The Snickers bar is a chocolate covered candy bar with nougat, caramel and peanuts. Manufactured by Mars, Inc. and available in a variety of sizes, the fun size bar is a consumer favorite during the holiday seasons.
Calories
Each Fun Size Snickers bar is approximately 15g and contains 72 calories. A standard Snickers bar weighs in at 57g and contains 273 calories.
Fats and Carbohydrates
The Fun Size Snickers bar only contains 3.7g of fat and 9 g of carbohydrates. Of those carbohydrates, 7.4 g are sugars. By comparison, its full size counterpart has 14 g of fat, 33 g of carbohydrates and 28 g of sugars.
Portion Control
The small, individually packaged Snickers bar allows nutritionally aware consumers to have a treat without overdoing it. The downfall is that they are sold in large bags with many bars, making it necessary to have the willpower to stop after just one bar.
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