Ruth’s Home Run

Ruth’s Home Run was a candy bar that came around in 1926. The candy was produced by the "George H. Ruth Candy Co." that Babe Ruth had made after so many people assumed that the Baby Ruth candy bar was named after him when in reality it was named after former president Grover Cleveland's deceased child who had passed away in 1904 - or at least, that was the story put out by the candy company. Since the Curtiss Candy Company that produced Baby Ruths didn't even exist until 1916, many people assumed Baby Ruth was named after the Bambino.

The wrapper of the Home Run bars featured a picture of Babe Ruth with the words "Babe Ruth's Own Candy" printed on it. Other variations of the wrapper said “CAUTION: Absolutely none genuine without the photograph and official signature of Babe Ruth himself" on them.

The Curtiss Candy Company went to court, claiming that Ruth's Home Run bar was "too similar" to Baby Ruth and ordered for them to stop making them. They won the case in 1931 and Babe Ruth himself supposedly told them “Well, I ain’t eatin’ your damned candy bar anymore!”