Kit Kat Revives Iconic Tagline and Intros the Break Brothers

Kit Kat Revives Its Iconic Tagline With the 'Break Brothers' as Hershey Steps up Marketing 

A new campaign, from indie agency Orchard, introduces Kit Kat's first ad characters

Heading to the DMV on your lunch hour? Not a break. Running errands between Zoom calls? Also, technically, not a break.

Kicking your feet up while several cheerfully enthusiastic men clean your house? Now we’re talking.

Kit Kat, part of the Hershey conglomerate, is reclaiming an iconic advertising tagline, creating its first character-driven ads and encouraging consumers to slow down long enough to savor a chocolate bar.

Finding that elusive downtime requires either a protector—someone to run interference—or a proxy—someone to, preferably, take on an unpleasant task. The new campaign, launching during tonight’s NCAA Championship game, plays with both concepts, according to Ryan Riess, vice president of brand strategy and creative development Hershey.

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T.L. Stanley is a senior editor at Adweek, where she specializes in consumer trends, cannabis marketing, plant-based food products, pop culture and creativity.