milky way and three musketeers

Factual Questions
1

i recently heard that when the milky way and three musketeers candy bars were introduced (at the same time), mars somehow mixed up the wrappers, which explains why the candy bar with three main ingredients is called ‘milky way’ and the milky candy bar is called ‘three musketeers.’ apparently they’ve since fixed the ingredient labels but never corrected the original mistake.

any truth to this?

matt

2

There may be something to this. US & UK Confusions says:

US Milky Way = British Mars Bar
US 3 Musketeers= British Milky Way (another site says Milky Bar)

There’s no mention of by what name the British call what we call a Mars Bar. Could be 3 Musketeers.

3

Partial explanation of the origin of the different US/UK names.

4

I heard that the origin of “Three Musketeers” was that the original candy bars had two indentations in the middle, so you could easily break it apart and share with a couple of friends. There could be some truth to a mixup of names, too, though.

5

Now I’m hungry for a Milky Way.

6

I’m with you. How 'bout those ice cream Milky Ways, by the way.

7

Nah. Here’s the original basis for the name “Three Musketeers”, according to Candy USA:

1933 M&M Mars debuts the 3 Musketeers Bar, originally made as a three-flavor bar featuring chocolate, vanilla and strawberry nougat. In 1945, it was changed to all chocolate nougat.

8

Bibliophage, a Milky Way and a Milky Bar in Britain are different. A Milky Way is the choclolate coated, whipped “fondant”-like bar, whereas a Milky Bar is a thin white chocolate bar.

I’d also heard that story you mention regarding the US/UK differences - a family split across the countries.

9

I just don’t know who came up with the name “Snickers”. Who wants a candy bar that laughs at you.

10

MaxTorque’s link above gives the history of the name Snickers. It was named after a favorite horse owned by the Mars family. Truth in labeling?