Foodies have been sent into a frenzy over a deep-fried Mars bar calzone that’s being offered up at a pizza takeaway.
Dubbed the Marsgherita, the 2,000-calorie dessert is stuffed with two Mars bars and cooked in batter, putting a “Glaswegian twist” on the Italian favourite.
Once it’s out of the fryer it is stopped with grated almonds and served alongside caramel sauce and a scoop of chocolate ice cream.
Fraser Walker, general manager of Roman’s Pizzeria in Glasgow, joked: “It’s definitely not a dessert for someone who is on a diet."
His shop has come up with one of the world’s most unusual pizzas after a simple conversation with the head chef.
Fraser, 36, said: “The shop has been open for about five-and-a-half months and we wanted to bring out something different.
“We are known for our Roman-style pizza and after speaking to the chef about different ideas, we came up with the Mars bar calzone.
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“We’ve seen restaurants adding Nutella in a calzone so we just thought the deep-fried Mars bar is a Scottish thing. So why not put it in a calzone?
He added: “I would say people should share it because it’s very sweet, unless you have a sweet tooth or are really hungry.”
Priced at £4.50, the calzone has been a hit with punters, with one even asking a relative to send a Marsgherita to over to Germany.
Head chef Dawid Radzinski said: “I’ve been a chef for 20 years and what we’ve done is completely original.
“When I first made it, we all tried it together and we all loved it.
“The dessert has been here since Monday and people think it’s really tasty. I think this was a great idea."
The takeaway is inspired by the notorious deep-fried Mars treat invented in 1992 at a Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, chippy – Haven Chip Bar (now called The Carron).
Ingredients:
12-inch pizza dough – 120 calories
Two deep-fried Mars bars – 1,200 calories
Caramel sauce (100g) – 300 calories
One tablespoon (12.6g) of sugar – 48 calories
Handful of almonds – 162 calories
One scoop of chocolate ice cream – 143 calories
Total – 1,973 calories
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