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Snickers pie is 'unhealthiest ever'
CELEBRITY chef Antony Worrall Thompson's recipe for Snickers pie is one of the unhealthiest ever published, an independent food watchdog said.

A single slice of the rich dessert contains more than 1,250 calories, according to the Food Commission's calculations.

The pudding combines five Snickers bars with mascarpone, eggs, sugar, soft cheese and puff pastry.

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Each serving contains the equivalent of 22 teaspoons of fat and 11 teaspoons of sugar, the Food Commission said.

The recipe, which appears on the BBC website, is featured in Food magazine, published by the Food Commission.

An article alongside it states: "Professional chefs know only too well that customers often put taste before health when ordering dishes in restaurants.

"Salt, sugar and fats are used in copious quantities to ensure that diners get their taste buds well and truly tickled."

It continues: "We've calculated that a single slice of this calorific pudding will provide over 1,250 calories from sugar and fat alone - a serving equivalent to around 22 teaspoons of fat and 11 teaspoons of sugar.

"We love a decent dessert as much as anyone, but surely this has to be one of the most unhealthy recipes ever published?!"

The Snickers pie recipe was included in the celebrity chef's Saturday Kitchen BBC television show more than two years ago.

Responding to the Food magazine article, Mr Worrall Thompson said the dessert had been intended as a special treat for a children's party.

"Obviously this goes straight on the hips and is not for regular use," he said.

"We are not encouraging people to do this all the time. My message is don't exclude any food groups. We try to tell everyone to eat in moderation and nothing in excess."

Mr Worrall Thompson, owner of London's Notting Grill and Kew Grill, said the Snickers pie was intended as an occasional treat.

"On Saturday mornings we attract children to the programme and from time to time you have to make them feel as though they are being looked after as well as the health police," he added.

"Kids have to be allowed to be kids from time to time. I think prohibition is when you start getting kids eating behind your back. It is better to give them a treat from time to time."

The celebrity chef, whose books include Antony Worrall Thompson's GL Diet Made Simple, said he had asked the BBC to add a "health warning" to the recipe on its website.

Food magazine is appealing for readers who root out recipes which are more unhealthy than the Snickers pie to send them in.


Snickers pie recipe

Serves 4

Preparation time less than 30 minutes.

Cooking time 30 minutes to one hour.


Ingredients

1 packet puff pastry

140g/5oz mascarpone

110g/4oz soft cheese

50g/2oz caster sugar

3 eggs

5 Snickers bars, chopped roughly


Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400/Gas 6.

2. Roll pastry to 3-4mm thick and use to line a 20cm/8in fluted tart tin.

3. Beat the mascarpone, soft cheese and sugar together in a large bowl, until smooth.

4. Beat in eggs, one at a time.

5. Add the Snickers bars and fold in.

6. Pour into a lined tart tin, and spread to the edges.

7. Place in the oven for 10 minutes, then lower to 180C/350/Gas 4 for a further 25 minutes

until golden and set. Allow to cool before serving.

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/food/s/203/203972_snickers_pie_is_unhealthiest_ever.html

it actually sounds kind of nice apart from the fact they use Snickers in it, surely they could have found a better tastier chocolate bar and the cheese is a bit of a surprise.

The whole thing reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Homer is a Food Critic and the Food Industry tries to kill him off with that deliciously deadly desset.-OMG Alliteration!!!1!!SHIFT+!
Hmm poison cream filled goodness.
Your thoughts?

My God:eek:

Holy shit.

sounds like my kind of sugar. :p

Wow....>.>

Bet I could make far far worse though. >.>

Cheese? The rest of it, I can take, but cheese!? Reminds me of that scene from Thank You For Smoking where the guy has apple pie with a slice of american cheese melted on top.
Please people, there is a time and a place for cheese, and that place is not in a fucking pie!

Cheese? The rest of it, I can take, but cheese!? Reminds me of that scene from Thank You For Smoking where the guy has apple pie with a slice of american cheese melted on top.
Please people, there is a time and a place for cheese, and that place is not in a fucking pie!

Do you dislike Cheesecake?

Do you dislike Cheesecake?
Cream cheese, I will admit, is the exception, but that is only because it is unripened and has a soft, sweet taste. Even then, it is pretty easy to screw up a Cheesecake.

Cream cheese, I will admit, is the exception, but that is only because it is unripened and has a soft, sweet taste. Even then, it is pretty easy to screw up a Cheesecake.

