“Kit Kat” The use of the name or “Kit Cat” to describe a form of food goes back to the xviii the century when ” mutton pies ” (meat pies sheep) known as “Kit-Kats” or “Kit Cats” were served at the first meetings of the London political club Kit-Cat in the tavern of the innkeeper and pastry chef Christopher Catling. The club and mutton pies get their name from the abbreviation of the innkeeper’s name