Talk:Mars Bar
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In the US, the Mars bar is a slab of plain (not chocolate) nougat with whole almonds topped with caramel and coated in chocolate. The U.S. Mars bar is not sold overseas.
- Actually, it is - at least it was sold in Poland for a while (not anymore), as "Almond Mars". Ausir 15:27, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- It is in Australia Aaron Hill 02:51, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
This is a mess. There is no coherence between the Mars Bar, Milky Way candy bar and 3 Musketeers articles. Should we follow the US naming and have the chocolate bar info on these three articles? Or have it on two of the three and have a disambiguation page at Milky Way? I most certainly would not support following the US naming conventions. As it stands, it needs to be cleared up (since the content at Milky Way repeats the UK Mars Bar content at Mars Bar). - Mark 08:26, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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Mars Bar comparison
According to The Temple ov thee Lemur, the url being http://totl.net/VisibleMars/
So, you wanted to know in great detail what the hell is so different between the American and European mars bar? Did you think your pleas would go unanswered? Fear not, for the people at the Temple ov thee Lemur have brought forth your salvation (salvation, get it? we're talking about food). Well, those crazy brits cooked up the "The VISIBLE MARS BAR Project", not to be confused with any other project.
Some excerpts from "The VISIBLE MARS BAR Project".
British Mars Bar
Weight: 65g
Colour: black
Description: "milk chocolate with soft nougat and caramel centre" (note the British spelling of centre)
American Mars Bar
Weight: 49.9g
Colour: off-yellow
Description: "Creamy Caramel & Nougat"
Capitalization isn't as important to our British friends as it is to those wacky Americans.
Is Mars dead?
In the Portland, Oregon area, i haven't sen a single Mars bar in about a year. However, there are these new 'Snickers Almond' all over the place.
Is there any practical difference between Snickers Almond and Mars, and is it possible that Snickers Almond has replaced Mars, at least in some locations?
-- Dodger
Usefulness as an example?
Reading this article, it's struck me that it could be a useful example if somebody needs to describe confusing regional variations in names of goods; even more so than crisps, chips, biscuits, and the like. Just a thought. Sockatume 06:22, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Regarding the Mars/Milky Way/3 Musketeers thing
Could someone clarify? I really have no idea what the name and marketing difference is.
I really can't get my head around this deep-fried Mars Bar thing. Has anyone here actually tried it? Better still, has anyone got a photo of one? How on earth can you deep-fry chocolate? Surely it just melts and becomes an amorphous gew? can it really be served in that form?Palefire 02:57, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
I have eaten a deep-fried Mars bar (well half of one anyway). You coat it in batter and quickly fry it, so it does partially melt but the batter holds it together. Kind of the same principle as deep-fried Brie cheese or even fried ice-cream, which I have seen in restaurants. I don't recommend deep-fried Mars - it is very sickly indeed. -RK
I had one too (at a chip shop in Birmingham). It wasn't as bad as you might think; the batter helps hold it together and it has a gooey center. It is very rich, though, and I don't remember whether I finished it. The batter is the same as on fish and chips, obviously, and its mild flavor doesn't clash with that of the Mars bar; it's mildly salty, but then again so is a Snickers. Not something I'd order again, but not at all revolting. --ProhibitOnions 23:24, 2005 May 2 (UTC)