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Oh Henry!
	Oh Henry! bar
Typ	Candy bar
Place of origin	Vereinigte Staaten
Created by	George Williamson
Invented	1920
Main ingredients	Peanuts, caramel, and fudge
Ingredients generally used	Chocolate

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Oh Henry! was an American candy bar containing peanuts, caramel, and fudge coated in chocolate,^[1] sold in the U.S. until 2019. ^[2] A slightly different version of it is still manufactured and sold in Canada.^[3] This version is sold in the U.S. by Hershey, under the name Rally Bars.^[4]

History

There are multiple versions of the Oh Henry! bar origin story. The manufacturer Nestlé says that the bar was introduced by George Williamson and his Williamson Candy Company of Chicago in 1920 in the United States.^[1] The most popular alternate story, aside from the Canadian origin claimed by chocolatier Wilson McCutchan, is that Thomas Henry, manager of the Peerless Candy Co. in Arkansas City, Kansas, invented a bar he called the "Tom Henry Bar" in the late 1910s, and sold the recipe to George Williamson in 1920. There is no credible documentation of this story.^[5]

There are other alternate accounts of the origin of the name of the bar. One theory is that of a boy named Henry who frequented George Williamson's second candy shop. He became a favorite of the young girls who worked there, who would say "Oh Henry" when speaking to or about him, and Williamson used this phrase to name his new confection. The other story is that the name is based on the pen name of William Sydney Porter, O. Henry. Williamson was thought by some to have been a fan of O. Henry stories, and an O. Henry story about peanuts might have been read by Williamson.^[6]

The Williamson Company was sold to Warner-Lambert in 1965, which soon sold Oh Henry! to Terson, Inc. Nestlé acquired the U.S. rights to the brand from Terson in 1984.^[7] In 2018, Nestlé sold the rights to its U.S. confectionery products to Ferrara Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrero SpA.^[8] Ferrara quietly discontinued the U.S. version of Oh Henry! in 2019.^[2]

Differences between Ferrara and Hershey versions

In Canada, the bar is currently sold by the Hershey Company and was manufactured at their Smiths Falls, Ontario facilities prior to their closure. The bars are different in appearance: the Canadian version is one bar with the fudge in the center, the fudge surrounded with a thin layer of caramel, and the nuts surrounding that layer before it is surrounded in the coating.^[9] Hershey sells Oh Henry! bars made in Canada on a very limited basis in the United States as Rally bars, using the trademark of a Hershey product introduced in the 1970s and later discontinued.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Oh Henry!". Nestlé. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Do They Still Make Oh Henry Candy Bars?". 1 March 2023. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ Cybele (June 4, 2008). "The Oh Henry!s – Candy Blog". Candy Blog. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
^ Cybele (November 13, 2008). "Rally Bar – Candy Blog". Candy Blog. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
^ Clayman, Andrew. "Oh Henry! Candy Bar Box by Williamson Candy Co., c. 1950s. Oh Henry! came before Snickers". Made in Chicago Museum. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
^ Smith, Andrew F. (2002). Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea. University of Illinois Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-252-02553-2. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-06. "All he lacked was a catchy name for his potential star candy bar. Several stories subsequently circulated as to how he chose the name. One was that the candy was named after a suitor of a young woman who worked in Williamson's shop. Every time the man came in to the candy shop to flirt, the girls would squeal, "Oh, Henry" – or so the story goes. The other story was that Williamson liked the short stories of William Sydney Porter, whose pen name was O. Henry. In fact, Porter under his pen name had written about peanuts in an article, which Williamson might have read."
^ Prokop, Jessica. "Candy History: Oh Henry". Candyfavorites.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
^ "Ferrero Completes Acquisition of Nestlé USA's Confectionary Business". Business Wire. March 31, 2018. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
^ Cybele (June 4, 2008). "The Oh Henry!s – Candy Blog". Candy Blog. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
^ Cybele (November 13, 2008). "Rally Bar – Candy Blog". Candy Blog. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

External links

Oh Henry! from Nestlé USA

[nestle-1] "Oh Henry!". Nestlé. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

[Do_They_Still_Make_Oh_Henry_Candy_Bars?-2] "Do They Still Make Oh Henry Candy Bars?". 1 March 2023. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[3] Cybele (June 4, 2008). "The Oh Henry!s – Candy Blog". Candy Blog. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.

