An apparatus and method are provided for producing a multiple component
confectionery product. The apparatus includes an outer passageway
concentrically disposed about an inner passageway, the passageways having
a common exit port. The outer passageway has an outer diameter, the
apparatus further including an outlet member surrounding the outer
passageway, the outlet member being moveable about the outer passageway
to vary the outer diameter. The apparatus may be used to produce a
coextruded multiple component confectionery article having an inner
confectionery material surrounded by an outer confectionery material. The
confectionery article may have a substantially uniform diameter along the
entire length thereof