertised by characters from an animated sketch series on Fox's The Tracey Ullman Show called The Simpsons beginning in 1988. The new bars, which will be available in stores nationwide in February 2019, are made using a chocolate shell coating that contains more milk and cocoa (instead of hard-to-pronounce fillers). Driving the news: Sibley said the shift is both a business and editorial decision. So yes, Butterfinger is still connected to its Chicago roots, it now just has some Italian influence calling the shots. Its made with egg whites (like a meringue), sugar, corn syrup, malted milk powder, and chocolate. The candy business is a tough one, and even though Butterfinger has been around for nearly a century, it's struggled to compete with the other big name on the candy block Hershey. Yeah, it's why Butterfinger BBs were infinitely better. Why do Butterfingers taste different now? The "Better Butterfinger" campaign that launched the new candy bar's debut in 2019 was instantly met with fans calling the new recipe "trash" and "nasty."
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