Today, the name Kit Kat is commonly associated with a type of chocolate. However, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it referred to a mutton pie served at gatherings of the Kit-Cat Club, a prominent literary and political Whig society in London. In 1911, the Rowntree’s confectionery business trademarked the names Kit Kat and Kit Cat, possibly as a nod to the club (although the exact reason remains unclear). Further research reveals that the club was named after an individual named Christopher Catling, and the brand rights were later acquired by Nestlé in 1988. Since then, the popularity of Kit Kat has grown, reaching its peak in 2016. Interest in the term spiked in the autumn of 2013 when KitKat was used as the moniker for an Android software update.
