LIDL shoppers will be delighted as a new Dubai-style chocolate product will be hitting stores in days.
The bargain supermarket’s Dubai-style chocolate bars were a sell-out hit that had shoppers queuing to get a taste – and now Lidl is launching a tasty chocolate pistachio spread.
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The Sun can exclusively reveal the new Della Sante Dubai-Style Chocolate Cream spread will be landing on shelves in a week’s time on May 29.
The tasty treat is a blend of smooth chocolate, sweet cream, salty pistachio and crisp Kadayfi pastry for an added crunch.
It combines the flavours of the insanely popular Dubai chocolate but in spreadable form.
That means you can slather it on toast, pile it onto pancakes, dip fruit in it or even spoon it from the jar.
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You’ll be able to get it in Lidl stores across the country.
It will cost £3.99 for Lidl Plus members or £4.99 for non-members.
Lidl has said it will be available “while stocks last” – so you may want to get in quick.
The supermarket is expecting the spread to be extremely popular so it’s limiting purchases to three per customer.
When Lidl launched its Dubai-style chocolate bar back in March, shoppers were queuing outside shops to get a taste.
The Sun spotted a queue outside the Gosport, Hampshire, store at 8am with shoppers eagerly waiting for the doors to open.
Chocolate fans have been going crazy for supermarket dupes of the expensive Dubai chocolate bars and they’ve been going viral on social media.
Lidl’s version was the cheapest when it was brought out at £3.99.
Before it arrived in stores, the chocolate bar had been available on Lidl’s TikTok Shop.
It wasn’t around for long though as it sold out in a mere 84 minutes.
Which other shops have released Dubai-style chocs?
Numerous supermarkets and bargain stores have been jumping on the Dubai-style chocolate trend.
One of the most-anticipated was the M&S version, which it turned out was a new take on the viral Big Daddy chocolate bar.
The Big Daddy Pistachio is on the pricier end, costing £8.50 for a big 280g bar.
Similarly posh supermarket Waitrose also released a version for £10.
Despite the price, it was so popular the retailer had to impose a two-bar limit on shoppers.
Sainsbury’s started selling a Lindt version of the Dubai-style chocolate for £10.
Iceland is selling two different bars: the Nelino Dubai-Style Chocolate (£2 for 62g) and Bolci Dubai Chocolate (£5 for 100g).
Bolci’s Turkish-made treat is also available at Morrisons.
Meanwhile Home Bargains is selling Dubai Chocolate Cookies for the bargain price of £1.25.
How to save money on chocolate
We all love a bit of chocolate from now and then, but you don’t have to break the bank buying your favourite bar.
Consumer reporter Sam Walker reveals how to cut costs…
Go own brand – if you’re not too fussed about flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you’ll save by going for the 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.
