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Title: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: Kamaji on August 18, 2023, 10:57:42 am
There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all

By Joshua Lynch
August 18, 2023

So that’s why they call it Snickers.

The average person probably has no clue how the renowned Snickers candy bar got it’s name and where it came from.

Under the eminent candy brand Mars Inc., the Snickers moniker actually traces back to a horse belonging to the founders of the company Ethel and Frank Mars, according to The Sun.

The couple invested in some land and bought a 3,000-acre horse breeding farm after notching their successful Mar-o-Bar company that created the famed Milky Way Bar.

At the time, the couple had been planning to create a new candy bar and put it in production as a nameless bar — that is, until one of their favorite horses named Snickers died.

So, to honor the horse, Ethel and Frank gave the “no-name” bar the name Snickers.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/18/theres-a-reason-snickers-are-called-snickers-and-its-not-what-you-think-at-all/
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: libertybele on August 18, 2023, 06:52:59 pm
As a kid I remember how exciting it was for me to get a 'Snickers' bar at Halloween.

(https://media.istockphoto.com/id/475212978/photo/saint-petersburg-russia-september-18-photo-of-a-snickers.webp?s=1024x1024&w=is&k=20&c=uyIplpNMzsS04wH5ITxrZ9ZoDNatH-ecoDYOhQfw4E8=)
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: mountaineer on August 20, 2023, 05:26:19 pm
Anything with peanuts was A-OK with me at Halloween (although I didn't mind a Three Musketeers now and then).
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: Bigun on August 20, 2023, 05:36:47 pm
Quote from: mountaineer on August 20, 2023, 05:26:19 pm
Anything with peanuts was A-OK with me at Halloween (although I didn't mind a Three Musketeers now and then).

Same here but I can do without the Three Musketeers and Milky Ways.
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: bigheadfred on August 20, 2023, 05:42:41 pm
Having a Snickers and a Coke was a special moment my dad did with us kids.
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: 240B on August 20, 2023, 05:57:30 pm
Quote from: Bigun on August 20, 2023, 05:36:47 pm
Same here but I can do without the Three Musketeers and Milky Ways.
Recently bought a chocolate ice cream which was whipped. It tasted and had the texture "exactly" like a Three Musketeers bar.
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: unite for individuality on August 23, 2023, 03:05:51 am
Quote from: mountaineer on August 20, 2023, 05:26:19 pm
Anything with peanuts was A-OK with me at Halloween
(although I didn't mind a Three Musketeers now and then).

My favorite back then was a plain Hershey bar.

My favorite now is, I start with Kroger chocolate drink powder
(the kind where you add milk)
and I mix in some additional cocoa powder,
plus just enough water to make it into a paste.
Mmmmmmm!  Chocolate!
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: Sighlass on August 23, 2023, 03:11:23 am
For a treat now I either do a brownie mix or take a couple of marshmallows, stuff a few chocolate morsels in it and perhaps a graham cracker.
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: roamer_1 on August 23, 2023, 04:23:34 am
Quote from: Sighlass on August 23, 2023, 03:11:23 am
For a treat now I either do a brownie mix or take a couple of marshmallows, stuff a few chocolate morsels in it and perhaps a graham cracker.

S'mores, sounds like... I always have the fixings for s'mores around here... mostly for the fire pit, but I have been known to make em on the stove.  :whistle:
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: roamer_1 on August 23, 2023, 04:25:41 am
BUT I am a caramel guy... I could eat Milky Way bars all day.
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 23, 2023, 05:06:27 am
I'm more of a heath bar type...
Title: Re: There’s a reason Snickers are called Snickers, and it’s not what you think at all
Post by: roamer_1 on August 23, 2023, 05:27:24 am
Quote from: Smokin Joe on August 23, 2023, 05:06:27 am
I'm more of a heath bar type...

Love me some toffee - though I lean toward Skor... But my teeth can't take it anymore.