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[sapagoo]

[NEW][SITE] apollocandy.com

[terminalskeptik]

When you click the large candy bar in the center, it unwraps a bit, then click agan and it unwraps a bit more. It looks like something is embossed on the foil but i can't make it out.

[dylar]

milk or dark?

[SpiralBoundBook]

[Strings]

They're not going to try and sell this to me are they?

Call me paranoid but I can really see those puppetmaster making a Charlie And The Chocolate Factory type scenario where we have to buy chocolate bars to see if there's a glyph hidden inside the wrapper.

haha... man, I hope not.

[danteIL]

Because the organization of the background story about Apollo Candy Company is a bit disjointed, here's a timeline of sorts:

Oskar Benson (grandfather) is the founder of Benson Chocolatiers in Norway.
Nils Christer Benson (father) becomes engaged to Elli and is disowned by his father.

1937 or 38 - Elli becomes pregnant, and Nils and Elli leave Norway for the US.
1938 - M. David Benson (MDB) is born. (So he is 68 today)
1941 - Nils joins the US Marines in December. (after Pearl Harbor, presumably)
1944 - Nils dies on Omaha Beach. (on D-Day, presumably).

MDB serves in the Korean War (which was 1950-1953, so he would have been at most 15. Is this possible?)
During the war, MDB is inspired to create the Apollo Bar. "Less than two years later that vision had become a reality." (so 'less than two years' until what? 1962?)

"After his tour ended" MDB learns that Benson Chocolatiers has been sold to a British candy manufacturer.
Oskar Benson gives secret recipe to MDB, which he uses to create the Apollo Bar.

1962 -- MDB begins Apollo Candy Company in Cow Hollow district of San Francisco.
1962 -- MDB buys Jeep FC-150 to sell Apollo Bars. ("44 years ago...")
1964 -- MDB perfects the recipe for the Apollo Bars.
1964 -- MDB sells first Apollo Bars to J. Pickersweet Five and Dime in San Francisco.
1968 -- Apollo Bars are distributed nationwide.
1970s -- Apollo Candy Company is in 'dire straits' and is saved from bankruptcy by The Hanso Foundation.
1970s-present -- Apollo Candy Candy is "the private purveyor of chocolates for Alvar Hanso and his many companies."

[Chewy]

[Strings]

Yeah, you're right.

The ad says "Go to apollacandy.com to find out where you can your free apollo bar." So that's something to look forward to... I think.

Unless of course it does in fact brainwash you.

[low tech]

The kid on the page looks to be butchered "Wally Bole" style, or at least his hair.

[Ruuku]

I'm sick of all these frankenstein-esque pictures.... I'm sick of all the nightmares they bring... When will it ever end?

[matt_the_pale]

Here's an interesting part from the Apollo Candy website, under "The Company":

[Incitatus]

The Mighty Apollo BAR!

[terminalskeptik]

The site changed, ad was removed. I wonder why?

[matt_the_pale]

[danteIL]