[4] Cybele (November 13, 2008). "Rally Bar – Candy Blog". Candy Blog. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

[chicago1-5] Clayman, Andrew. "Oh Henry! Candy Bar Box by Williamson Candy Co., c. 1950s. Oh Henry! came before Snickers". Made in Chicago Museum. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

[6] Smith, Andrew F. (2002). Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea. University of Illinois Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-252-02553-2. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-06. "All he lacked was a catchy name for his potential star candy bar. Several stories subsequently circulated as to how he chose the name. One was that the candy was named after a suitor of a young woman who worked in Williamson's shop. Every time the man came in to the candy shop to flirt, the girls would squeal, "Oh, Henry" – or so the story goes. The other story was that Williamson liked the short stories of William Sydney Porter, whose pen name was O. Henry. In fact, Porter under his pen name had written about peanuts in an article, which Williamson might have read."

[chicago2-7] Prokop, Jessica. "Candy History: Oh Henry". Candyfavorites.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2018.

[8] "Ferrero Completes Acquisition of Nestlé USA's Confectionary Business". Business Wire. March 31, 2018. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

[9] Cybele (June 4, 2008). "The Oh Henry!s – Candy Blog". Candy Blog. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.

[10] Cybele (November 13, 2008). "Rally Bar – Candy Blog". Candy Blog. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

