Almond Joy

Nutty chocolate candy

Almond Joy is a candy bar made by Hershey's, consisting of whole almonds and coconut covered in milk chocolate.

Introduced in 1946, it's often paired in marketing with Mounds, its almond-free sibling, leading to the memorable slogan "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't." The name has become shorthand for an unexpected pleasure or sweet surprise.

Related

sweet · snack · Hersheypark · paradise · dessert · bar · tropical · caramel · mound · slogan · commercials · wrapper · crunchy · chewy · vending machine · sugar rush · indulgent · 3 Musketeers

Categories
Opposites
coconut presence in candy bars

Almond JoyMounds

Coconut candy bar

Snickers · Milky Way · Three Musketeers · Butterfinger · Twix

candy bar complexity/ingredients

Almond Joydark chocolate bar

baker's chocolate · chocolate chips

indulgent vs. health-conscious snacks

Almond Joyraw almonds

Uncooked edible seeds

trail mix · granola bar · protein bar · fruit

Family

joy, enjoy, joyful, enjoys, enjoyment, enjoyed, joyous, enjoying, almond

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G