York Peppermint Pattie

York Peppermint Pattie, alternatively known as "Yorkshire Peppermint Patties", is a dark chocolate enrobed peppermint confection produced by The Hershey Company.

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• How to make york peppermint patties
• Variations
• References

It was first produced in York, Pennsylvania, by Thomas Ravenel at his York Cone Company in 1920, for sale in the Northeastern United States, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Florida. In 1972, the York Cone Company was acquired by Peter Paul, which launched the York Peppermint Pattie nationally in 1975.

In 1978, Peter Paul merged with Cadbury. York passed to the Hershey Foods Corporation when it acquired the US operations of Cadbury Schweppes in 1988.

During the 1970s and continuing in the present, Peter Paul launched a memorable advertising campaign for the candy with the tagline "Get the Sensation".

The confectionery features strongly contrasting flavors, with a particularly bitter chocolate coating around a sugar center. A sugar-free version of the candy is also available.

Many chocolate-covered peppermints had been made before the York Peppermint Pattie came on the market, but Ravenel's version was firm and crisp, while the competition was soft and gooey. A former employee and York resident Phil Kollin remembered the final (sample) test the pattie went through before it left the factory. "It was a snap test. If the candy didn't break clean in the middle, it was a second."

In 2009, production of the York Peppermint Pattie moved from Reading, Pennsylvania to Mexico.