Snickers Bars - with Caffeine?

Alright everyone has heard of Snickers Bars, but did you know that there is a new batch of Snickers Bars coming out that are designed for energy? No, I am not talking about the Marathon Bar, I am talking about the new energized Snickers Bars or "Snickers Chargerd" as they are to be known by. So what does this new Snickers Bar from Mars Snackfood Company contain for energy ingredients?

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Well, according to the companies Press Release, the new bar will contain 60 milligrams of caffeine, b-vitamins and taurine. It will boast the same ingredients that the original Snickers Bars have including peanuts, chewy caramel and nougat center and will weigh in with 250 calories which is slightly less than the 280 calories from the original Snickers bar.

So how does this "Snickers Charged" bar compare to Energy Drinks? Well the easiest thing to compare would be the caffeine content. Usually energy drinks contain anywhere from 70-200 milligrams of caffiene (with some exceptions as some ED's have over 500 milligrams of caffeine). So if you take a look at the industries most popular energy drink Red Bull you will see that it has 80 milligrams of caffeine for about $2.00. So 60 milligrams of caffeine from the Snickers Charged Bar, at an estimated $0.75 does not seem to bad at all. The only thing I am wondering is how the energy ingredients in this new Snickers Bar are going to blend in with the peanuts, caramel and nougat center? I have yet to try one, but if I see one at the store I will probably buy one, after all I am addicted to caffeine.

I know this blog post is slightly out of the scope of the normal review, but this new Snickers Charged Bar also makes me wonder what other mainstream companies are going to start adding caffeine and other energy ingredients to their products. We already have caffeinated gum, beer, water, chewy candy, breath spray and now bars. What's next? My vote would be for a nice caffeinated loaf of bread. Then you can say that caffeinated bread is the next best thing to sliced bread!

Feel free to add any other products that have added caffeine or comment on this post if you have tried the new bar.

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