Yeah I agree. I am hoping thats what they mean by "soft cheese" in this recipe. I know I dont want 4 oz of Cheddar or Mozzarella in my Snicker Pie....ick.

Yeah I agree. I am hoping thats what they mean by "soft cheese" in this recipe. I know I dont want 4 oz of Cheddar or Mozzarella in my Snicker Pie....ick.
Like I said, it just reminded me of that guy eating the apple pie with a slice of American cheese and . . . euch. One of life's harsher lessons is that you should never trust a cook to be rational when it comes to ingredients.

Well yes....though a triple cheese burger is also just as bad... its 3/4ths of a pound of meat, three silces of cheese and enough grease and fat to kill you.

Well yes....though a triple cheese burger is also just as bad... its 3/4ths of a pound of meat, three silces of cheese and enough grease and fat to kill you.
Yeah, the fats will kill you. So will smoking. So will being around smokers whiel they smoke. And if you catch a wiff of car exhaust or drink too much red wine one night, there goes your brain function.
And then, assuming you skip out on all of that, you'll still be dead by 45 because that cheeseburger you had on your 10th birthday. Remember that one? Yeah, that had Mad Cow in it. Its been incubating in your skull, and the symptoms will start to reveal themsevles in a decade or so.

Like I said, it just reminded me of that guy eating the apple pie with a slice of American cheese and . . . euch. One of life's harsher lessons is that you should never trust a cook to be rational when it comes to ingredients.

For what it's worth, a sliced apple topped with medium-sharp cheddar cheese makes a very tasty snack. Thus, while I must admit apple pie with American cheese sounds pretty bad, it's at least vaguely similar to something good, and therefore is not a completely irrational recipe.

There is nothing wrong with Cheese in a meat pie and Peechland makes a very good point about Cheesecake but until i make this thing it shall remain the idea of a madman.

hmmm but they loose the common touch with the snickers pie.

*****why not just go down t' chippy un get mars 'n bat'r

*****Translation for southerners - why not just go to the fish and chip shop and buy a mars bar deep fried in batter.


And cheese sucks, on everything. except the shopping channels.

I want to try a slice, i know i am not the slimmest male but i do try to keep poundage off but one chocolate bar i cant resist is a snicker and i have one a week (normal size bar) and a snicker pie sounds nice...

I want to try a slice, i know i am not the slimmest male but i do try to keep poundage off but one chocolate bar i cant resist is a snicker and i have one a week (normal size bar) and a snicker pie sounds nice...
If we got PasturePastry and the Chocolate Godess in this thread we'd be close to having the recipe now all we need is Lunatic Goofballs because he is Nuts.

Cheese? The rest of it, I can take, but cheese!? Reminds me of that scene from Thank You For Smoking where the guy has apple pie with a slice of american cheese melted on top.
Please people, there is a time and a place for cheese, and that place is not in a fucking pie!

It's fairly common. You can even find "apple pie cheese" in some markets. The first time I heard about it, it sounded so gross. But it is actually pretty good. Just like a lot of other things that sound gross at first.


"One combination of flavors common in the nineteenth century and earlier, and which was referred to in English novels of the time, was known as "Apple pie and cheese," by which was meant sharp cheddar cheese. This was because the apple was not always sweet (the leading sweet variety, Red delicious, was only discovered in 1868). The sharpness of the cheese combined with the tartness of the apple produced an appealing taste. While its popularity has waned, some people still enjoy this combination."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie
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Aaaaaaaaand heart attack. :cool:

OMFG.

Heeyuuuuuurghhhhh......... blecchhh.

There is NO ****ING WAY that I'd ever touch that with a ten-metre pole. Holy ****ing ****.

I wonder how this really stacks up against the infamous deep-fried mars bar?
The article says fried mars bars have 450 calories, but some other websites put it at a lot higher - as high as 932 calories here: http://www.recipezaar.com/43463

(Edit: My apologies, this article didn't say that. This (http://people.monstersandcritics.com/bizarre/article_1095354.php/Snickers_pie_raises_health_alarms) one did.)

As far as cheese and pie goes, it's good. There are a number of desserts and sweets that make use of cheese. Personally, I'd say cheese goes with just about everything, as long as you use the appropriate variety of cheese.

I had a very sweet cheese in Mexico many years ago. It was quite good, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was called.