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-[[File:Portsmouth - Post Office and General Store - inside - 02.JPG|thumb|280px|Box of Oh Henry! candy bars at a general store in [[Portsmouth, North Carolina]]]]
+[[File:Portsmouth - Post Office and General Store - inside - 02.JPG|thumb|280px|Box of vintage Oh Henry! candy bars at a general store in [[Portsmouth, North Carolina]]]]
+'''Oh Henry!''' was [[United States|an American]] [[chocolate bar|candy bar]] containing [[peanut]]s, [[caramel]], and [[fudge]] coated in chocolate,<ref name=nestle>{{cite web |title=Oh Henry! |url=https://www.nestleusa.com/brands/Chocolate/Oh-Henry?hc_location=ufi |website=Nestlé |access-date=November 12, 2018 |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113025609/https://www.nestleusa.com/brands/Chocolate/Oh-Henry?hc_location=ufi |url-status=live }}</ref> sold in the U.S. until 2019. <ref name="Do They Still Make Oh Henry Candy Bars?">{{cite web|url= https://sugarstand.com/do-they-still-make-oh-henry-candy-bars/|title= Do They Still Make Oh Henry Candy Bars?|date= 1 March 2023|access-date= 1 March 2023|archive-date= 1 March 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230301095110/https://sugarstand.com/do-they-still-make-oh-henry-candy-bars/|url-status= live}}</ref> A slightly different version of it is still manufactured and sold in [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oh Henry!s – Candy Blog |url=http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/the_oh_henrys |author=Cybele |website=Candy Blog |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117063223/http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/the_oh_henrys |url-status=live }}</ref> This version is sold in the U.S. by [[the Hershey Company|Hershey]], under the name [[Rally (candy bar)|Rally Bars]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/rally_bar |title=Rally Bar – Candy Blog |author=Cybele |website=Candy Blog |date=November 13, 2008 |access-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142028/http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/rally_bar |url-status=live }}</ref>
-'''Oh Henry!''' is a [[chocolate bar|candy bar]] containing [[peanut]]s, [[caramel]], and [[fudge]] coated in chocolate.<ref name=nestle>{{cite web |title=Oh Henry! |url=https://www.nestleusa.com/brands/Chocolate/Oh-Henry?hc_location=ufi |website=Nestlé |access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref>
 ==History==
-There are multiple versions of the Oh Henry! bar origin story.  The manufacturer [[Nestlé]] says that the bar was introduced by George Williamson and his Williamson Candy Company of [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] in 1920 in [[United States]].<ref name=nestle /> The most popular alternate story is that Thomas Henry, manager of the Peerless Candy Co. in Arkansas City, Kansas, invented a bar he called the "Tom Henry Bar" in the late 1910s, and sold the recipe to George Williamson in 1920. There is no credible documentation of this story, however.<ref name=chicago1>{{cite web |last=Clayman |first=Andrew |title=Oh Henry! Candy Bar Box by Williamson Candy Co., c. 1950s . Oh Henry! came before Snickers |url=https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/williamson-candy-co |website=Made in Chicago Museum |access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref>
+There are multiple versions of the Oh Henry! bar origin story. The manufacturer [[Nestlé]] says that the bar was introduced by George Williamson and his Williamson Candy Company of [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] in 1920 in the United States.<ref name=nestle /> The most popular alternate story, aside from the Canadian origin claimed by chocolatier Wilson McCutchan, is that Thomas Henry, manager of the Peerless Candy Co. in Arkansas City, Kansas, invented a bar he called the "Tom Henry Bar" in the late 1910s, and sold the recipe to George Williamson in 1920. There is no credible documentation of this story.<ref name=chicago1>{{cite web |last=Clayman |first=Andrew |title=Oh Henry! Candy Bar Box by Williamson Candy Co., c. 1950s. Oh Henry! came before Snickers |url=https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/williamson-candy-co |website=Made in Chicago Museum |access-date=November 12, 2018 |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113170149/https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/williamson-candy-co |url-status=live }}</ref>
-There are other alternate accounts of the origin of the name of the bar. The story supported by Nestlé is that there was a boy named Henry who frequented George Williamson's second candy shop. He became a favorite of the young girls who worked there, who would say "Oh Henry" when speaking to or about him, and Williamson used this phrase to name his new confection.  The other (undocumented) story is that the name was changed from the Tom Henry Bar to Oh Henry! when it was purchased by Williamson. Popular myths are that it was named after [[O. Henry]] or [[Hank Aaron|Henry Aaron]].<ref name=nestle /><ref name=chicago2>{{cite web |last=Prokop |first=Jessica |title=Candy History: Oh Henry |url=https://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/candy-history-oh-henry/ |website=Candyfavorites.com |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830161518/https://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/candy-history-oh-henry/ |archive-date=August 30, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
+There are other alternate accounts of the origin of the name of the bar. One theory is that of a boy named Henry who frequented George Williamson's second candy shop. He became a favorite of the young girls who worked there, who would say "Oh Henry" when speaking to or about him, and Williamson used this phrase to name his new confection. The other story is that the name is based on the pen name of William Sydney Porter, [[O. Henry]]. Williamson was thought by some to have been a fan of O. Henry stories, and an O. Henry story about peanuts might have been read by Williamson.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Andrew F. |title=Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea |date=2002 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-02553-2 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbOsI9RG8fYC&pg=PA82 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-06 |archive-date=2023-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106174929/https://books.google.com/books?id=JbOsI9RG8fYC&pg=PA82 |url-status=live }} "All he lacked was a catchy name for his potential star candy bar. Several stories subsequently circulated as to how he chose the name. One was that the candy was named after a suitor of a young woman who worked in Williamson's shop. Every time the man came in to the candy shop to flirt, the girls would squeal, "Oh, Henry" – or so the story goes. The other story was that Williamson liked the short stories of William Sydney Porter, whose pen name was O. Henry. In fact, Porter under his pen name had written about peanuts in an article, which Williamson might have read."</ref>
