Sometimes free isn’t really free. So … before you take up Mars Candy on their offer to give a quarter million people per week a free piece of candy, you might want to consider the actual cost of eating a high calorie, sugar and fat ladened bar.
M&Ms
10 pieces
Calories: 103 calories
Fat from calories: 47
Snickers
One 2-oz bar
Calories: 271
Fat from calories: 122
TWIX
One 2-oz bar
Calories: 286
Fat from calories: 127
3 Musketeers
One 2-oz bar
Calories: 257
Fat from calories: 69
Milky Way
One bar; regular size
Calories: 270
Fat from calories: 90
Dove
1/4 of one bar (3.6 ozs.)
Calories: 330
Fat from calories: 194
FYI … It’s about marketing their product and making money. They’re not really giving you anything.
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Janice

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