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Baby RuthBaby Ruth is a candy bar which is made of chocolate-covered peanuts and nougat, though the nougat found in it is more like fudge than is found in many other American candy bars. Although the name of the candy bar sounds nearly identical to the name of the famous baseball player, Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company has traditionally claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland. Nonetheless, the bar first appeared in 1921, as Babe Ruth's fame was on the rise and long after Cleveland had left the White House and 16 years after his daughter had died. Moreover, the company had failed to negotiate an endorsement deal with Ruth, and many saw the naming of the bar as a way to avoid having to pay the baseball player any royalties. Ironically, Curtiss successfully shut down a rival bar that was approved by, and named for, Ruth, on the grounds that the names were too similar. After a series if mergers and acquisitions, the bar is now produced by Nestle. Goofy humor involving the Baby Ruth candybar In the 1980 film Caddyshack, somebody accidentally drops a Baby Ruth candybar and people in the pool panically evade it and think it is a fragment of feces. External links Further reading
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