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| Owner | Vachon Inc. a division of Canada Bread |
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| Country | Canada |
| Markets | Canada, United States |
| Previous owners | Arcade Vachon and his wife Rose-Anna Giroux later bought by Saputo Inc. |
| Website | http://www.vachon.com/ http://www.instagram.com/joslouisofficial/ |
Jos Louis is a plastic-wrapped confection consisting of two chocolate cake rounds with a cream filling within a milk chocolate shell. It resembles a chocolate version of the May West dessert. It was created in 1932, and named after two of the Vachon sons, Joseph and Louis ("Jos" is a traditional contraction of "Joseph").[1][2]
Variations
The Jos. Louis is also available in a 30-gram half-moon shape, called the 1/2 Jos. Louis. The Jos. Louis is also made in a bar-shaped version called the Jos. Louis bar. The bar contains the normal cream filling found in the Jos. Louis and also has a chocolate filling and weighs 53 grams. The ½ Moon cake produced by Vachon Inc. is essentially a Jos. Louis without the chocolaty coating, but has a smaller portion size of 51 grams. The ½ Moon is available in either chocolate or vanilla.
Super Jos. Louis used to only be available in individual format but are now sold in boxes of 6 at select retailers. It has two layers of cream filling.
In 2006, Entenmann's began distributing a duplicate of the ½ Moon in the US, with "Enten-Mini's Chocolate Half Rounds".[3]
References
- ^ Skinner, RJ (5 May 2017). "7 Canadian snacks you can't get in the U.S. and the backstory on why". CBC. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- ^ "Our History". Vachon Inc. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "Entenmann's Introduces Enten-mini's". Convenience Store News. 15 September 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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