National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day

TAMPA, FL (April 16, 2012)- Calling all sweet tooth’s, National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day is approaching rapidly, next Tuesday, April 24. Raisinets are a long standing creamy treat, being the third largest selling chocolate candy in America.

Raisinets are made of sweet delicious Thompson Seedless grapes and are primarily produced in the California Central Valley Region. Raisinets are produced in bulk to the point where everyone in the United States would receive 17 Raisinets if a year’s production was divided up! Raisinets are generally healthy, gluten free and providing fruit antioxidants and 30% less fat than leading chocolate brands.

Believe it or not, the Nestle brand is not responsible for the 85 year old candy. Nestle did not establish this holiday but is a staunch supporter of the holiday, giving 10lbs of Raisinets to families of farmers in raisin growing towns.  Nestle Raisinets have even gone as far as renaming Raisin City, California to Raisinets City, California every April 24! 

Raisinets were invented by the Blumenthal Brothers Company in 1927 and Nestle acquired the company in 1984. Nestlé’s 84 year run with Raisinets have proved to be extremely lucrative and successful where Nestle Raisinets are the top selling Raisinets brand and have increased production time from the initial 150 minute single batch production to 45-60 minute batch production times.

 Nestle Raisinets are produced in Burlington, WI and packaged in boxes and wrappers as opposed to previously being sold by jar weight. Today a year’s production of Raisinets placed end to end would stretch around the 2.5 times!

 Raisinets are not a strictly a theater treat but have thrived in the environment due to ease to share the delicious morsels.  Celebrate National Chocolate Raisin Day by picking up a box of Raisinets and share with some friends! Keep an eye out for other fun days in the month of April such as Fresh Florida Tomatoes Day, National Karaoke Week, and National Hairball Awareness Day!

To contact Nestlé USA for any information about the brands and the company, please utilize the email form at www.nestleusa.com or call  1-800-225-2270, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM EST.