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Jos Louis is a Canadian confection consisting of two chocolate cake rounds with a creamy filling within a milk chocolate shell, made by Vachon Inc.[1][2] 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").[3][4] However, as the May West was named after the popular American actress Mae West, a misconception exists that the Jos Louis was named after the popular American boxer Joe Louis born in 1914.[5]
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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/ |
Variations
editThe Jos Louis is also available in a 30-gram half-moon shape, called the 1/2 Jos Louis, and a bar-shaped version called the Jos Louis bar. The bar contains the normal creamy filling found in the Jos Louis and also has a chocolate filling and weighs 53 grams. The ½ Moon cake 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. A double-layered variant, the Super Jos Louis, has two layers of creamy filling in the middle.
In 2006, Entenmann's began distributing an equivalent of the ½ Moon in the US, with "Enten-Mini's Chocolate Half Rounds".[6]
References
edit- ^ Politi, Beatrice (7 June 2022). "Orange Creamsicle: You are my childhood truth". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Van Rosendaal, Julie (26 October 2022). "Recipes with Julie Van Rosendaal: Make your own full-sized snack cakes". CBC.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ Lacasse, Marie-Eve (17 July 2023). "Les Jos Louis, c'est autre chose que la madeleine de Proust". Libération. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Entenmann's Introduces Enten-mini's". Convenience Store News. 15 September 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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