A bill before the House Rules Committee would make the candy Sky Bar the official chocolate bar in Massachusetts.
“Sky Bar has been a great chocolate candy bar for generations,” said sponsor Rep. Carmine Gentile (D-Sudbury). “I enjoyed it growing up. It was a favorite of mine. After its previous manufacturer closed down years ago, I was delighted to celebrate its rebirth at Duck Soup in Sudbury by filing legislation to recognize it as the commonwealth’s official chocolate bar.”
Gentile promoted the bill to House members in a unique way – by placing a Sky Bar on each member’s desk before last week’s Monday session began. Gentile noted, “I distributed the Sky Bars before the session without other members present in the House chamber. After the session began, I informed the speaker’s staff that I had to leave to go to the ER at Brigham where I remained until late evening voting remotely. When I returned to the House the next day, many members thanked me.”