Although regarded as a classic British dessert, sticky toffee pudding may have actually come from Canada. Patricia Martin, a hotel manager in Lancashire, allegedly got the recipe from some Canadians sometime in the 1940s. Those Canadians were believed to be in the armed forces, lodging at Martin’s hotel during World War II. British chef Francis Coulson, who is considered the creator of the dessert, said that Martin gave him the recipe and he modified it. Eventually, Coulson began making and selling sticky toffee pudding.
The deep-fried Mars bar began with a dare in Scotland. In the mid-1990s, a Scottish teenager named John Davie was once in a fish-and-chip shop in Stonehaven, where he asked the owner to conduct a little food experiment: Try to batter and deep fry a Mars bar. Well, it turned out to be delicious, and word then got around Scotland about this incredible treat. Davie refuses to eat a deep-fried Mars bar because he doesn’t like chocolate. But it soon became a popular dessert that remains beloved by the Scottish to this day.