Daim bar

A Daim split

The Daim bar (originally known as Dajm in the original Swedish, and known as Dime in the UK and Ireland until 2005) is a crunchy butter almond bar covered in milk chocolate. The brand is now owned by Kraft Foods, but originated in Sweden and Norway in 1953, produced by Marabou and Freia respectively.

Dajm was created after research into a similar product produced by the American company Heath. Marabou's Vice President, Lars Anderfelt, asked to license the Heath product in the early 1950s, but Heath refused. However, they gave a list of the ingredients to Anderfeldt. It was tested in Stockholm in 1952 with great success, and later in 1953 it was launched in Sweden and Norway. Then in Finland (1964) and Denmark (1971).

While not universally available in the United States, Hershey's produces a similar product called a Skor bar. Daim bars imported from Sweden (manufactured in Upplands Väsby) are sold in all Australian, Belgian, Canadian, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish IKEA Stores. IKEA America and Europe, in 2011, are currently discontinuing sales of Daim candies in exchange for a similar IKEA milk chocolate and caramel candy.

Dime bars were featured in a successful mid-nineties television commercial campaign in the United Kingdom featuring Harry Enfield and armadillos. In it, Dime bars were contrasted with armadillos, with a Dime bar being smooth on the outside and crunchy on the inside, and an armadillo being smooth on the inside and crunchy on the outside.

In 2007 a 'Limited Edition Cappuccino' Daim bar was released. A limited edition forest fruit bar has also been released. There has also been Coke Daim, White chocolate Daim, Dark chocolate daim, Blueberry Daim and Lemon-orange Daim.

External links

• Daim article at the Kraft Foods website (in Norwegian)
• The Chocolate Review's article on the Dark Chocolate Daim Bar