Chocolate Forum

General Category => Foreign Products => Topic started by: trunten on March 08, 2005, 06:32:08 pm

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: trunten on March 08, 2005, 06:32:08 pm

This is just stupid.
http://www.snickers.com/marathon_info.asp
I'm sure we all remember snickers being called marathon.
Well in the us they now have an energy bar called snickers marathon.
Original!
Never should've changed the name in the 1st place :(

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: smurfboy on March 09, 2005, 09:24:44 am

The thing is though, Snickers was never called Marathon in the US - or anywhere else in the world. The trademark was registered in the UK first, then when they tried to register it elsewhere, Mars discovered another product called Marathon had been developed. Hence Snickers was born in the US.

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: goldencup on March 09, 2005, 09:30:22 am

And it's rumoured they changed the recipe along with the name - I wouldn't know as they would be my last resort where chocolate is concerned.

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: aerofan on March 10, 2005, 06:08:50 am

snickers marathon has nothing to do with the old marathon...its been around for over a year now and is an energy bar, not a chocolate bar..just an fyi

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: loulou on March 10, 2005, 08:14:48 am

I had a double decker with nuts yesterday and it reminded me of snickers.

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: yankees26mlb on March 10, 2005, 08:41:39 pm

I never tried that snickers flapjack thing. Is that still available?

 

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: on March 10, 2005, 08:47:58 pm

Quote from: loulou

I had a double decker with nuts yesterday and it reminded me of snickers.

It's nothing like a Snickers.  It's not as salty and the nuts are bigger.

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: loulou on March 10, 2005, 09:08:56 pm

If I say it reminded me of a snickers then it reminded me of a snickers. It was a factual comment. I didn't say it was  like a snickers did I? Duh!

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: smurfboy on March 11, 2005, 09:27:15 am

Quote from: yankees26mlb

I never tried that snickers flapjack thing. Is that still available?

 

Yes - and pretty nice it is too, though absolutely loaded with fat.

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: loulou on March 11, 2005, 12:05:14 pm

Yum.

Title: Marathon’s are back!
Post by: jillybean on April 04, 2005, 06:02:55 pm

i have tried the snickers flapjack its very yummy, but loaded with fat. what a way to go x jillybean x