Everyone has their favorite candy bar, the one they still might occasionally grab while waiting in line at the convenience store.
The Snickers bar, created by Mars Inc. in 1930 is a chewy nougat center with peanuts and caramel on top, all covered in a layer of milk chocolate. It was named Snickers after one of the horses of the Mars family who invented the candy, but sold as the Marathon bar in the United Kingdom. It had global annual sales of over $2 billion last year, becoming the most popular candy bar in the world. However just a few years back, the Mars bar held the top spot among the most popular candy bars, for most of the 20th century.
The Mars bar was created by Mars Inc. as well, in 1936. The international version of the Mars bar has always been different than the United States version, as it does not contain almonds like the original formulation. Both versions are a chocolate malt nougat center with caramel on top and covered in a layer of milk chocolate.
The Mars bar has been renamed to Snickers Almond in 2000, which may have been a huge mistake on the part of Mars Inc. In 2000, annual sales of the Mars bar reached over $2 billion, but by 2002 they had dropped to $1.09 billion.
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February 8th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
What a stupid thing to do….no wonder i stopped eating mars bars…i thought they had been discontinued…didn’t realize they had been re-named.
February 12th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
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April 21st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
where is hersheys ranked?
August 10th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
You guys need to check your sources. Kit Kats are the most popular, cause they are available around the world. mars bars and snickers are not. or is your website sponsored by mars? get your facts straight, people.