Why would a Three Musketeers candy bar be named for a 19th-century adventure novel? This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Three Musketeers Candy Bar Name”
You know, if you’re standing in the checkout line and looking at all the candy there, you notice Three Musketeers and you think, why would a candy bar be named after a great novel?
You’re going to tell me.
I am. It’s actually named after the fact that it was originally in three pieces, and they were flavored vanilla, chocolate, and strawberries.
And they were marketed, the Three Musketeers bar was marketed as something that you would share with your friends.
But then the price of strawberries rose, so the company dropped that as an ingredient, and it was just the chocolate and vanilla-ish.
Oh, gotcha. Yeah, so that’s why it’s not that different than some other candy bars, even though it has this unusual name.
Yeah, but three items and three musketeers.
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