While we can get Snickers bars, or Twix, or M&Ms here, they cost almost as much as they do in the US. Thankfully, we are blessed with the friend of all PCVs: THE TURKISH IMPOSTER bars.
Made with vegetable oil instead of cocoa butter, this waxy, extensive line of knockoffs cost .10 - .20, instead of .50. Who would have thought that you get what you pay for? The other highlight is the borderline copyright infringements that make up the outside wrappers. Everything about these chocolate bars screams: “If you just squint and pretend a little…it’s like you’re eating something of much higher quality.”
And now, I present to you my top 3 Turkish knockoffs:
1. Albeni, the knockoff Twix. Wider than a normal Twix, this picture shows you how hard Albeni is trying to be a real Twix. Keep tryin’, buddy.
2. The role of Snickers is now being played by Winergy. In a market largely dominated by hazelnut, the European equivalent to peanuts, Winergy stands alone in all its waxy peanut goodness. It gets extra points with me because it’s label makes it look like Snickers, but it’s overly tarlike goo layer gives its disguise away.
3. Biscolata Starz. Ask me several months ago what my favorite cookie/chocolate combination was, and I would have told you Biscolata Starz, without a doubt. What’s not to like? It’s a piece of chocolate with a milk layer and it’s sitting on top of a cookie. Plus, they are dirt cheap. It was the chosen snack of students and teachers alike for a long time, but they’ve lost their effect on me because I’ve had too many. When I went to Egypt, I was slightly but not really surprised to find out they’re a knock-off of some Milka cookies.
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