I Just Learned Why Yorkie Bars Are So Chunky, And It's Pretty Clever

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about why Twix, Snickers, and Hobnobs are called what they are. 

Yorkie’s name also has an interesting history (it was originally called Boulevard, then Variety, then Rations, then Trek). 

But having watched Channel 4′s The Secret World of Chocolate, I was even more fascinated to learn why the bar was so chunky to begin with. 

Which was? 

Before Yorkie came about in 1976, Cadbury’s had just launched big hitters like the Curly Wurly and other...