A Confectionery Crossover
A new design concept is re-imagining the Magnum ice cream stick as a crossover with another major confectionery brand: Snickers. The mockup shows a standard three-pack multipack, a familiar format for the brand in UK supermarket freezers. The packaging blends Magnum’s gold and brown branding with the iconic typeface and colour palette of the Mars Inc. bar.
The image depicts an ice cream with a nougat-flavoured centre, a thick layer of caramel, and whole peanuts, all encased in Magnum’s cracking milk chocolate shell. This construction aims to deconstruct the elements of a Snickers bar and rebuild them in the ice cream stick format. The social media caption that accompanied the image specified a ‘chewy caramel and nougat-flavour ice cream’, confirming the intended profile.
Magnum’s Flavour Strategy
A collaboration of this kind would mark a significant departure from Magnum’s established product strategy in the UK. While the brand frequently releases limited editions, they are typically based on flavour profiles developed in-house rather than external brand partnerships. The current range demonstrates this approach clearly.
The lineup is built around core, single-note variants like Classic, Almond, Mint, and White Chocolate. Alongside these sit more complex dessert-style creations, such as Salted Caramel, Double Raspberry, and the recent Signature Peach. Even the more unusual flavours, like Pistachio, are ingredient-led. A direct co-branding with a name like Snickers would be a new commercial direction, placing it in direct competition with Mars’s own ice cream versions of its popular bars.
The Multipack Format
Presenting the concept in a 3x100ml multipack box roots it firmly in Magnum’s current retail model. This format is a cornerstone of their supermarket presence, used for core products like the Magnum Classic. It sits between the impulse-purchase single sticks sold in newsagents and the larger multipacks of Magnum Minis, which are also available for flavours like Classic and Mint.
Choosing this specific pack format suggests a product intended for a weekly-shop audience, designed to be taken home and stored. It’s the standard vehicle for launching a major new flavour into the grocery channel, aiming for widespread reach rather than the niche appeal of a one-off single.
What the real range looks like
The current UK Magnum range includes classics like Almond, White Chocolate, and Mint, alongside more complex flavours such as Double Raspberry, Salted Caramel, and Signature Peach. A Snickers edition would be the first direct collaboration with an external confectionery brand, moving away from their usual in-house flavour development.
- Magnum Mint Ice Cream Sticks
- Magnum Almond Ice Cream Sticks
- Magnum Classic Ice Cream Sticks
- Magnum Mini Mint Ice Cream Sticks
- Magnum Pistachio Ice Cream Sticks
- Magnum Mini Classic Ice Cream Sticks
- Magnum Vegan Classic Ice Cream Sticks
- Magnum Salted Caramel Ice Cream Sticks
- Magnum Signature Peach Ice Cream Sticks
- Magnum White Chocolate Ice Cream Sticks
Frequently asked questions
- What flavour is the Snickers Magnum meant to be?
- The concept shows a nougat-flavour ice cream containing a caramel swirl and whole peanuts, coated in milk chocolate. It’s designed to replicate the components of a classic Snickers bar in an ice cream stick format.
- Has Magnum ever collaborated with other chocolate bar brands?
- In the UK, Magnum’s core range and limited editions tend to focus on their own flavour profiles, like Salted Caramel or Double Raspberry, rather than co-branding with other confectionery. A partnership with a Mars Inc. brand like Snickers would represent a new type of collaboration for them here.
- Is the Snickers Magnum real?
- No, the Snickers Magnum is a Snackfish. The image is a mockup created by the online creative page UK Snack Attack and it is not a real product available for sale anywhere.
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