Thursday 10 January 2008 7 facts about Toblerones

  1. In 1932 Tobler made the first filled bars of chocolate, the Tobler-O-rum.
  2. The product's name is a portmanteau combining Mr. Tobler's name with the Italian word torrone (a type of nougat).
  3. A single piece of Toblerone is known as an "Alp".
  4. There is a hidden bear in the Matterhorn mountain on the Toblerone logo.
  5. The shape of an "Alp" is registered as a trademark.
  6. The largest Toblerone you can buy weighs 4.5 kg and has 12 peaks.
  7. Toblerone is a Kosher food!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Kosher.

I prefer the dark version, myself.