Editing Deep-fried Mars bar (section)

{{Short description|Novelty Scottish confectionery}}
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{{Infobox food
| name             = Deep-fried Mars bar
| image            = DeepFriedMarsBar.jpg
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| caption          = The cross-section of a deep-fried Mars bar
| alternate_name   = Battered Mars bar
| country          = [[Scotland]]
| region           = [[Aberdeenshire]]
| creator          = John Davie
| course           = 
| type             = 
| served           = Hot
| main_ingredient  = [[Mars bar]], [[Batter (cooking)|batter]]
| variations       =
| calories         =
| other            =
}}

A '''deep-fried Mars bar''' (also known as a '''battered Mars bar''') is a [[Mars bar|Mars-brand chocolate bar]] covered in [[batter (cooking)|batter]] then deep fried in oil. The dish originated at a [[chip shop]] in Scotland as a novelty item. Since various [[mass media]] began reporting on the practice in the mid-1990s – often as a critical commentary on how unhealthy the [[Scottish cuisine#Fast food|Scottish diet]] was<ref>Original source, Scottish [[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] via:- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4103415.stm "Deep-fried Mars myth is dispelled"], BBC News online. BBC article dated 17 December 2004, retrieved 2006-11-15.</ref> – the popularity of the dish has spread.