Deep-fried Mars bar

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Deep-fried Mars bar

Place of origin	Scotland
Region or state	Aberdeenshire
Main ingredients	Mars bar, batter
Cookbook: Deep-fried Mars bar   Media: Deep-fried Mars bar

A deep-fried Mars bar (also known as a battered Mars bar) is a Mars-brand chocolate bar covered in batter then deep fried in oil. The dish originated at a chip shop in Scotland as a novelty item. Since various mass media began reporting on the practice in the mid-1990s – often as a critical commentary on how unhealthy the Scottish diet was^[1] – the popularity of the dish has spread.