Psst! Hey! Wanna know what a Snickers tastes like Down Under? *Plus November '22 update!*

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A picture of a Snickers Snickarse bar

^^ Here's a fucken clue.

Once upon a time, Mars Wrigley made Snickers bars in Australia, in Ballarat, but then ceased and began importing them from China (and sneakily dropping the weight from 53g to 50g). The company maintains that it's a temporary measure while they refit their factory or some such, but they've been saying that for about half a decade now so the claim seems somewhat... dubious.

Anyway, Aussie Snickers used to have:

  • fresh, unbroken roasted peanuts
  • thick, sweet caramel
  • quality milk chocolate. 
They were absolutely delicious.

In contrast, Chinese Snickers seems to have:

  • stale, pulverised peanuts
  • bland caramel
  • nasty off-brand chocolate.
Basically, Chinese Snickers tastes like factory floor sweepings pressed into a rectangular prism. And we're paying top dollar - 2 fucking dollars in fact! - for a single bar. It's a total rip-off.

Snickers Australia's Facebook page was copping so much shit from the public over the decision to import Snickarse bars from China that in 2020 it seems they straight-up abandoned it.



I doubt anyone's buying them anyway, but do yourself a flavour and DO NOT EAT CHINESE SNICKERS!

If you do happen to come across Snickers made in the UK (I found some at a shop a few weeks ago), buy them. They're great quality, taste like freshly roasted peanuts and they're seriously fucking good.

*** NOVEMBER 2022 UPDATE! ***

Turns out that Mars Wrigley actually wasn't fibbing about making Snickers in Australia again - they're churning them out of Ballarat once more! Hooray, right?

No. Unfortunately it's not the good news we hoped it would be. After trying one, I can confirm that Aussie Snickers is now:

  • tiny - down from 50g to a mere 44g
  • bland. The roasted peanut taste is gone
  • a fucking rip-off at $2.00
The quality is definitely better than the Chinese version, but it's sure as shit not what it used to be. And what's up with asking people to pay $2.00 for something that isn't full size? Not gonna happen. So sorry, Mars Wrigley, but I'd sooner go to a Yoko Ono concert than buy another Snickers. And I'd choose death over seeing Yoko Ono in concert.


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