Summit was a

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manufactured in the early 1980s by

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in the United States. Labeled "cookie bars" on the packaging, but "candy bars" in some advertising, they consisted of two

wafer A wafer is a crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, light and dry biscuit, often used to decorate ice cream, and also used as a garnish on some sweet dishes. Wafers can also be made into cookies with cream flavoring sandwiched between them. They ...

s covered with

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s, all coated in

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. In 1983 Mars changed to individual foil wrapping and promoted the bar as having 30% more chocolate. Consumer panelists said the modifications were more gimmicky than substantive. The new bar was longer, thinner, and firmer, and received mediocre reviews. Keeping the bar from melting was noted as a problem.Gina Whit
Summit Bar from Mars good but not out of this world
October 12, 1983 Wilmington Morning Star Production of the bar was halted and it is no longer available."For example, Mars killed its Summit bar even though sales reportedly..."

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