Maltesers
It's from 1937, before you were born.
- Maker
- Mars
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Debuted
- 1937
- Note
- "the lighter way to enjoy chocolate"
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About
As of 2026, it's 89 years old.
Maltesers are chocolate-covered malt balls so light they reportedly float, which the brand once leaned into as 'the lighter way to enjoy chocolate' — a phrase that conveniently ignores how easy it is to inhale an entire sharing bag alone in the dark.
Introduced in Britain in 1937 (originally, hilariously, as 'Energy Balls'), the crunchy honeycomb centers made them a cinema staple across the UK, Ireland, and Australia.
Crunchy, malty, and dangerously poppable, Maltesers is the 'light' chocolate that disappears by the boxful.
Maltesers through the years
Launched in Britain
First sold as 'Energy Balls' before the Maltesers name.
A cinema staple
The sharing bag becomes a movie-night classic.
