In March 1996, two guys from
Winnipeg Manitoba, Chris Emery and Larry Finson, decide to market Emery's
grandmother's
recipe for
cashews and
graham wafers coated in
white chocolate. For a couple years, their very small operation struggled as they were trying to land contracts with major retail stores. Victims of their own success, they couldn't produce enough to keep up with the demand from the
retailers. Fortunately, they were able to pull through and these
Canuck Smores can be found everywhere in
Canada (
Hudson's Bay/
Zellers) and in the
US thru
WalMart. Last year, they struck a deal with
Dairy Queen to produce a
Clodhoppers Blizzard. (I dare not imagine what would've happened if they'd went for
McDonalds) instead.
Clodhoppers variants:
(/me still hopes for
dark chocolate).
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