Recipe This | Air Fryer Mars Bar (2024)

Air Fryer Mars Bar. How to air fry your favourite mars bars inthe air fryer. A great alternative to the deep fried mars bar and so delicious.

Have you ever heardof covering your favourite chocolate in pastry and deep frying it? Well this isthe air fryer version.

Use our air fryermars bar recipe for mars, twix, cream egg, fudge and any of your otherfavourites.

Air Fryer MarsBar

I went for lunch at a fish and chiprestaurant in Spain in the summer of 2019. The food was delicious, and I am nota huge fish and chip shop fan.

So, you know it is good for me toeat it.

What amazed me, is that it wasScottish owned, and they did absolutely everything that you could think of andit went well beyond fish and chips.

There was battered haggis,battered black pudding and of course battered mars bars.

I mentioned this to Dominic, andwe talked about how the everything battered is more a Scottish thing than ageneral British thing, but still makes a nice change to the classic fish and chipshop food.

Back home and I have become obsessed with how much of that Scottish fish and chip menu can be reinvented for the air fryer.

How we could make some of thosebattered delights in the air fryer and save a few calories along the way.

As this is Scottish week onRecipe This, I thought it would be perfect timing to take the battered mars barto the air fryer.

What Is A DeepFried Mars Bar?

But first, before we talk aboutconverting the deep fried mars bar to the air fryer, I am sure you want to knowwhat is a deep fried mars bar?

Well they are a popular sweet treatthat you can mainly purchase in fish and chip shops. My husband Dominic whoused to work as a chef, used to get regular orders for them and used to enjoy thedeep fried mars bar himself.

They are the mars chocolate barthat have been covered in batter and then deep fried, using the batter that youwould use for battered fish. A heart attack waiting to happen!!!

Where Do DeepFried Mars Bars Come From?

The deep fried mars bar originated in Stonehaven, Scottland back in 1995. Two lads dared a fish and chip shop to make them one to see if it would taste good.

The deep fried mars bar then got the attention of journalists and before you know it, it was a thing throughout the United Kingdom.

Fast forward to 2020 and thereare many fish and chip shops around the globe that sell the world famous batteredmars bar.

It has travelled so far now,that you can get it in Australian fish and chip shops!

Converting TheDeep Fried Mars Bar To The Air Fryer

Even though I love a deep friedmars bar at the chippy, it lacks a sweet flavour. The batter is meant for deepfrying haddock and is not meant for the mars bar. The batter is also way toothick for most people.

That is why converting the deepfried mars bar to the air fryer and making your own pastry is ideal.

You can use the sweet version ofmy air fryer pie crust, like we did and then load a mars bar onto rolled outpastry and then cover the mars bar until you can no longer see it.

Then air fry it like you woulddo with other air fryer baked goods.

But the best thing is thatshortcrust pastry (also known as homemade pie crust) is the perfect thicknessfor a battered mars bar.

That is because too thin likefilo pastry and the caramel from the mars bar will fall out and too thick andthe texture is all wrong.

What Ingredients& Gadgets Go Into Air Fryer Mars Bars?

There are 3 main ingredients that go into an air fryer marsbar:

• Air Fryer Pie Crust
• Mars Bar
• Icing Sugar

I would recommend before making your air fryer mars barthat you have a good air fryer that will consistently make them for you. Thereseems to be some very cheap brands of air fryers that my readers keepcomplaining are breaking on them.

I recommend the Philips air fryer XL because of the quality and the fact that it is an air fryer that lasts. I would also recommend having an air fryer grill pan.

The reason I suggest a grill pan is that the grill pan works much better when cooking recipes that involve dough.

Otherwise, if you just use the air fryer basket it tends to stick to it and the food falls out. This can also make cleaning it a nightmare too!

You can click here to order the air fryer grill pan on Amazon.

How To Air Fry AMars Bar?

1. Make your sweet shortcrust pastry and roll it out.
2. Place a mars bar onto the pastry and roll it up so that each mars bar you make is covered in pastry.
3. When you are done, load the mars bars into the air fryer and cook.
4. Serve warm sprinkled with icing sugar.

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More Air Fryer SweetTreats

Here at Recipe This we love easy air fryer sweettreats. We have several of them that we cook regularly including:

• Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies – I love to make homemade chocolate chip cookies in the air fryer. They are perfect for supper with a movie and you can’t just have one!
• Air Fryer Victoria Sandwich – Dominic’s favourite sponge cake and perfect for a spot of baking in the air fryer.
• Air Fryer Chocolate Ganache – YES you can make your favourite chocolate sauce in the air fryer. Perfect for when you have a recipe that calls for melted chocolate or you want to make a chocolate fondue.
• Air Fryer Churros – Grab your favourite frozen bag of churros and cook them in the air fryer. So good you will want to add frozen churros to your weekly grocery list.

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