Apparently Mars have released special edition Snickers and 3 Musketeers bars with reproductions of the 1930's wrappers. Only available in WalMart USA and probably not for long.
Cool, but I don't live in the U.S.A. 
ASDA's part of Walmart, can't they stock them?
Hey, were they always called snickers in the US? Because I have a vague memory of them being called Marathon bars - and that being really important or something.
Snickers was the US (& international) name for the bar but Marathon was chosen as the UK & Ireland brand name for some reason. Probably 'cos Snickers is a daft name. 
In 1990 they changed Marathon to the international brand name.
I did once find a personal shopper on ebay who would go and get whatever you wanted from the local store and ship it from the US to the UK. But I can't find them now!
I bet the 1930's version of the '3 Musketeers' bar doesn't say 45% less fat! 
Strangely enough i found this earlier on as i was afte some hershey bars
http://www.americansweets.co.uk/index.asp
They stock everything you could have dream off
... apart from these ones...
I bet the 1930's version of the '3 Musketeers' bar doesn't say 45% less fat!
How much fat did it have in the first place??? (and don't say 55% more)
The Snickers one seems pretty bang-on tho comparing it to an original 1940s wrapper
(I really need to find more work to do)
EDIT: All the references to this are dated 2008 so some fat American kid has probably eaten them all by now.
The Snickers one seems pretty bang-on tho comparing it to an original 1940s wrapper
Not if you compare the pic you posted with the one on the shelf above. They look very different.
Where are the gridlines for a start?
Nice image. That original Snickers wrapper looks very amateurish doesn't it?
Did they bother about fat content/health concerns back then? Seems to be a modern thing - and a half-truth at that. Announce a massive fat reduction when it didn't have a lot in the first place while omitting to say it contains 90% sugar! The 'low fat' yoghurt the wife buys seem to fall into this category!
The Snickers one seems pretty bang-on tho comparing it to an original 1940s wrapper
Not if you compare the pic you posted with the one on the shelf above. They look very different.
Where are the gridlines for a start?
And why doesn't it cost 5c dammit??
I imagine the FDA compliance will require a ton of information on the modern label, so no room for any info about spotless sun-filled kitchens. This is a 1940 wrapper. Maybe the '30s ones didn't have grid lines.
maybe!
They weren't foil wrappers either.
Point of interest. Whilst in Canada a few years ago, I noticed a special Snickers bar with extra glucose (like they need more sugar) which was called 'Snickers - Marathon Edition'. My entire world was turned upside-down.
EDIT: Proof: http://www.snickersmarathon.com/
They weren't foil wrappers either.
Point of interest. Whilst in Canada a few years ago, I noticed a special Snickers bar with extra glucose (like they need more sugar) which was called 'Snickers - Marathon Edition'. My entire world was turned upside-down.
EDIT: Proof: http://www.snickersmarathon.com/
Yeah I saw them when over in USA alongwith various versions of MARATHON that contain other kinds nuts rather than peanuts, think there was a dark chocolate version as well.
Bonkers
why can't you get babe ruth candy bars in the uk??? and I know the GI's could purchase them at the px as my great grandfather has an interesting story about them, and the R.M.S aquitainia.....
http://www.americansweets.co.uk/nestle- ... 1126-p.asp
Never tasted one but American chocolate bars are universally awful.
I have to agree, take good chocolate, add grit = hersheys.
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i often hear/read brits talking about how american chocolate, cheese, and beer is awful.
as far as chocolate goes yea hershey's is shit but on the other hand cadbury's is no better imo, those eggs in particular are so overly sweet it makes me gag. but thats as far as my experience goes with british chocolate, regardless though we are both badly beaten by the swiss, lindt chocolate truffles imo are the best chocolate on the planet.
cheese i have no point of reference to compare but i have heard you guys' cheese is alot stronger.
for beer i have to whole heartily agree, as far as the big breweries in this country go they are all shit. the micro ones are sometimes really good though. but personally i always pay more and buy import beer cuz i like it more. as far as british brand beer goes i have only had newcastle brown, and while i like it alot there really isn't a wide comparison i can make for you guys having better beer than us, just a fact that mainstream beer in the US sucks. also you have to bear in mind while visiting the US that each state has different laws pertaining to alcohol content per volume and sometimes within states that changes county and city wise aswell, it's a big mess. in fact to add on to the lunacy i live in a "dry county" which means that you cannot buy alcohol here because the religious nutjobs keep voting it that way BUT one lake town in this county does sell alcohol so everyone just goes there to buy it, it really makes no sense does it?
but anyways sorry for necro posting and straying so off topic.
No its interesting to hear.
Cadbury's Cream Eggs are a tradition in the UK and yes I can see why you might think they're too sweet but when you've been brought up on them you certainly get a taste for them. My only problem with them is that they never last long enough! lol. If you ever get chance try some Cadbury's Fruit and Nut... mmmm... But yes, European Chocolate is wonderful in general.
As for British beer... Newky Brown doesn't really give the slightest inkling of what real british beer is like, the recent government brought down the taxes for low volume beer producers (one of the good things they did) and this has meant an absolute revolution in the variety of traditionally brewed beers available. A few years ago it looked like we'd be losing our traditional beer in this country, but now there is so much to choose from it's incredible. I could probably choose a different beer every night of the year and still not get anywhere near through the different types available. But the best stuff just doesn't travel well and so is proper local beer. It really is wonderful and you'll only experience it properly by coming over and trying it! However I do have a soft spot for Belgian beers as well... The good stuff is thick creamy and very strong.
