-Nougat refers to any of a variety of similar candies made of sugar or honey, roasted nuts, and sometimes chopped fruit. The term is very loosely applied when we use it to describe the substance in various American candy bars, as those are generally made of mixes of whipped sugar and sucrose.
Nougat has managed to be the primary selling point of many candy bars since at least my youth despite the fact that very few of us know what the hell it actually is. I certainly didn't know until a few months ago. All I knew is that it's a really fun word to say and, if that's the stuff in between the chocolate in a 3 Musketeers, I like it. That's why they say it on the commercials, you know. Not because we like it or even know what it is, but because it just sounds so damned delicious. Go ahead, say it: "Nougat." Hell yeah.
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