CADBURY has released its new family bag of treats as Christmas approaches – but some fans are disappointed.
The Cadbury Family Treatsize Variety Bag this year contains 12 small chocs, including a mix of Crunchies, Freddos, Fudges, Twirls and small bags of Buttons.
The selection pack consists of fewer treats than last year’s version, which had 14, although the overall weight has increased from 207g to 223g.
But some Cadbury bars included in last year’s version of the product have disappeared, including Curly Wurlies, Flakes and Chomps.
One disappointed Flake fan wrote on the Hotukdeals website: “Cadbury have changed the contents, they have removed the Flakes and replaced with Freddo. It’s not good value now.”
Another added: “No more Curly Wurly.”
On the bright side, Crunchies have re-entered the pack – having been left out last year.
Cadbury said: “We’re always listening to our Cadbury fans to ensure we’re continuously improving our range and reflecting changing consumer taste buds.
“Following extensive fan feedback, we’ve made the decision to update the assortment of individual chocolates included in our Family Treatsize packs.
“They now include a delicious selection of Cadbury Freddos, Twirl, Fudge and Crunchie bars, and our tasty treat size Buttons, swapping out our Chomp, Flake and Curly Wurly bars, to offer our fans more of their favourite chocolates to share with family and friends.
“Although the Cadbury Family Treatsize Pack may now contain fewer bars, the change to the assortment means the overall weight of the product has increased.”
The new packs have been released in the run-up to Christmas and will also be useful for Halloween trick or treaters.
Sainsbury’s has them on a £2 deal with a Nectar card, meaning the product is a rare example of a chocolate product increasing in weight and falling in price, as last year packs cost around £3.
Without a Nectar card, the product is sold for £3.90.
Tesco is selling the new bags for £2.50 with a Clubcard.
Supermarkets are now gearing up for Christmas, with a variety of new festive confectionery products hitting the market.
M&S has released a funky new Swiss Santa Dispenser containing 13 chocolate treats, including a Father Christmas.
Cadbury has launched squares tins of Roses and Heroes, and Mars has unveiled its Milky Way Advent Calendar in Asda and Galaxy Miniatures Pouch in Tesco.
The company recently teased a new Easter treat set to hit shelves next year in collaboration with Biscoff.
With the release of a giant 2KG Biscoff filled egg.
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.
