Kit Kat’s Fun Fact Will Make You Rethink Its Jingle

In the world of food trivia, there are plenty of facts to learn. For example, did you know that 7-Eleven got its name because the store was originally intended to be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.? And those holes in crackers exist to release steam while they’re baking so they don’t puff up.

Recently, a piece of minutia about the Kit Kat bar took us by surprise on the Hersheyland website, a fun spot for candy trivia from The Hershey Company.

What Are Kit Kat Pieces Actually Called?

A full-size Kit Kat, whether it’s the OG version or one of the limited-time flavors, can easily be shared between four people because it easily breaks into, well, four. Whether you want to give up your candy is a different story, but let’s say you’re being generous: When you hand your friends their shares, what are you giving them?

If you said, “I’m giving them a piece of a Kit Kat,” it would be understandable, but it’s technically wrong.

Give us a break! How is this true?

Since 1988, the jingle “Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar” has been living rent-free in our collective pop-culture brain. But, according to The Hershey Company, the little sections are actually called “fingers.” 

“The standard bars consist of four pieces, called fingers, and each finger can be snapped from the bar as an individual piece,” reads the information on the Hersheyland page.

So, there are four fingers in a full-size Kit Kat. Go ahead and share the fun fact with your fellow candy lovers and then discuss whether breaking “off a finger of that Kit Kat bar” would be as catchy as the jingle we’ve known since the beginning. 

Here at Allrecipes, we like fun nuggets of info. If you do, too, dig a bit deeper to find out why Pop-Tarts are sold in packs of two, why honey bottles are shaped like bears, or why Ocean Spray’s cranberry sauce label is upside-down.