AFTER EIGHT

THE AFTER EIGHT THIN MINT, NORMALLY KNOWN AS AFTER EIGHT ARE SQUARE CHOCOLATES FILLED WITH MINT CREAM AND COVERED WITH A THIN LAYER OF CHOCOLATE . THEY ARE A CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT. THE AFTER EIGHT WERE CREATED AND PRODUCED IN 1962 BY ROWNTEE & COMPANY LIMITED, THE SAME COMPANY THAT ALSO INVENTED THE KITKAT AND THE SMARTIES .

THE BASIC IDEA WAS THAT AN AFTER DINNER MINT DESSERT,IT WAS USED TO REFRESH MOUTH AFTER EVENING MEAL COULD BE OFFERED WITH NO PARTICOULAR FORMALITIES. THE USE OF CHOCOLATE AFTER DINNER GOES BACK TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY,WHEN AT THE END OF THE OFFICIAL LUNCHES THEY USED TO SERVE CHOCOLATE DRINK.

THE AFTER EIGHT FAMILY OF PRODUCTS INCLUDES : THIN MINT:THE ORIGINAL AFTER EIGHT PRODUCT,WITH DARK OR MILK CHOCOLATE(AVIABLE FROM 2006) MINT & BLOOD ORANGE : A SPECIAL EDITION FOR SUMMER 2011. DELIGHTS: ROUND SWEETS OF DARK CHOCOLATE AND MINT FONDANT FILLING STRAWS:LONG, THIN STICKS OF SOFT CHOCOLATE WITH MINT FONDANT FILLING BISCUITS:THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE AFTER EIGHT FAMILY . ALL THESE COMBINE DARK CHOCOLATE WITH MINT FILLED IN A BISCUIT.

SINCE 1988 AFTER EIGHT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY NESTLE. AFTER EIGHT HAVE PRODUCED IN HAMBURG AND THEY ARE SOLD ACROSS EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA. ALSO THE LINDT COMPANY STARTED TO PRODUCE A KIND OF CHOCOLATE SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL AFTER EIGHT.