Say Goodbye To King-Size Snickers, Twix

America: 1776-2013.

Mars Inc. has announced that at the end of next year, they will no longer be making king-size Snickers and Twix chocolate bars, marking the end of a storied chapter in the history of North American snackfoods. Mars officials told Reuters that they're getting rid of the king-size bars because of a commitment to nutrition and healthier eating despite their entire company being predicated on just the opposite. Reports suggest that Mars will introduce a 250-calorie limit on all its chocolate bars next year – less than half of the 540 calories that the current king-sized Snickers boasts. Even the regular Snickers bars tip the scales at 280 calories, although Mars indicated that the confectioner will replace king-size bars with packs of two to four individually wrapped bars for "sharing or saving a portion for later."