QUALITY Street fans will be delighted as one of its much-loved chocolate bars has been “brought back” onto supermarket shelves.
Shoppers have spotted a Green Triangle-inspired sharing bar being sold at Asda.
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It costs £3.50 for an 84g bar and it has the flavours of the iconic Green Triangle, which is usually found in Quality Street tins.
The Green Triangle is described as having a “smooth, silky praline filling coated in a milk chocolate shell”.
Of course, it has a distinctive triangle shape and comes wrapped in a green foil.
A Nestle spokesperson said: “Quality Street is launching a new Green Triangle-inspired sharing bar, due to hit shelves over the next few weeks.
“Inspired by our iconic Green Triangle, we’ve created a bar filled with Hazelnut flavour filling so that fans don’t have to wait until Christmas to enjoy sharing the taste of one of their favourite Quality Street sweets as a delicious treat!”
The sharing bar is very similar to another Quality Street one that was discontinued two years ago, leaving chocolate lovers devastated.
The Quality Street Collisions bar featured the flavours of both the Green Triangle and The Purple One chocolates in a single bar.
It combined gooey caramel, creamy hazelnut and crunchy hazelnut pieces in three delicious layers.
The bars landed on shelves in 2023 but were axed just a year later.
Disappointed Quality Street fans said they had lost their “favourite chocolate bar of all time”.
Before they were discontinued, shoppers could purchase the 235g chocolate bar for £2.50 at Asda and other major supermarkets.
Quality Street is famous for its tins of delicious chocolates usually eaten at Christmas.
The brand first launched in 1936 when toffee manufacturer Harold Machintosh decided to bring the luxury of boxed chocolates to households across the UK.
Now Quality Street boxes include flavours such as Toffee Pennies, The Purple One, Strawberry Delight and Orange Creme.
But some flavours have come and gone over the years.
Among the axed flavours are Gooseberry Cream, Chocolate Truffle, Mint Fondant, Almond Octagon and Jaffa Toffee.
More chocolate news
The Quality Street bar isn’t the only iconic chocolate to make a return lately.
Mars recently brought back its White Chocolate Maltesers after 11 years off shelves.
Plus, more chocolates are being introduced.
Carbury launched a new Dairy Milk flavour bar in the UK – Dairy Milk Iced Latte.
The new bar combines classic Dairy Milk chocolate with a creamy coffee filling and crunchy biscuit pieces.
The brand also recently brought out a White Dipped Twirl that combines white and milk chocolate.
Why are products axed or recipes changed?
ANALYSIS by chief consumer reporter James Flanders.
Food and drinks makers have been known to tweak their recipes or axe items altogether.
They often say that this is down to the changing tastes of customers.
There are several reasons why this could be done.
For example, government regulation, like the “sugar tax,” forces firms to change their recipes.
Some manufacturers might choose to tweak ingredients to cut costs.
They may opt for a cheaper alternative, especially when costs are rising to keep prices stable.
For example, Tango Cherry disappeared from shelves in 2018.
It has recently returned after six years away but as a sugar-free version.
Fanta removed sweetener from its sugar-free alternative earlier this year.
Suntory tweaked the flavour of its flagship Lucozade Original and Orange energy drinks.
While the amount of sugar in every bottle remains unchanged, the supplier swapped out the sweetener aspartame for sucralose.
