Clodhoppers are crunchy, fudge

Fudge

Fudge is a type of Western confectionery which is usually very sweet, and extremely rich. It is made by mixing sugar, butter, and milk and heating it to the soft-ball stage at , and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency...

-covered graham

Graham cracker

The graham cracker was developed in 1829 in Bound Brook, New Jersey, by Presbyterian minister Rev. Sylvester Graham. The true graham cracker is made with graham flour, a combination of fine-ground white flour and coarse-ground wheat bran and germ. Graham crackers are often used for making s'mores...

 clusters. They are marketed by the Kraves Candy Co., located in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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, Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Canada

Canada

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They are available in vanilla, chocolate, dark chocolate, dark chocolate fudge, and trademarked "Cookies & Clods" flavours. The peanut butter flavour has been discontinued.

History

It has been recorded that the candy and recipe

Recipe

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 were originally created by Chris Emery's grandmother, Edith Emery, as a treat for her family. Baker made the small candies from graham wafer and chocolate

Chocolate

Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...

. Though in fact this recipe was passed to Edith from her sister Winifred Bergner.

In 1996, Chris Emery and his high school friend Larry Finnson decided to sell the Clodhoppers made by Emery's grandmother in their garage. In 1998, they signed a distribution contract with Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

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The Krave's factory in Winnipeg once produced 2,500 pounds of Clodhoppers per hour. By 2006, the company's Clodhopper production plant in Winnipeg employed more than 20 employees and sold millions of the candies throughout North America

North America

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In 2006, Krave’s Candy sold its assets, which included its brands, names, recipes, customer lists, inventory

Inventory

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 and packaging equipment to Brookside Foods, based in Abbotsford

Abbotsford, British Columbia

Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. Krave’s Candy was selling millions of dollars' worth of Clodhoppers annually across North America at the time of the sale.

Sources

• Official Clodhoppers Website
• Brookside Foods