Snickers pie explained

Snickers pie is a chocolate dessert made with five Snickers bars, mascarpone and soft cheese. The recipe appeared on the BBC cookery show Saturday Kitchen, where it was made by Antony Worrall Thompson.^[1]

The Food Commission called the Snickers pie "one of the most unhealthy recipes ever published".^[2] Antony Worrall Thompson said the pie was intended as a treat for children and was not meant for regular consumption.^[3] The recipe was removed from the BBC website.

According to the Food Commission's calculations, a single serving contains over 1,250 calories, the equivalent of 22 teaspoons of fat and 11 teaspoons of sugar. However, this assumes a portion size of 1/4 of the pie,^[4] contrary to the recipe which indicates the dish serves 12 adults or 16 children.

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,^[5] and to 48 g in 2013.^[6]

See also

• List of British desserts
• List of desserts

External links

• Recipe page on the BBC website (archived from the original)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thompson. Antony Worrall. Snickers pie. BBC. 26 March 2011.
2. Web site: Jones. Sam. Celebrity chef's pudding gets just desserts. The Guardian. 6 February 2006. 26 March 2011.
3. Web site: Akbar. Arifa. Worrall Thompson's Snickers pie condemned as a health hazard . The Independent. 6 February 2006. 26 March 2011.
4. . Snickers Pie. Food Magazine. 72. 17. The Food Commission. Jan 2006. 6 September 2015.
5. Web site: Wilkerson. Becky. Mars and Snickers reduce bar sizes but not prices. Marketing Magazine. 3 June 2009. 31 March 2016.
6. Web site: Agencies. Mars and Snickers shrink but prices stay the same. The Daily Telegraph. 16 Dec 2013. 31 March 2016.