Center-filled confectionery products
AssigneeWm. Wrigley Jr. Company
InventorsDaniel L. Herron, Christina Wowchuk, Kenneth Klacik, Richard W. Deptula
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Abstract
Center-filled confectionery products and methods of making center-filled confectionery products are provided. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a confectionery product comprising a hard confectionery shell surrounding a filling. The confectionery shell comprises a plurality of segments having different colors. The filling is selected from the group consisting of a liquid, a paste, a powder, a hard confectionery and combinations thereof.
Claims22
A confectionery product comprising a hard confectionery shell surrounding a filling, the hard confectionery shell comprising a plurality of segments having different colors, wherein the filling is selected from the group consisting of a liquid, a paste, a powder, a hard confectionery and combinations thereof.
The confectionery product of any of the preceding claims, wherein the segments of the hard confectionery shell have varying widths.
A method of making a hard center-filled confectionery product, the method comprising:
- dispensing a first confectionery through a first outer passage of a nozzle;
- dispensing a second confectionery through a second outer passage of the nozzle, the second confectionery comprising at least one different characteristic from the first confectionery;
- dispensing a filling through an inner chamber of the nozzle;
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- co-depositing the first confectionery, the second confectionery and the filling, wherein the first confectionery and the second confectionery form a plurality of adjacent segments that completely surround the filling.
A method of making a hard center-filled confectionery product, the method comprising:
- dispensing a plurality of streams of a first confectionery in fluid form through corresponding first outer passages of a nozzle;
- dispensing a plurality of streams of a second confectionery in fluid form through corresponding second outer passages of the nozzle, the second confectionery comprising at least one different characteristic from the first confectionery;
- dispensing a filling through an inner chamber of the nozzle;
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- depositing a portion of the first confectionery streams and the second confectionery streams into a mould;
- depositing the filling on top of the portion of the first confectionery streams and the second confectionery streams;
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- depositing the first confectionery streams and the second confectionery streams in the mould to form a plurality of adjacent segments that completely surround the filling.
A method of making a hard center-filled confectionery product, the method comprising:
- partially enrobing a filling within a confectionery shell using a concentric nozzle, the confectionery shell comprising a plurality of segments having different characteristics;
- depositing the partially enrobed filling in a cavity of a mould;
- completely enrobing the filling component within the confectionery shell;
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- setting the confectionery shell within the mould cavity to form the hard center-filled confectionery product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.