A SHORT HISTORY OF After Eights

Concebidos como delicia para sibaritas con una hora concreta de consumo, estos dulces de sabor refrescante se popularizaron para sorpresa incluso de sus propios creadores.

by ALICIA BURTON

FOOD Their real name is After Eight Dark Chocolate Mint Thins1, but everyone knows them simply as ‘After Eights’. If you are a fan of mint chocolate you have no doubt2 tried3 them. They are sold in more than fifty countries, but the UK is where they are most popular. So, what is the story behind After Eights? And how were they first made? As it turns out4, the answer to the second question remains5 a tightly-guarded6 secret! A TASTY TECHNICAL TRIUMPH After Eights were invented in the early 1960s7 by Brian Sollitt, a confectioner8 at Rowntree Company Limited in York. He had started working there as an apprentice when he was fifteen, inspired — after a childhood9 of wartime10 rationing — to create a treat11 both stylish and accessibly…

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