A chocolate-caramel Mars bar dipped in fish-and-chip batter and deep fried. Edinburgh's late-night Royal Mile tourist novelty since 1995; locals roll their eyes and order anyway.
The deep-fried Mars bar was invented at The Carron Fish Bar in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire in 1995, and spread south through the Scottish chippy circuit within a decade. Edinburgh's Royal Mile fish bars now carry it as a standing menu item, particularly Clamshell on the High Street and a handful of late-night counters near the Cowgate. The dish is genuinely terrible and genuinely beloved; the chocolate melts inside the crisp batter sheath. The NHS Scotland regional health board issued a formal warning against it in 2007, which only made it more popular.
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