Marathon
The original Snickers was formerly sold as Marathon in the UK and Ireland.
Snicker bars are sold worldwide. In the UK, a Snicker bar was originally named a Marathon.
Snickers is a chocolate bar made by the Mars family. They orignally sold as Marathon in Ireland and UK. Then, America started the Marathon, but with a new name. Snickers. It was named after one of their famous horses.
Snickers was the name of the Mars family horse. When that horse died they named a candy bar after it. Snickers was the name of the Mars family horse. When that horse died they named a candy bar after it.
In the 1970s, the Cadbury Star Bar was originally known as the "Marathon" bar in the UK. The name was changed to Star Bar in the early 1980s to avoid confusion with the American Snickers bar, which also featured a similar caramel and nougat combination. The Star Bar consists of a chewy nougat and caramel center, coated in milk chocolate.
The Marathon bar, originally launched in the UK in the 1970s, was priced at around 7 pence at the time. It was a popular chocolate bar known for its long, chewy caramel center and was eventually rebranded as the Snickers bar in the UK in 1990. Prices may vary based on location and retailer, but it was considered an affordable treat during its initial release.
The Snickers Almond bar - chocolate-coated almonds, peanuts and caramel - has been sold by that name since its release in the US by Mars, Incorporated in 2002.The original US Mars bar was discontinued by Mars, Incorporated at that time, and the Snickers Almond Bar, made to a slightly different formula, replaced it.In the UK and Ireland the original Snickers bar - chocolate-coated peanut nougat, peanuts and caramel - was sold as Marathon.Both Snickers and Mars are sold worldwide with various names and made to a number of different recipes.
Snickers bars were created in the United States by the Mars Company in 1930. The candy bar was named after a racehorse owned by the Mars family. While originally developed in the U.S., Snickers is now manufactured in various countries around the world, including the UK, Australia, and several European nations, making it a globally recognized confectionery product.
Snickers was one of Frank and Ethyl Mars' children in their minds. They talked and talked about the grand moments with that horse. How Snickers loved the apples Frank would feed from his hand. "We must have a memorial Ethyl." Frank exclaimed. "The new candy bar we are developing will have Snickers name and spirit." Have you ever enjoyed that rich candy bar with peanuts, nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate that says Snickers on the wrapper? You are enjoying a piece of that memorial of Frank and Ethyl's.
The candy bar that shares its name with a long-running race is the "Marathon" bar. Originally introduced in the UK in the 1930s, it was named to evoke the spirit of endurance associated with the marathon race. The bar typically consisted of caramel and nougat covered in chocolate. The name was later changed to "Snickers" in some markets, but the original association remains well-known.
from what I know, Snickers are originally from the UK but they are manufactured in other countries too.. just today I found out from my Mexican friend that there are Snickers made in Mexico...
Snickers is a chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated. It consists of peanut butter nougat topped with roasted peanuts and caramel covered with milk chocolate.[1] Snickers is the best selling candy bar of all time and has annual global sales of US$2 billion. [2] The original Snickers was formerly sold as Marathon in the UK and Ireland.[3] More recently, Snickers Marathon branded nutrition bars have been sold in some markets.[4] In the 1930s, the Mars family introduced its second brand, Snickers, named after one of their favorite horses.[1] It is made by forming a nougat center into large slabs, which are cut to size once the caramel and peanuts have been added. After the centers are formed, they are coated with milk chocolate. The completed bars are inspected, wrapped, and packed for shipment. The candy bar was first sold in the United States for twenty cents. From 1949 to 1952, Snickers was a sponsor of The Howdy Doody Show. The "fun size" bar was introduced in 1968, and the following decades saw more Snickers varieties introduced. Snickers were particularly popular among movie-goers during the 1970s and early 1980s, outselling some of its important competitors at movie theaters[citation needed]. In the early 2000s, deep fried candy bars (including Snickers, and Mars bars) became popular at U.S. state fairs and in pubs around the U.K.[citation needed] and Australia, although they had been a local specialty in some North of England and Scottish fish and chip shops since at least the mid-1990s[5] in spite of containing over 850 calories per bar when prepared in this fashion. [6] In 2006, the UK Food Commission highlighted celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson's "Snickers pie"[7], which contained five Snickers bars among other ingredients, suggesting it was one of the unhealthiest desserts ever; one slice providing "over 1,250 calories from sugar and fat alone", more than half a day's requirement for an average adult. The pie had featured on his BBC Saturday program some two years earlier and the chef described it as an occasional treat only.[8]