David L. Clark opened his small candy business in Pittsburgh in 1886.
He did everything including manufacturing, selling, delivering and
bookkeeping.
By 1917, when the US entered
World War I, the D. L. Clark Company was making many types of candies.
Soldiers liked and wanted the popular candy, so that year David Clark
came out with his fist five-cent candy bar.
It was originally called simply
Clark, but it was the same bar we know today as the Clark bar. The
ingredients, honeycombed ground roasted peanuts, covered with milk
chocolate, became a favorite as soon as Clark hit the marketplace.
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Clark Bar memories... When
I was a child, we lived in the country. A big treat was getting to go
to town with one or both of my parents. One time, while 'helping' my
dad build a picnic table, I became fascinated and enamored of the
smell of the wood being cut, and the appearance of the sawdust.
When I
got the chance to go with my mother to town to the laundromat, I was
promised that if I was good, I could have a bottle of pop (a rare
treat) and maybe a candy bar. When I fulfilled my end of the bargain
by behaving, I was rewarded with a trip to the vending machines at the
laundry.
I chose Tom and Joyce Grape pop and I tried to describe to my
mom that I wanted the candy bar that had 'wood' inside it. After
puzzling for a few minutes, she realized I was talking about the
inside of a Clark bar, which to a four-year-old, resembled sawdust,
that savory-smelling substance that my Dad had made. I enjoyed my
heavenly treat and my mom enjoyed telling my dad about my description
of it. ~ Michelle from Indiana
Clark
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