Mars Planets: Why and when was the chocolate discontinued?

MARS has announced the instrumentality of the Marathon bar which hasn’t been a imperishable fixture on supermarket shelves for 34 years. 

But fans are inactive not blessed with the cocoa giant, particularly erstwhile it comes to the cancellation of products similar the beloved Mars Planets.

What were Mars Planets?

Mars Planets were cocoa balls that contained antithetic fillings.

The 3 flavours were nougat, caramel and biscuit.

The nougat and caramel flavours were reminiscent of the archetypal Mars Bar portion the biscuit added thing antithetic for lovers of the snack.

They were sold successful supermarkets successful snack packets and bigger sharing bags.

Why and erstwhile were Mars Planets discontinued?

Mars Planets were discontinued successful 2007.

They had proved hugely fashionable during their clip connected the shelves and had lone launched 4 years earlier disappearing, leaving customers devastated they wouldn't beryllium capable to get their hands connected a tasty container of Planets anymore.

The crushed for them being discontinued remains unknown.

Mars Planets aren't the lone discontinued Mars merchandise that UK shoppers inactive agelong for.

The Mars Delight, which was a cocoa barroom made of beverage chocolate, caramel and wafer, was past seen successful shops backmost successful 2008.

Fans were truthful devastated that they started a petition successful February 2017 to bring it back.

The run garnered enactment from much than 1,000 radical but it wasn't capable to animate Mars to reintroduce the Mars Delight.

Mars Marathon bar was different instrumentality favourite but was not officially discontinued, though the sanction itself disappeared.

Its sanction was changed to Snickers successful 1990.

However, Mars Wrigley is bringing backmost the Marathon sanction for a constricted clip successful 2024 to observe their 90 years of cocoa manufacturing successful the UK. 

What is akin to Mars Planets?

While Mars Planets whitethorn nary longer beryllium available, determination are inactive plentifulness of antithetic ways for cocoa lovers to get their hole of Mars.

The archetypal Mars Bar is, of course, inactive wide disposable crossed the UK and tin beryllium bought successful azygous bars, multipacks, oregon snack sizes.

There is besides the Mars Duo which features 2 smaller bars successful 1 packet.

Some online retailers merchantability high-protein versions of Mars Bars and these travel successful respective flavours similar Salted Caramel and Raspberry Smash.

Mini Mars Bars tin besides beryllium recovered successful Celebrations boxes.

They person been a staple of the festive boxes since they launched successful 1997.

Galaxy Truffles besides utilized to beryllium portion of the enactment but they were replaced by Twix successful 2011.

Topics were besides removed from boxes of Celebrations successful 2006 and person since been discontinued completely.

If you are looking for a dainty that's akin to the size and signifier of Mars Planets past Mars Revels, could beryllium for you.

These tiny cocoa balls diagnostic a wider scope of flavours than Mars Planets, with flavours including orangish creme, coffee, toffee and raisin.

They besides person Maltesers and Galaxy Counters (which are Galaxy Minstrels without the exterior shell) as portion of the selection.

Revel fans whitethorn person to hold a portion to get their hands connected the saccharine treat, however, arsenic there appeared to beryllium a shortage of packets - some online and successful store - successful February 2024.

Mars said astatine the clip it was experiencing issues with its proviso concatenation aft recalling packets of Revels implicit fears they could incorporate rubber balls.