The Story Behind Scotland's Most Controversial Snack



🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Carron Fish Bar, Stonehaven. Scotland’s national dish: The Deep Fat Fried Mars Bar. As Chef Murray Watson tells it, this crunchy yet tasty chocolate bar was born in 1992 and has become a global sensation for all the right and wrong reasons.

Get ready to discover the PERFECT recipe for cooking this deep fried desert. Prepare to be battered by flavor.

Warning: This video contains flashing imagery.

00:00 Intro
01:00 Made right here in Scotland in 1992
01:34 How was this deep fried snack made?
02:19 Becoming a global sensation
03:38 What’s the secret to getting it perfect?
04:04 Is there a better deep fried snack?
04:58 Taste test!
07:45 The locals have their say

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43 thoughts on “The Story Behind Scotland's Most Controversial Snack”

  1. The regional fair has deep fried Oreos. It sounded disgusting to me. I lost the vet with my friend and took a bite and it was heaven, but I promise you could only eat two or three.

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  2. This is actually wild! Im from a city just birth of Stonehaven and seeing it on this platform is crazy to me; it's a beautiful town next to Dunnotar Castle, a ruined castle on the coastline.

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  3. That study kinda confuses me on its premise. Who in their right mind would eat a deep fried candy bar for breakfast? I know us Americans eat pop-tarts and sugar cereal for breakfast but not even we would deep fry a snickers for breakfast. It's a once in a lifetime food, you're not supposed to include it in your diet at all.

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  4. I'm disappointed to see this video. It's nothing more than an overpriced gimmick that plays into stereotypes. I don't know a single person who's even tried one. We have so much good food, and we've tried shaking off some very unfair labels in relation to our cuisine…and this disgusting thing is all people want to talk about. I like a sweet treat, but I will never try this. They deserve the negative press. Ugh.

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  5. In nz you can basically ask any fish n chip shop to deep fry whatever you feel if you have what you want fried at the time but deep frying choc is normal. I like deep fried milky bar

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  6. As an Indonesian…i kinda chuckled for this would be what Indonesians do if we didnt have our nature. In here, deepfried battered banana + choco filling is quite common (we called it as Piscok – Pisang Coklat). Its cheap (20 cents-ish) delicious, and in some occasions included as snack for formal meetings, or just your neighbourhood events.

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  7. As an American, who’s had everything from fried pickles to fried pizza to fried Oreos and even betting to try fried butter, this is right up our alley 😂 idk what the fuss is about lmaooo

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