I wonder how this really stacks up against the infamous deep-fried mars bar?
The article says fried mars bars have 450 calories, but some other websites put it at a lot higher - as high as 932 calories here: http://www.recipezaar.com/43463

(Edit: My apologies, this article didn't say that. This (http://people.monstersandcritics.com/bizarre/article_1095354.php/Snickers_pie_raises_health_alarms) one did.)

As far as cheese and pie goes, it's good. There are a number of desserts and sweets that make use of cheese. Personally, I'd say cheese goes with just about everything, as long as you use the appropriate variety of cheese.

I had a very sweet cheese in Mexico many years ago. It was quite good, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was called.
Yes after all Cheese is offered as a dessert but the idea of Tasty, Colby or Chedder in a sweet treat is rather bizarre.

Crazy Scots.

What country are you in? There was a fair bit of fuss about this pie at the beginning of Feburary.

This isn't last week, this is last month :p

2 slices of that pie is the recommended calorie intake for an adult male.

Yes after all Cheese is offered as a dessert but the idea of Tasty, Colby or Chedder in a sweet treat is rather bizarre.

Crazy Scots.

It's not all that strange.

http://www.ilovecheese.com/ has several recepies for sweet desserts with Cheddar, including this one for Cheddar Cheese ice cream.

Here's one for an [url=http://www.recipesource.com/desserts/apple-cheddar-shortcake1.html]Apple Cheddar Shortcake (http://www.ilovecheese.com/recipe.asp?Recipe=Wisconsin+Aged+Cheddar+Cheese+Ice+Cream).

And here's one for Apple-Cranberry Crisp with Oat Topping and Cheddar Cheese (http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/recipe.cgi?r=6240).

You get the idea, right? ;)

What country are you in? There was a fair bit of fuss about this pie at the beginning of Feburary.

This isn't last week, this is last month :p

2 slices of that pie is the recommended calorie intake for an adult male.
I would have hoped my Location would have given it away.:rolleyes:
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I saw it back then but only got around to doing something about it now.
I am in the mood babah!

I would have hoped my Location would have given it away.:rolleyes:
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I saw it back then but only got around to doing something about it now.
I am in the mood babah!Reading locations is like reading the manual. Besides, you don't sound very sure on your location. Don't most people not take the location seriously. I know LG lives on the 'edge of insanity, no, the other edge'.

There is nothing wrong with Cheese in a meat pie and Peechland makes a very good point about Cheesecake but until i make this thing it shall remain the idea of a madman.

People, really now, come on.

Of course the recipe is talking about cream cheese. Use your heads. I'm sorely tempted to use the headbang smiley for the first time ever, but I don't like it, so I won't. But, guys, seriously. :rolleyes:

What cracked me up about the article was that they actually printed the recipe. :p

Snickers pie? FRIED MARS BARS? *drools*

One of the most unhealthy recipes ever? I'm sure there have been quite a few occurances of lethally poisoned food throughout history; compared to those, it's not even noteworthy.

Just send in something that leads to inevitable death and that magazine has a new record.

People, really now, come on.

Of course the recipe is talking about cream cheese. Use your heads. I'm sorely tempted to use the headbang smiley for the first time ever, but I don't like it, so I won't. But, guys, seriously. :rolleyes:

What cracked me up about the article was that they actually printed the recipe. :p
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OLet us hope so.
Reading locations is like reading the manual. Besides, you don't sound very sure on your location. Don't most people not take the location seriously. I know LG lives on the 'edge of insanity, no, the other edge'.
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hmmm but they loose the common touch with the snickers pie.

*****why not just go down t' chippy un get mars 'n bat'r

*****Translation for southerners - why not just go to the fish and chip shop and buy a mars bar deep fried in batter..
Mmm...deep fried Mars bar. A fish n chip shop has opened down in the village. Run by a Northerner (Geordie I think). Tried my first ever marsintbatta last week.
Definitely won't be the last time either. Like deep fried icecream, but less effort to make. I can see a couple of those with icecream would be fantastic.

Cheese? The rest of it, I can take, but cheese!? Reminds me of that scene from Thank You For Smoking where the guy has apple pie with a slice of american cheese melted on top.
Please people, there is a time and a place for cheese, and that place is not in a fucking pie!
There's lots of different types of cheese, you know.
The recipe calls for soft cheese and marscapone (which is also technically a type of cheese). The soft cheese would be a cream cheese type (quark maybe), with little flavour. It's there as filling and then acidity in the cheese would act as a counterbalance to the sweetness from the sugar and snickers bars, giving the pie a nice, slightly tart flavour.