Baby Ruth bars aren't named after Babe Ruth. Who knew?

[Damage]

1921 it was named after Grover Clevland's daughter.. sheezz.. Another childhood myth down the drain...

 

[amnesiac]

Sloth....like.....Baby.......Ruth...?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0
Sloth....like.....Baby.......Ruth...?

heheheh


I never thought they were named after "The Babe"

 

[Ronstang]

I already knew that......if they were named after Babe Ruth......they would have been colled Babe Ruth bars.

 

[dethman]

i thought everyone knew that

 

[Damage]

Originally posted by: dethman
i thought everyone knew that

Baztard.. heheh...

 

[Vic]

Snopes

 

[BDawg]

Aren't they named after Taft's daughter?

nm...finished reading the original post.

 

[Damage]

Originally posted by: Vic
Snopes

You ATOT guys are freaking amazing.... Call the Food Network and tell them they're wrong.. maybe you can get on Emeril.... wow...

 

[dugweb]

wow, i thought it was named after babe ruth too... my bad

 

[Dudd]

Originally posted by: Vic
Snopes

Who runs Snopes anyways? It seems like anytime someone has a question, Snopes has the answer.

 

[DiamondJ]

Everything I know is a lie.....

 

[brtspears2]

On an unrelated side note, all the Babe Ruth bars I've ever had have been close to brick hard... this typical?

 

[eber]

watching food network, eh? saw that too...

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Vic
Snopes

I'm more confused than when I started. What is the right answer?

 

[Vadatajs]

I knew

 

[DanTMWTMP]

found that out on the history channel ahha...

initially, i did kinda thought it'd be derived from babe ruth..but....history channel, discovery channels rule like insane

 

[Jzero]

And all this time I thought Kandy Kakes were a indigenous to Philadelphia and created by my beloved Tasty Baking I thought the "k"s in the name was merely an allusion to the "k" in Tastykake. I've been living a lie!

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

I'm confused as well. Where's Ken Starr?

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Vic
Snopes

I'm more confused than when I started. What is the right answer?

I honestly don't know...
The big deal about Grover Cleveland's daughter Baby Ruth was that she was illegitimate (much bigger than Monicagate here folks) but that was back in ~1880, while the candy bar came out in ~1920 after Babe Ruth was already a pretty big star. I tend to agree with Snopes on this one.

 

[mpitts]

I knew.

 

[Red Dawn]

I know when thrown into a pool they have the ability to clear said pool in minutes!

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Vic
Snopes

I'm more confused than when I started. What is the right answer?

The point was that Curtiss was banking on Babe Ruth's name by slightly changing it. The Ruth Cleveland story was fabricated by Curtiss to keep Ruth et al from complaining about attempting to make bank off his character. Sneaky.