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Abel Hoadley, English-Australian candy maker, created the Violet Crumble (died 1918)

Abel Hoadley

Australian confectioner (1844-1918)

Abel Hoadley was an English-born Australian businessman, confectioner, orchardist and manufacturer of jams and sauces, remembered today as establishing the company's that bear his name A. Hoadley and Company and the Hoadley Chocolate Company and inventing of the popular…
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Violet Crumble

Australian brand of chocolate coated honeycomb bar

Violet Crumble is an Australian chocolate bar. The bar is a crumbly honeycomb toffee centre coated in a layer of compound chocolate. It was first made by Hoadley's Chocolates in South Melbourne around the year 1913; and is currently made in Adelaide, South Australia by Robern…
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