[1] The disk-shaped candy bar contains marshmallow nougat, caramel, and roasted peanuts covered in milk chocolate.
[1] Originally, the candy was sold, unpackaged, from glass jars only in the factory's local area.
As a result, packaging was unusual unless the candy (like caramels) required wrapping to keep pieces separate.
During the 1920s, after increased public attention to hygiene, the company began wrapping it, and it was sold all over the United States.
[2] At this time, the primary nutritional concern was caloric undernourishment, especially for working-class people, and high-calorie candies were promoted as valuable and inexpensive sources of food energy.