# Mars does not endorse deep frying its chocolate bars **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770 "2012-09-05T17:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/21 "2012-09-05T19:15:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > And now I have no idea if people are being funny, or serious! > > (Due to the fact that Canada is usually somewhere in between cultures on these issues.) It might or might not be funny. But it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/22 "2012-09-05T19:20:30Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn8avjh8Nrg&t=6m22s) should help explain the popularity of the deep-fried Curly Wurly bar. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/23 "2012-09-05T19:21:02Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > . . .Skor are chocolate-coated hard toffee. And a pretender to the Heath crown. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/24 "2012-09-05T19:23:03Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It might or might not be funny. But it’s true. Jeesh. Look on the [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_%28chocolate_bar%29) page. There’s worldwide Mars, a US Mars, and a Canadian Mars. Worldwide: > [@](#): > > .. a chocolate bar consisting of nougat and caramel covered in milk chocolate, modelled after his father’s Milky Way bar, which was already popular in the U.S. Canada > [@](#): > > Since mid-2006, all Mars bars produced in Canada are peanut-free. Mars is one of the few candy bars in North America for which no size of the product has any trace of peanuts. In February 2008, Mars Canada introduced a new variety of Mars bar called “Mars Caramel” to compete with the Cadbury Caramilk and Nestle Aero Caramel bars. US > [@](#): > > The worldwide Mars bar differs from that sold in the U.S. The American version was discontinued in 2002 and was replaced with the slightly different Snickers Almond. The U.S. version of the Mars bar was relaunched in January 2010 and is initially being sold on an exclusive basis through Walmart stores. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/25 "2012-09-05T19:29:41Z")
It’s a Twix! They’re all Twix! It was a setup! A setup, I tell ya! And you’ve robbed it! You’ve all screwed me again! Now, gimme one! Gimme a Twix! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/26 "2012-09-05T19:34:04Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It’s a Twix! They’re all Twix! It was a setup! A setup, I tell ya! And you’ve robbed it! You’ve all screwed me again! Now, gimme one! Gimme a Twix! Left or right? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/27 "2012-09-05T19:36:41Z")
“Mars does not endorse deep frying its chocolate bars” So the Curiosity Rover is starting to return scientific findings? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/28 "2012-09-05T20:35:38Z")
I swear I saw two food scientists behind the grassy knoll near Dealey Plaza. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/29 "2012-09-05T22:02:42Z")
And what is called a _Milky Way_ in Britain is a _Three Musketeers_ in the USA. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/30 "2012-09-05T22:09:15Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > They brought back the Mars bar, but it’s exclusive to Walmart. Walmart in Manila is called Waltermart ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/31 "2012-09-05T23:05:43Z")
It’s because of the metric system. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/32 "2012-09-05T23:16:14Z")
1 Milky Way Bars (US) = 2.1576 Mars Bars (UK). I know it is true. I saw it on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/33 "2012-09-05T23:58:29Z")
A Royale, with cheese. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/34 "2012-09-06T00:02:07Z")
Mars Bars are people! Mars Bars are PEOPLE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/35 "2012-09-06T00:15:44Z")
Are you surprised? They tried to market them as “People Bars”, “made of 100% all-natural humans”, but they didn’t sell. So they re-branded. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/36 "2012-09-06T00:43:37Z")
That’s because the taste varied too much from person to person. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/37 "2012-09-06T00:47:55Z")
What about those candy bars that were made into ice cream? Snickers [http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=402521.0;attach=441842;image](http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=402521.0;attach=441842;image) Twix [http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/Twix%20Ice%20Cream%20Bar.jpg](http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/Twix%20Ice%20Cream%20Bar.jpg) I can’t see frying making them anymore unhealthy then candy ice cream bars. > [@](#): > > “We are really flattered that customers of Carron Fish Bar like our product so much that it has now become a flagship product for the store. No application for a protected geographical indication has been filed to date. Should an application be filed, unfortunately, we wouldn’t be able to support it as deep-frying one of our products would go against our commitment to promoting healthy, active lifestyles.” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/38 "2012-09-06T00:56:31Z")
See, they’re not saying they produce healthy food. What they are really saying is, “If you eat our products, you better have a healthy active lifestyle, or this stuff will kill you in short order.” Their food is an, er, _incentive_ to healthy living. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/39 "2012-09-06T01:39:08Z")
The health claims are likely based on the [health benefits of chocolate](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/28/chocolate-health-benefits_n_1383372.html) (which apparently even includes lower BMI); of course, this doesn’t mean you can stuff yourself with candy. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770/40 "2012-09-06T01:48:12Z")
And Codral don’t endorse people turning their tablets into speed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-does-not-endorse-deep-frying-its-chocolate-bars/633770.md?page=3)