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Did you ever wish you’d be like Charlie and win a golden ticket to visit a chocolate factory? Which chocolate factory would you like to visit? The Willy Wonka Candy Company has become a brand of candy and its real owner is Swiss consumer goods company, Nestle.

Nestle is just one of the many large competing chocolate manufacturers in the world, with Mars Incorporated and The Hershey’s Company being other large manufacturers. Other well-known chocolate manufacturers are Kraft Foods and Lindt.

Each of these companies has produced different chocolate brands that have become big among consumers. Here is a list of the top 10 bestselling chocolate bars in the world. You’d be surprise which company owns your favorite chocolate bar and which of among them owns the number one bestselling chocolate bar.

10. Kit Kat

Kit Kat is a chocolate covered four-finger wafer biscuit bar created by Nestle. However, it is licensed under the Hershey’s Company in the United States. Kit Kat was officially introduced in August, 1935. After it became successful in the United States and the United Kingdom, it was exported to other countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Canada and South Africa in 1940. Nestle produces Kit Kat in 13 different countries including Japan, South Africa, UK, Bulgaria, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, India, Russia, Germany, Canada, Australia, China and Malaysia. Aside from chocolate, Kit Kat is also served in different flavors, sometimes in limited edition. Since 2000, Nestle has produced over 200 flavors like green tea, banana, crème brulee among others.

9. 3 Musketeers

3 Musketeers is a chocolate-covered fluffy whipped bar produced by the global confectionery manufacturer Mars, Incorporated. 3 Musketeers is not for sale in other European countries and different versions and flavors have come out such as the 3 Musketeers Mint, Chocolate Brownie Bar, Truffle Crisp, Coconut, Hot Chocolate with Marshmallow and many others.

8. Milky Way Bar

The Milky Way Bar is manufactured by Mars, Incorporated with various versions in different countries. The American version is made of chocolate-malt nougat and covered in milk chocolate with caramel toppings while the European version has a nougat center with no caramel toppings. The Milky Way Bar was created by Frank C. Mars in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1923. The chocolate bar has different calorie contents depending on the country.

7. Mars

Mars is another chocolate bar manufactured by Mars, Incorporated. The chocolate bar has various versions in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It was first manufactured in the UK in 1932 as the sweeter version of another Mars Incorporated product produced in the United States. The U.S. version of Mars was discontinued twice, first in 2002 and was re-launched in 2010 but was discontinued again at the end of 2011. There have been several limited edition variants of Mars released in different countries such as the Mars Lite, Mars Lava and Mars Fling, which is available in Australia; Mars Midnight, which has become a permanent release in Canada but was on limited edition in the UK; and the Mars Mini Eggs, which are available during Easter.