Snickers Almond face off

by Nicole Weston, Posted Aug 6th 2006 @ 5:01PM

When a company changes the packaging on a product, it is usually because they are hoping to increase sales by having a more-eyecatching design, whether that means that they add color, simplify the layout or increase the size of the font they use. In the case of the Snicker's Almond, the new bar was labeled as "Now More Satisfying!" Bob tried one a while back, but couldn't find a difference. Cybele from the Candyblog was able to get a hold of both the new and old bars to see if she could determine what the difference really was.

As it turns out, the difference is that the new bar has peanuts as a main ingredient and a bit more caramel/less nougat than the previous version. Cybele says that it tastes more like the regular peanut-laden Snickers bar than anything else. It also has five more calories per ounce than the old almond bar.

It's up to your own personal tastes to say whether this makes it more satisfying than before, but going on looks alone, the old Snickers Almond, which used to promise the "maximum amount of almonds," looks more substantial.

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Tags: almonds, bar, candy, candy bar, candyblog, chocolate, chocolate bar, cybele, more satisfying, new product, new recipe, nuts, peanuts, product change, seeds, snickers, snickers almond, taste test

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8-07-2006 @1:16AM JoAnna said... well, peanuts are cheaper than almonds. There ya go. Almond Snickers are just a revamp of the [mars?] bar.
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8-07-2006 @5:01AM Mag said... Does it take all that time to finally introduce a new product? Almond doesn't taste as good as peanut with chocolate after all.
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