Launched by Cadburys to rival the Mars Bar, it seemed to me to be the perfect sweet - caramel and nougatine with a lovely thick coating of milk chocolate. There'd be one waiting for me after school sometimes, and it would set me up nicely for a kickaround in the street until it got dark.
Here in the US, there was the Marathon bar (1973-81), which was a (much) larger version of England's Curly Wurly bar, which I was pleased to discover during my visit there. I have a 1978 photo of my cousin's eighth birthday party and Marathon bars can be seen sprawled over our paper plates, along with a ton of other teeth-rotting garbage, which I absolutely loved.
Here's an advert for Marathon, starring a famous actor's spawn (and a Star Trek alum with an appropriate-for-the-product surname):
Here in the US, there was the Marathon bar (1973-81), which was a (much) larger version of England's Curly Wurly bar, which I was pleased to discover during my visit there.
Suspicions remain that they gradually reduced the size of Curly Wurlys whilst maintaining the price.
Our Marathons became Snickers Bars in a controversial move many years ago. Similarly, Opal Fruits became Starburst in a sickening bout of kowtowing to either Europe or the USA
Suspicions remain that they gradually reduced the size of Curly Wurlys whilst maintaining the price.
Our Marathons became Snickers Bars in a controversial move many years ago. Similarly, Opal Fruits became Starburst in a sickening bout of kowtowing to either Europe or the USA
I can't attest to the, ahem, girth, of the old Curly Wurly, but the Marathon was insanely...large... and caused retailers problems because it wouldn't fit properly in the...display. Too much of a good thing, I guess (paging Dr. Freud!).
I believe Snickers stole the Marathon name here, as well, for a completely different product.
Now you boys have gone and done it! You've gotten me all misty and sentimental over defunct mass-produced candy bars.
Don't know if this was available in the UK, but another of my childhood favorites was the late and lamented (by me) "Summit" candy bar:
"Summit Candy Bar was manufactured in the early 1980s by Mars in the United States. The candy bar consisted of two wafers covered with peanuts, all coated in chocolate.
In 1983 Mars changed to individual foil wrapping and promoted the bar as having 30% more chocolate.[1] Consumer panelists said the modifications were more gimmicky than substantive.[1] The new bar was longer, thinner, and firmer, and received mediocre reviews.[1] Keeping the bar from melting was noted as a problem.[1] Production of the bar was halted and it is no longer available."
The greatest candy bar Hershey ever made that they then senselessly ruined by adding caramel and changing the size. Sales dropped and it then disappeared forever.
Mmmmmmm....I remember Aztec Bars...and I used to love them !
I want one...NOW!
You realise, of course, that now I shall have to go out and buy chocolate. Well, Thank-you very much, TG !
Hey - you're welcome!
I'd forgotten about some of those 60s and 70s beauties. Toffee Crisp with a blue wrapper? And Bar Six seemed impossibly sophisticated. A couple of surprises, as well - I'd have put Yorkies and Lion Bars into the 1980s.
The greatest candy bar Hershey ever made that they then senselessly ruined by adding caramel and changing the size. Sales dropped and it then disappeared forever.
Can't say I've tried the Bar None in its original form. I had no idea it existed, actually. What time frame are we talking about here?
One of the candy bars I like but can never find on its own is the regular old plain Nestle choclate bar. The one in the red and white wrapper, not the better-known one with the rice crispy stuff in it. I preferred Nestle's plain chocolate bar to Hershey's.
One of the candy bars I like but can never find on its own is the regular old plain Nestle choclate bar. The one in the red and white wrapper, not the better-known one with the rice crispy stuff in it. I preferred Nestle's plain chocolate bar to Hershey’s.
The plain Milk chocolate bar from Nestles is in the 1950’s picture, nestling in the bottom, left hand corner.
The greatest candy bar Hershey ever made that they then senselessly ruined by adding caramel and changing the size. Sales dropped and it then disappeared forever.
Can't say I've tried the Bar None in its original form. I had no idea it existed, actually. What time frame are we talking about here?
1985 to 1992. In a way, not too dissimilar from the Summit bar you mentioned but better. It was absolute chocolate wafer heaven. Then for some insane reason they added caramel which totally clashed with the flavor, changed the size and it was gone within a year or two.
