B&M has unveiled three new flavours of popular Nestlé chocolate snacks.
The discount retailer shared the news on its Facebook page, prompting excitement among shoppers.
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The new products are: Aero Melts Double Choc Brownie, Munchies Vanilla Cheesecake and Milky Bar Crispy Cookie.
One shopper excitedly wrote: “I need to try them all,” while another added: “I need a trip to B&M – I need them all.”
Another chimed in: “The aero double choc brownies look delicious.”
But another shopper, clearly fed up with brands constantly rolling out new flavours, snapped: “Why can’t they just leave things alone?”
B&M also recently launched two festive flavours scanning at just £1.
The first, Milk Choc Flavour Peppermint Bombe, is a milk chocolate ball filled with mini mallows and crushed peppermint.
The second, White Choc Flavour Caramelised Biscuit Bombe, combines white chocolate with caramelised biscuit crumbs and mini mallows.
It comes as Britain’s favourite festive chocolates are getting smaller yet pricier this year, as manufacturers grapple with soaring production costs.
Quality Street, Terry’s Chocolate Orange, Toblerone, and Cadbury Roses have all reduced pack sizes while raising prices, according to The Grocer.
The price hikes follow record-breaking cocoa costs, caused by poor harvests in West Africa due to dry weather and the spread of diseases like cacao swollen shoot virus.
Rising energy prices and higher regulatory costs have added further pressure.
A spokesperson for the Food and Drink Federation said: “Food manufacturers will have had to make changes to product sizes to continue offering shoppers the products they love at reasonable price points.”
For instance, Cadbury Roses’ 750g tin has been replaced with a slightly smaller 700g version at Morrisons – a 6.7 per cent reduction.
Yet the price has jumped by 17.9 per cent, from £14 to £16.50.
Large Toblerone bars have been reduced in size by 5.6 per cent, decreasing from 360g to 340g.
Prices have risen by 16.7 per cent to £7 in Morrisons and by 12.5 per cent to £6.75 in Sainsbury’s.
However, Tesco has kept its price unchanged at £6.
A spokesperson for Mondelez, owner of Cadbury and Toblerone, explained that cocoa, dairy, energy and transport costs remain significantly higher, making price hikes unavoidable.
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