Snickers pie is a chocolate dessert made with five
Snickers
Snickers is a chocolate bar made by the American company Mars, Incorporated, consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts that is encased in milk chocolate. The annual global sales of Snickers was over $3 billion .
In the United Ki ...
bars,
mascarpone
Mascarpone (, , ) is a soft Italian acid-set cream cheese. It is recognized in Italy as a ("traditional agri-food product").
Outside Italy, mascarpone is sometimes mispronounced as "marscapone", even by food professionals.
Production process
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and
soft cheese
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. The recipe appeared on the
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cookery show
''Saturday Kitchen'', where it was made by
Antony Worrall Thompson
Henry Antony Cardew Worrall Thompson (born 1 May 1951) is an English restaurateur and celebrity chef, television presenter and radio broadcaster.
Early life
Worrall Thompson was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. His parents, Michae ...
.
The Food Commission
The Food Commission is an independent food
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called the Snickers pie "one of the most unhealthy recipes ever published".
Antony Worrall Thompson said the pie was intended as a treat for children and was not meant for regular consumption.
The recipe was removed from the
BBC website
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.
According to the Food Commission's calculations, a single serving contains over 1,250
calories
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, the equivalent of 22
teaspoon
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s of fat and 11 teaspoons of sugar.
However, this assumes a portion size of 1/4 of the pie,
contrary to the recipe which indicates the dish serves 12 adults or 16 children.
Note that the original recipe
was invented in 2006, when in the UK a single Snickers bar had a weight of 62.5 g. This weight was subsequently reduced to 58g in 2009,
and to 48 g in 2013.
See also
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List of British desserts
This is a list of British desserts, i.e. desserts characteristic of British cuisine, the culinary tradition of the United Kingdom. The British kitchen has a long tradition of noted sweet-making, particularly with puddings, custards, and creams; cus ...
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List of desserts
A dessert is typically the sweet Course (food), course that, after the entrée and main course, concludes a meal in the culture of many countries, particularly western world, Western culture. The course usually consists of sweet foods, but may ...
References
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External links
Recipe page on the BBC website(archived from th
original
Chocolate desserts
Sweet pies