3 Musketeers. Yummy chocolate bar. Review on 3 Musketeers

Named after a very Hit book and movie, this is a Hit chocolate bar. The wrapper describes the bar as Whipped up, Fluffy Chocolate – on Chocolate Taste. I usually read the wrapper before consuming chocolates, which I do just because I like to read and that action has no impact on the decision to eat the chocolate. And when I read Fluffy chocolate on chocolate taste I wondered what that means. Now after having eaten this “ummmmmmm so wonderfully yummy” chocolate I know. Basically the cream which is encased in the chocolate casing is also chocolate flavored. I guess the nearest example I can give is of 5 star from Cadburys but this one does not have any caramel, which I believe 5 star has. I cannot be too sure as (and I am not trying to sound pompous) I rarely eat chocolates made in India. Even the MNC’s here like Cadbury and nestle are unable to recreate the same taste and texture which their offerings abroad have. Just compare the taste of a kitkat or a polo made in India with an imported one and you will notice the difference. But I think I am going on a tangent, away from the job at hand.

So coming back to the 3musketeers, this Bar is the third brand produced and manufactured by M&M/MARS and it was introduced in 1932. The 3musketeers Bar takes its name from the original design of the product, which was three pieces and three flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. I do not know how that must have tasted but the current form is a single bar made of chocolate-flavored nougat covered with milk chocolate. Just in case someone wants to know, the ingredients of the 3 musketeers Bar are: milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, lactose, skim milk, milk fat, chocolate processed w/ alkali, soy lecithin, artificial and natural flavors), sugar, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, less than 2% - cocoa powder processed with alkali, salt, egg whites, soy protein, artificial flavor. Allergy information: Manufactured in a facility that uses peanuts. This info is reproduced from the wrapper.

The wrapper states further that this bar has 45% less fat than average of the leading chocolate brands. This is just a marketing stunt and must have worked in the USA (which seems to be the major market for this brand, being of course the home country.) I call this a stunt because of the clever use of the word ‘Average’. Since the comparison is with an average the consumer really doesn’t know what is the standing of this bar when compared with individual bars from the competitors. Honestly this doesn’t bother me much as I am not a weight watcher and would readily eat a chocolate which says 45% more fat than average leading chocolate brands :-) But hey that’s me. Again just for your benefit, this bar has 8g fat per 60g serving and average of leading bars is 15g. This is mentioned in fine print on the wrapper. Also its punch line, apparently taking a cue from the 45% less fat statement, is Big on Chocolate, not on fat.

As I said I don’t know about the fat stuff but I can confirm that the bar is definitely big on chocolate. You will feel very full after consuming an entire bar of this chocolate. One bar is of 60.4 grams.

A review on a chocolate is not complete unless the price is mentioned. Since I got my bar from relatives in USA, I request the readers who know the price to please mention it in the comments. Some details which have been reproduced in this review have been taken from the official website of mars and appearing in the FAQ’s. In conclusion, this is a good chocolate that I enjoyed the taste of, it made me feel full and I await the opportunity to eat some more bars of this brand. So if any of you weight watchers come in possession of this truly heavenly chocolate bar and know that you really shouldn’t be eating any chocolates on that diet of yours, you now know to whom you should send it to.