NESTLÉ has confirmed it has brought back an iconic chocolate bar that was discontinued after six decades – and shoppers are buzzing.
The chocolatier is reintroducing three varieties of its Caramac bar to shelves from today.
Nestlé said sweet-toothed customers can get the classic Caramac single bar, a three-bar multipack and sharing bag of buttons across a number of different retailers including Iceland, B&M and Spar.
Retail Recommended Prices for the varieties are 75p, £1.65 and £1.65 respectively although final pricing is decided by each retailer.
But shoppers will have to be fast as the caramel-flavoured bars are only available while current stocks last.
Shoppers just finding out Nestlé has brought back the iconic caramel-flavoured bar have been left in shock.
One said “I want a bulk order” while a second added “this is the best news report I’ve seen…ever!!!”
A third chimed in: “Fantastic news.”
It comes after Nestlé confirmed it had axed its Caramac bar last November in a blow for shoppers.
The chocolate-maker said it had made the “difficult decision” to discontinue the bar, first launched in the late 1950s, due to low sales.
But the news left shoppers heartbroken, with one branding it a “bl**dy travesty”.
Another disappointed shopper said “no no no! I love this stuff” while a third added “so disappointed! Why do they get rid of the good ones?”
Lisa Butterworth, from Nestlé UK & Ireland, said: “The calls for the return of Caramac were heard loud and clear, and for this unique bar we wanted to create a special opportunity for fans to enjoy it once more.”
“We hope that this limited release gives people the opportunity to savour and stock up on Caramac as a gesture of our appreciation for the longstanding support of our confectionery fans throughout the years.”
It is not the first time a returning chocolate bar has had shoppers dizzy with excitement.
Cadbury confirmed it had brought back a “yummy” 90s chocolate bar after giving it a makeover last month.
One of the nation’s favourite chocolate brands announced it would relaunch its Top Deck bar across the UK.
Cadbury said the the much-loved bar, which first launched in 1993, would only be returning to shelves for a limited time though.
Earlier this month, shoppers were going wild after a bar first launched in the 1970s made its way back on to shelves.
Nestlé relaunched a strawberry-flavoured Aero bar in April but some shoppers had only just started realising.
Posting on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains Facebook Group, one said: “Had this in the 70s, glad it’s back!”
Another added: “They were my fave as a kid… stock up cos they will disappear again soon!”
A third said: “Too moreish ate it in one sitting.”
It comes after Nestlé was forced to abandon a new recipe for one of its iconic brands after fans slammed the “awful” new formula.
Nesquik customers were left complaining an ingredient change swapping out maltodextrin for rice flour left an unappealing “sludge” at the bottom of the glass.
Nestlé admitted to The Sun the change had “not been popular” and confirmed it would return to the old ingredients.
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Go own brand – if you’re not too fussed on flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you’ll save by going for supermarket’s own brand bars.
Shop around – if you’ve spotted your favourite variety at the supermarket, make sure you check if it’s cheaper elsewhere.
Websites like Trolley.co.uk let you compare prices on products across all the major chains to see if you’re getting the best deal.
Look out for yellow stickers – supermarket staff put yellow, and sometimes orange and red, stickers on to products to show they’ve been reduced.
They usually do this if the product is coming to the end of its best before date or the packaging is slightly damaged.
Buy bigger bars – most of the time, but not always, chocolate is cheaper per 100g the larger the bar.
So if you’ve got the appetite, and you were going to buy a hefty amount of chocolate anyway, you might as well go bigger.
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