Talk:Milky Way bar

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Contents 1 European Version 2 Creation Year 3 Milky Way vs Mars? 4 Mmm mmm mmm 5 Origin of name 6 Only in Europe and the USA, you say? Pity.

[edit] European Version

I took some images of the European version but don't have time to integrate them just now. The European version is toffee cream inside the chocolade. Thue | talk 19:56, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Done! -SCEhardt 23:38, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Creation Year

I don't think it is entirely clear when the Milky Way bar was invented. My two references seem to say that he got the idea in 1920 and suggest that it was developed between 1920 and 1923, and first sold in 1923. I wouldn't call having an idea the birth of the Milky Way bar, but I suppose it depends on philosophical viewpoints. Any better references?

Mine are http://www.mars.com/About_us/The_Mars_story.asp and http://www.milkywaybar.com/facts/timeline.html

Kialari 00:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Milky Way vs Mars?

I ended up on this article b/c I was confused by something in this old BBC article here. It claims that Milky Way was just the local name in the US for the Mars Bar... I wouldn't know because I'm not American. Any ideas? Arianna 04:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

You could read the opening paragraph of the article :). Thue | talk 08:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mmm mmm mmm

I just ate a Euro Milky Way and an American Milky Way back to back and I must say the American bar pwns the Euro one. They complement each other, nonetheless. dephlogisicated 07:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of name

I wondered why did Mars use astronomical names for it's chocolate bars, Mars, Milky Way, Galaxy etc?

Mars is the family name of the company founder. Milky Way was reminiscent of a milkshake. Probably everything else followed just from continuing the theme. (The Snickers galaxy, however, was named for the candy bar rather than vice versa.) 75.37.16.224 03:02, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Only in Europe and the USA, you say? Pity.

My beef is that the Milky Way is not sold in Canada, but Mars bars are. Why? Especially with Free Trade!

I've always had to go to a US location to buy some and bring them home. Originally, Skagway, Alaska, and now (but only once so far), Shelby or Great Falls, Montana.

I'd be pleased to trade some Red Rose Tea for Milky Way bars! GBC (talk) 18:23, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, for a while at least, US-bought Milky Way bars were made in Canada, and were none other than Canadian Mars bars in a different wrapper. As for 3 Musketeers, that's the same as the worldwide Milky Way, so Canadians aren't missing out on much. Whereas the rest of the world doesn't have Red Rose, of course. ProhibitOnions ^(T) 22:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)