After its three “intense flavors” last summer Snickers is back with three more enticing new candy bars to satisfy your sweet tooth. This time it’s jumping on the nut butter bandwagon and replacing its signature full-size crunchy nuts with smooth and creamy butters.
They are available in multiple sizes, but for this review, I went with the sharing pouches that contain 11 individually wrapped squares. The flavors are creamy peanut butter, creamy almond butter, and creamy maple almond butter.
Creamy Snickers Peanut Butter
The peanut butter was the first one I tried, and I immediately thought I got a dud of a bar. Where are the nuts? This isn’t a Snickers! Then I realized that the point of these bars was that the usual very noticeable nuts are now in the form of creamy butters. This one contains a layer of freshly ground peanut butter on top of caramel and ground peanuts all enrobed in milk chocolate.
This one reminded me of something, obviously relating to the king of the peanut butter/chocolate throne – Reese’s. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it as I was indulging so I went to enlist Mr. Google’s help, and it soon dawned on me.
Folks, ladies, and gentlemen, please move along — nothing to see (or taste) here. This is a Nutrageous bar in square form and 24 years after the fact. It’s good as you can’t go wrong with the combo of peanut butter and chocolate, but it’s nothing new and certainly not reminiscent of a Snickers.
Purchased Price: $2.98
Size: 7.70 oz bag
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 5 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 bar) 110 calories, 6 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium, 11 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 9 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.
Creamy Snickers Almond Butter
After the disappointment of the peanut butter one, I had my expectations in check as I dove into bag number 2, but this is where things finally got interesting.
This one contains a layer of freshly ground almond butter on top of caramel and ground almonds all enrobed in milk chocolate. I was amazed as you can smell the nuttiness of the almonds before even biting in. With peanut butter, it always has to knock other flavors out of the way. The almond flavor here is more muted, but it allows all components to work together.
Snickers Almond Butter seems like it should be an oxymoron, but it works pretty well. The butter is a little grittier, but this adds to the joy as it really stands out to me that I’m eating a Snickers with freakin’ almond butter in it!
Purchased Price: $2.98
Size: 7.70 oz bag
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 7 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 bar) 110 calories, 6 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 80 milligrams of sodium, 12 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 9 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.
Creamy Snickers Maple Almond Butter
Finally, the maple one that I saved for last. But as the old adage tells us (and it rings true this time), this was definitely the best of the bunch.
This one is identical to the almond butter one but contains maple-flavored caramel and boy is it intense! I love all things maple so it may be too much for those who aren’t a fan. However, out of all three, this one was the first one where I thought I was eating something delicious and different. The maple is a lot, but it is punctuated by the nutty almond butter, the chewy caramel, and of course the chocolate.
Purchased Price: $2.98
Size: 7.70 oz bag
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 9 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 bar) 110 calories, 6 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 75 milligrams of sodium, 12 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 9 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.
Other Things:
- For all three the milk chocolate is just your standard candy bar variety, nothing special. The ground nuts in the caramel in each one also add a little bit of crunchy texture but not much.
- To go along with the trendy/elevated ingredients, the packaging seems to have gotten an upgrade too. I’m digging the silhouette peanut & almond graphics as they are minimalist but also eye-catching both at the same time. The material also has more of a matte finish and seems to be a bit thicker. It does elevate the experience. However, the Snickers people want to make sure that they don’t come across as too snooty. Look at the backs of each bag – these aren’t artisanal, they are artisanal-ish. Take that homemade chocolate!
- With peanut butter and almond butter conquered, anybody excited for Snickers Cashew Butter, Snickers Sunflower Butter, or how about Snickers School Safe Peanut Free Soy Butter?
Wait, so they DO have nuts in them? I was really looking forward to the creamy aspect.
Oh well.
Yep the nuts are like the ones you would find in chunky peanut butter. Not creamy
I would love a cashew butter one. That one always seems to get excluded from these types of things when it’s just the best flavor out of them all. ????
The ???? were actually the fingers crossed emoji but apparently that didn’t translate lol.
My husband and I are both allergic to peanuts and we think the almond butter squares are absolute heaven!!! Closest thing I’ve had to a Reese’s peanut butter cup since my adult onset peanut allergy began…. and the Carmel is a fantastic bonus. We’ve bought 3 bags in 10 days. A lot of our friends are also snickers almond butter square converts . Great job.
I tried the maple almond and was disspointed because it was not creamy nut butter as I had expected it was chunky. There were still chunks of nuts so I don’t really see the point of calling it creamy nut butter.
How can you possibly call Snickers “creamy” in the name and still have nuts in them. Isn’t that also known as bait and switch? I am really disappointed.
I came to this website to see if there were any opinions about the crunchy nutty texture inside a so-called creamy take on Snickers. I specifically bought and tried these because they claimed to be creamy. I’m not a fan of crunchy peanuts in candy, even though I love nuts by themselves. So I was looking forward to the creamy texture as it was perceived to be from the name. I do like these and have bought them again, but I would be more impressed if it was creamy-not crunchy peanut/almond butter.
I tried the maple and, while I loved the intense maple taste and smell, I was more than disappointed … I was downright pissed! Some people can’t chew or swallow nuts for various medical reasons, and I am one of them. They are advertised as creamy and the package says they are made with freshly “ground” almonds. There is a big difference between “ground” and “chopped”, and apparently Mars either doesn’t know that difference or simply doesn’t care. Nowhere does it disclose that there are chunks of chopped nuts in them, and yet I had to spit out at least a tablespoon of chopped nuts … from one square!
Thanks for the review! I hadn’t seen any commercials for these, just some coupons.
There’s a fair amount of peanut butter there, which is good. But then you need good chocolate flavor to complement the peanut butter. That is missing. Waxy chocolate is never a good thing. Yuck.
I have been looking for the peanut butter Snickers for three months now. I can’t order them on line it seems because they are sold out everywhere! Help, where can I get a couple of them? Thanks!
-Snickers withdrawal
I just tried snickers creamy peanut butter square and was disappointed to find the peanut butter was not creamy but had chunks of peanuts. the front of the bag said snickers creamy peanut butter not chunky peanut butter.