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Get your sweet tooth ready and hungry for a tasty snack! January 20th is National Buttercrunch Day!

Buttercrunch is a mixture of toffee covered with chocolate, made with butter, sugar and some salt for the chocolate is crunchy in texture, and is served as candy or on top of ice cream.

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In the 1940’s, a related snack called almond butter crunch became popular when shipments were made for the soldiers during World War II. The Brown & Haley Company began storing the crunchy candy in tins to keep it fresh for the long travel time, to troops and overseas, from the United States to Europe and even Asia.