Did You
Know that the 3 Musketeers chocolate bar was named THREE musketeers because
they used to come in THREE flavors?
That’s
right! When the sweet chocolate bar was introduced by Mars, Inc. in the year 1932,
it came in three pieces --- 1) Vanilla, 2) Chocolate, and 3) Strawberry. In
fact, that was its major selling point. The big candy bar that you can buy for
cheap, but still be able to share with your two friends.
However,
due to rationing during World War II, it became too expensive to provide all 3
flavors. This led them to cutting down to one flavor. By 1945, the regular 3
musketeers only came with filling: chocolate.
Below are
a few commercials for the chocolate bar: a short while after they discontinued
the other 2 flavors:
As you can see in the commercial examples given above, 3
musketeers used to have indents to divide it into three pieces. These were commercials shortly after World War 2 ended (1950’s). While they only showed one
flavor (chocolate), it used to be breakable for the fact that it came in three
flavors. Today, however, it only comes in one unbreakable piece, having changed its form because of
the lack of flavor variety.
Over the years, there were special flavors that came out.
The chronological list of SOME of the 3 musketeers flavors are as follows:
Year | Flavor |
---|
1932-1945 | 3 bar chocolate (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry) |
1945-present | Chocolate filling |
2007
| Mint |
2007 | "Autumn Minis" |
... | ... |
Christmas 2012 | Hot Chocolate with Marshmallow |
Would you want to see a throwback of all 3 flavors? I,
for one, am very curious. Are there any other flavors you want to come back and
stay for good? Or are there new flavors you want to suggest (ie: Caramel
Popcorn)? Let us know below!