Wednesday 13 February 2008

Whatever happened to Marathons?

Does anybody remember the chocolate bar Marathon?

I used to be a big fan. They were a bit like Mars bars, but somehow the makers managed to squeeze in some peanuts. This was ideal for me, as I adore peanuts. Not to the extent that I have a peanut collection*, or anything like that. I just mean I like the taste of peanuts - aesthetically, they do nothing for me.

Anyway, Marathons. They were lovely, but they don't appear to make them anymore. I asked a local confectioner if she had any, but she just looked at me, slack jawed, as if I had asked her for a chocolate-covered anvil, or something equally unlikely, and pointed dumbly at her vast array of sweetmeats (In the event, I chose a Topic, but it wasn't the same).

Now, I am aware of a recent online campaign to bring back the Wispa bar, which was very successful in the sense that the Wispa bar was indeed brought back.

What say you? Will you join me in my campaign to bring back the Marathon?

* Thinking about it, I suppose peanuts would eventually go a bit mouldy. You'd have to lacquer them, I imagine, if you wanted to keep them in a collection. Just one more reason not to have one, I suppose, probably more trouble than it's worth.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Sorry, no brand of Mars chocolate does it for me. Gotta be Cadburys...

irvini said...

I prefer Snickers

Gary Bainbridge said...

Snickers? Yes, I've seen them. Are they any good?

Anonymous said...

Snickers ARE Marathons rebranded. Durrrr! Which incidentally is just like burr, only the stupid version of the natural defects in wood.