M&Ms, KitKat, Snickers, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are just a few examples of the types of candy that have made it into space. After all, astronauts need sweet treats, too. But only a Marathon bar will do for Adam Sandler, who plays an astronaut in his new Netflix movie Spaceman. Luckily, the actor isn’t a real astronaut, because Marathon bars have been discontinued in the US since the 1980s. The closest thing to the braided chocolate caramel bar is a Curly Wurly, widely available in the UK, but not in the US.
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“I guess right now [I’d take] a Marathon bar. You ever have one of those? They don’t make them anymore. Maybe they make only a few,” Sandler told reporters at the Los Angeles premiere of Spaceman. He also hinted that he might be able to still get his hands on the discontinued treat. “I’m Sandler for God’s sake,” he said. “I can get a…