Kit Kats Are Made Of … Kit Kats?

It may have taken 90 years, one extremely catchy jingle, and several ultra-cursed posts depicting candy lovers – nay, monsters – chomping into the side of the chocolatey treat with reckless abandon rather than breaking off a piece of that Kit Kat bar like a civilized human being, it seems we finally know what’s inside our favorite candy: Kit Kats are comprised of …. more Kit Kats! Well, at least in the UK. 

In yet another instance of life imitating art – by “life” we mean “Kit Kat production” and by “art” we mean 2011’s Inception to be specific – it seems that the candy’s crunchy, chocolatey, wafer-ish filling isn’t some random concoction of cookie and wafer and chocolate, but rather the concoction of cookie and wafer and chocolate, a revelation that found its way to the center of the pop-candy lexicon once again after a re-run of the BBC’s Inside the Factory depicting how the treats are made hit airwaves. 

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Yep, at one point in the episode, an employee explains that a stack of broken candies will eventually be recycled, entering a process of “re-work, where they’re used for fillings for the wafer,” a sentiment a spokesperson for Nestle U.K. reiterated. 

“To clarify, the ‘chocolayer’ — the filling between the wafer of a Kit Kat — is made from cocoa liquor, sugar and a small amount of re-worked Kit Kat,” the candy representative told Today. “Please note, re-worked Kit Kat is product which cannot be sold.”

Kit Kats Are Made Of … Kit Kats?
Source: Pinoy Daily News