-The Williamson Company was sold to Warner-Lambert in 1965, which soon sold Oh Henry! to Terson, Inc. [[Nestlé]] acquired the [[United States]] rights to the brand from Terson in 1984.<ref name=chicago2 /> In 2018, Nestlé sold the rights to its U.S. confectionery products to [[Ferrara Candy Company]], a subsidiary of [[Ferrero SpA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180331005008/en/Ferrero-Completes-Acquisition-Nestl%C3%A9-USA%E2%80%99s-Confectionary-Business |title=Ferrero Completes Acquisition of Nestlé USA's Confectionary Business |date=March 31, 2018 |work=Business Wire}}</ref>
+The Williamson Company was sold to Warner-Lambert in 1965, which soon sold Oh Henry! to Terson, Inc. [[Nestlé]] acquired the U.S. rights to the brand from Terson in 1984.<ref name=chicago2>{{cite web |last=Prokop |first=Jessica |title=Candy History: Oh Henry |url=https://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/candy-history-oh-henry/ |website=Candyfavorites.com |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830161518/https://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/candy-history-oh-henry/ |archive-date=August 30, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, Nestlé sold the rights to its U.S. confectionery products to [[Ferrara Candy Company]], a subsidiary of [[Ferrero SpA]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180331005008/en/Ferrero-Completes-Acquisition-Nestl%C3%A9-USA%E2%80%99s-Confectionary-Business |title=Ferrero Completes Acquisition of Nestlé USA's Confectionary Business |date=March 31, 2018 |work=Business Wire |access-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607112820/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180331005008/en/Ferrero-Completes-Acquisition-Nestl%25C3%25A9-USA%25E2%2580%2599s-Confectionary-Business |url-status=live }}</ref> Ferrara quietly discontinued the U.S. version of Oh Henry! in 2019.<ref name="Do They Still Make Oh Henry Candy Bars?"/>
 ==Differences between Ferrara and Hershey versions==
-In [[Canada]], the bar is currently sold by [[the Hershey Company]] and was manufactured at their [[Smiths Falls, Ontario]], facilities prior to their closure. The bars are different in appearance: the Canadian version is one bar with the fudge in the center, the fudge surrounded with a thin layer of caramel, and the nuts surrounding that layer before it is surrounded in the coating.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oh Henry!s – Candy Blog |url=http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/the_oh_henrys |author=Cybele |website=Candy Blog |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> Hershey sells Oh Henry! bars made in Canada on a very limited basis in the United States as [[Rally (candy bar)|Rally]] bars, using the trademark of a Hershey product introduced in the 1970s and later discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/rally_bar |title=Rally Bar – Candy Blog |author=Cybele |website=Candy Blog |date=November 13, 2008 |access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref>
+In [[Canada]], the bar is currently sold by [[the Hershey Company]] and was manufactured at their [[Smiths Falls, Ontario]] facilities prior to their closure. The bars are different in appearance: the Canadian version is one bar with the fudge in the center, the fudge surrounded with a thin layer of caramel, and the nuts surrounding that layer before it is surrounded in the coating.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oh Henry!s – Candy Blog |url=http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/the_oh_henrys |author=Cybele |website=Candy Blog |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117063223/http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/the_oh_henrys |url-status=live }}</ref> Hershey sells Oh Henry! bars made in Canada on a very limited basis in the United States as [[Rally (candy bar)|Rally]] bars, using the trademark of a Hershey product introduced in the 1970s and later discontinued.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/rally_bar |title=Rally Bar – Candy Blog |author=Cybele |website=Candy Blog |date=November 13, 2008 |access-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142028/http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/rally_bar |url-status=live }}</ref>
-==In popular culture==
-*In the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "[[The Caddy (Seinfeld)|The Caddy]]", the fictional character Sue Ellen Mischke is the heiress to the Oh Henry! candy bar fortune.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Soup Nazis to Nuts: 100 Best 'Seinfeld' Characters |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/from-soup-nazis-to-nuts-100-best-seinfeld-characters-26801/sue-ellen-mischke-172860/ |website=RollingStone |date=November 29, 2020 |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>
-*Whenever former [[MLB]] outfielder [[Henry Rodríguez (outfielder)|Henry Rodríguez]] hit a homerun, fans would throw Oh Henry! bars onto the field.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harder |first=Jon |title=HardwayHQ Montreal Expos Henry Rodriguez Henry Rodriguez's 1996 in Montreal was Underappreciated |url=https://www.hardwayhq.com/single-post/2017/01/16/Henry-Rodriguez-1996-Expos |website=HardwayH2.com |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref>
-*[[Gilbert Gottfried]] appeared in a number of television commercials, including for Oh Henry! in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oh Henry! Candy Bar Commercial featuring Gilbert Gottfried — 1987 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EV7tp4YB20 |website=YouTube |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="Inside the Commercial Actors Studio" with Gilbert Gottfried — Running Late with Scott Rogowsky |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EUZu2cjJ7FA |website=YouTube |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>
-*[[Tom Cavanagh]] was featured in a 1992 television commercial. The eager young actor consumed twenty-six whole, and seventeen partial Oh Henry! bars, his favorite chocolate bar as a teenager, during a grueling twenty-two hour shoot.  It was also revealed that Cavanagh personally prefers to consume the candy bars using the "corn on the cob" method. <ref>{{cite web |title=Episode 109 - Oh Henry! Bar |url=https://matescast.com/ |website=Mike And Tom Eat Snacks |date=October 12, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:The Hershey Company brands]]
 [[Category:Products introduced in 1920]]
-[[Category:Peanut dishes]]
+[[Category:Peanut confectionery]]