The fluff from Mars

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:42 pm

What's the deal with the fluffy filling in the various chocolate bars produced by the Mars company? They call it nougat, but it's not like what I conventionally think of nougat.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:47 pm

Candied dust bunnies.

TheSpoonMan · Post by **TheSpoonMan** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:51 pm

alien brains

hence the name

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:56 pm

Which Mars candy bars have fluffy filling?
I'm guessing it will turn out to be whipped triglycerides, though.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:03 pm

emmline wrote:I'm guessing it will turn out to be whipped triglycerides, though.

Boy-howdy. If anything makes my mouth water, the thought of that does.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:35 pm

emmline wrote:Which Mars candy bars have fluffy filling?
I'm guessing it will turn out to be whipped triglycerides, though.

Their fluffiest is probably in the Three Musketeers, but a slightly chewier variant is in their others, such as Snickers. In other countries the naming conventions on Mars products varies... but this is a fluff found in most of their stuff.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:55 pm

Dust....yes, it must be Dust...
with caramel...Dust...
The Magisterium's gonna hit the roof...

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:05 am

3 Musketeers = Milky Way in the UK.

From Wiki

'The "nougat" used as an ingredient in many modern candy bars is not similar to traditional recipes, but is a mixture of sucrose and corn syrup aerated with a whipping agent such as egg white or hydrolyzed soya protein. It may also have vegetable fats and milk powder added, and is typically combined with nuts, caramel, and/or chocolate. In contrast, European confections feature nougat as the primary component, rather than one of several. Milky Way/Mars, Snickers, 3 Musketeers, and Baby Ruth all have different types of "nougat."'

Mukade

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:54 am

mukade wrote:3 Musketeers = Milky Way in the UK.

Umm, ok. Then what's a Milky Way in the UK?

Or, is a Milky Way what's been there and come back?

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:43 am

Thanks Mukade! I've been idly wondering what a Three Musketeers Bar was, and never saw one on either my trips to the U.S.. It wasn't a priority.

Lamby! Listen carefully!

In the U.K. they sell a "candy" bar called "Milky Way".
If a denizen of the U.S. were to unwrap such a candy bar and try it, they would find that it was much the same as the bar sold in the U.S. as "Three Musketeers".

Does that make sense now?

Sliabh Luachra · Post by **Sliabh Luachra** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:52 am

Yes, but here a Milky Way is a 3 Musketeers with caramel. So. . . what do you call that over there?

Mark

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:56 am

Innocent Bystander wrote: If a denizen of the U.S. were to unwrap such a candy bar and try it, they would find that it was much the same as the bar sold in the U.S. as "Three Musketeers".

And then, depending upon the person's appetite for glucose, he'd say "forget this! I'm getting myself a 99 Flake! Yum! Cake frosting in a cone!"

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:58 am

Sliabh Luachra wrote:Yes, but here a Milky Way is a 3 Musketeers with caramel. So. . . what do you call that over there?

Mark

The Technical term would be "Some American Stuff I've never seen before".

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:23 am

Mukade

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:41 pm

OK, I'm going to the grocery store RIGHT NOW and find out.