Peanut Butter Chocolate Bar
A filled chocolate bar featuring a creamy peanut butter center encased in milk chocolate, classified under HTS 1806.31.00.41 due to its cocoa content and peanut butter filling as a confectionery product. It meets the criteria for 'other food preparations containing cocoa' in blocks or bars that are filled and contain peanut butter.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If filled but without peanuts, peanut butter, or paste
Falls to general filled chocolate bars excluding specific nut fillings, shifting to broader confectionery subheading.
If peanuts predominate over cocoa by weight
Peanut butter preparations take precedence if cocoa is secondary, moving out of Chapter 18 to nuts chapter.
If sold as molded shapes other than blocks, slabs, or bars
Heading 1806.90 covers other forms like pralines if not in bar format, despite peanut content.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Verify peanut butter content exceeds mere flavoring to justify 1806.31.00.41; provide lab analysis if audited
• Ensure labeling distinguishes from retail candy to avoid quota restrictions under US Note for low butterfat items
• Declare exact cocoa and peanut percentages on entry docs to prevent misclassification to unfilled bars
Related Products under HTS 1806.31.00.41
Snickers-Style Peanut Chocolate Bar
Milk chocolate bar filled with peanuts, caramel, and nougat, containing peanut elements integral to its confectionery profile under HTS 1806.31.00.41. As a filled cocoa preparation in bar form with peanuts, it aligns with chapter notes for sugar confectionery containing cocoa.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Bar
A slab-style chocolate bar mimicking peanut butter cups with thick peanut paste filling in dark chocolate, fitting HTS 1806.31.00.41 for its peanut paste and cocoa confectionery nature. Chapter notes confirm inclusion as filled food prep containing cocoa.
Peanut Cluster Chocolate Slab
Large chocolate slab embedded with whole peanuts and peanut butter clusters, classified in HTS 1806.31.00.41 as filled confectionery containing peanuts. It qualifies under heading 1806 for cocoa-based blocks with peanut inclusions.
Dark Chocolate Peanut Paste Bar
Premium bar of 70% dark chocolate filled with smooth peanut paste, under HTS 1806.31.00.41 for peanut paste in cocoa confectionery. Statistical notes on milk solids irrelevant here due to dark chocolate base.
Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Bar
Standard milk chocolate bar with core peanut butter filling, directly matching HTS 1806.31.00.41 for filled confections containing peanut butter. Heading 1806 encompasses such sugar confectionery with cocoa.
Chunky Peanut Chocolate Block
Block of chocolate with chunky peanut pieces and paste filling, classified HTS 1806.31.00.41 for peanut-containing filled cocoa preparations in block form.