# UK Dopers:  What's a Malteser?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-whats-a-malteser/309960 "2005-06-26T22:59:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-whats-a-malteser/309960/1 "2005-06-26T22:59:03Z")

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In the movie (and book) _Millions_, the narrator comments that one minute something is there, the next it melts away…like a Malteser.

I did a half-assed search on the web and all I could tell is that it is a type of food product.

What is it? Is it British? Who makes it? Is it any good? Can I get it in the U.S.? Is there a picture of this product somewhere? Why is it called a Malteser?

Thanks a million…

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**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-whats-a-malteser/309960/2 "2005-06-26T23:04:13Z")

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Is this it?  
[http://www.britishdelights.com/mars.htm](http://www.britishdelights.com/mars.htm)

Scroll down and click on “Malteser”…and there is a pic.

Is it like a Malted Milk Ball?

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-whats-a-malteser/309960/3 "2005-06-26T23:27:46Z")

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Yeah, it’s somewhat like a Whopper, but not quite the same texture inside. You can buy them in Canada, and throughout the UK.

If you have a store that offers imported British products, they might have some.

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-whats-a-malteser/309960/4 "2005-06-26T23:29:41Z")

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They’re chocolate covered malty balls made by the Mars company of Slough, maybe two thirds of an inch in diameter. They do have a certain melt-in-the-mouth quality.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-whats-a-malteser/309960/5 "2005-06-26T23:48:04Z")

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They’re available here in Australia too. I prefer the [white chocolate ones.](http://www.simplyoz.com/products/aussie_food/candy/chocolate_bags/maltesers_white_chocolate)

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-whats-a-malteser/309960/6 "2005-06-26T23:51:29Z")

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They are chocolate-covered balls of light, crunchy, malt-flavoured honeycomb candy.