Where to Buy British Mars Bars in the USA

Quick answer: A British Mars Bar is nougat topped with caramel in milk chocolate. The closest American product is the Milky Way, because the two names effectively swapped across the Atlantic. Buy the British 8 pack from The British Vault, shipped from Britain with duties included.

Key facts at a glance

• Product: Mars Milk Chocolate, Nougat and Caramel Centre Bars, 8 x 34.5g.
• The British recipe and the British multipack format.
• Shipped from Britain, Delivered Duty Paid. First order: use NEW10 for 10% off.

Buy the Mars 8 pack. The boxed miniatures are Celebrations, and both sit in Chocolate, Sweets, Mints & Chewing Gum.

The transatlantic name swap

This is the one that confuses people travelling in both directions, and it is worth laying out carefully because two names have effectively traded places.

A British Mars Bar is a layer of nougat, a layer of caramel, and a milk chocolate coating. The American product built that way is the Milky Way.

A British Milky Way is lighter: whipped nougat in chocolate, with no caramel layer at all. The American product built that way is the 3 Musketeers.

Nothing here is mislabelled. Mars simply developed its naming conventions separately in the two markets, and the result is that an American offering you a Milky Way is handing you something much heavier than your memory of the name.

Why the multipack matters

Britain buys countline bars like these in multipacks for the cupboard and the lunchbox, not one at a time. Eight bars at 34.5g is the standard British pack, and it is also the format that makes sense to import: a single bar is not worth shipping across an ocean.

The bars are individually wrapped inside the outer, which helps them survive the journey better than a large thin block would.

What it tastes like

Dense, chewy and sweet, with the caramel doing most of the work and the nougat giving it body. It is not a subtle bar and it is not trying to be. The British version is generally described as slightly less sweet than American equivalents, which is the same broad difference that separates British chocolate from American chocolate across the board.

It is also the bar at the centre of the deep-fried Mars Bar, a Scottish chip shop invention that outsiders assume is a joke and Scots will tell you is not.

Where to buy British Mars Bars in the USA

Order from The British Vault. We source Mars UK in the UK and ship straight to the United States, Delivered Duty Paid, so every import duty and tax is already in the price and nothing is charged on delivery. Orders dispatch within 1–2 business days and usually arrive 1–3 business days after that.

Shipping is a flat $39.99 below $99 and free above it, so build out from Chocolate, Sweets, Mints & Chewing Gum or the Food Cupboard. First order: NEW10 for 10% off.

Frequently asked questions

Is a British Mars Bar the same as an American one?

They are not built the same way. The closest American equivalent to the British Mars Bar is the Milky Way, because the naming conventions diverged between the two markets.

What is a British Milky Way then?

A lighter bar of whipped nougat in chocolate, with no caramel. Its closest American counterpart is the 3 Musketeers.

How many bars are in the pack?

Eight, at 34.5g each.

Will it melt on the way?

It can, in warm weather. We do not ship chocolate with temperature-controlled packaging, because the ice packs we tested caused condensation that damaged both the chocolate and the rest of the parcel. We cannot replace items affected by heat in transit, so check your local temperature before ordering in summer.

Add Mars Bars to a UK haul

Shop the British Mars 8 pack from The British Vault and build the order past $99 for free shipping.

Related reading: Nestle and Mars in Britain and British chocolate in the USA.