Popularity
Of 300 Scottish fish and chip shops surveyed in 2004, 22% sold deep-fried Mars bars, while an additional 17% had sold them in the past. Of the shops selling deep-fried Mars, three-quarters had only been selling them for the past 3 years. The average price per bar was 60 pence, and the younger generation were the main purchasers—three-quarters were sold to children and 15% to adolescents. Average sales were 23 bars per week, although 10 outlets sold between 50 and 200 bars a week. In 2012, the Carron in Stonehaven estimated sales of 100–150 deep-fried Mars bars per week, with tourists accounting for around 70% of this figure.
In 2009, the deep-fried Mars bar featured in the UK amateur cookery competition Britain's Best Dish, when Adele McVay prepared her own version of the Scottish pudding describing it as "Britain's Best Joke".
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