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US 11,864,563 B2Granted
Confectionery product and method of making
AssigneeThe Hershey Company
InventorsPeter Machado, Julie Hickey, Yvette Pascua Cubides
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Abstract
Confectioneries and methods of making confectioneries are disclosed in which a confectionery composition is deposited into a mold or a stamped confectionery shell. The deposited composition may be a monodeposit of a single composition or a co-deposit of two different compositions of differing textures, such as a hard candy and a fat-based component commingled to form a laminate.
Claims14
A confectionery comprising:
- a cooked sugar confectionery shell;
- and
- a filling within the shell, the filling comprising a laminate of combined alternating overlapping layers of a hard candy and a fat-based confectionery mass, wherein the hard candy has a moisture content less than 5 wt % and the fat-based confectionery mass has a fat content of 20 to 45 wt %.
A confectionery comprising:
- a shell, the shell formed from a shell composition selected from the group consisting of a soft chew material, a soft crème, and a soft caramel crème, the shell having a thickness between 0.5 and 3 mm;
- and
- a filling, the filling comprising a hard candy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.