With the news that Milky Way Crispy Rolls have disappeared from supermarket shelves, chocolate fans across the country have been devastated at the loss of a popular favourite.
One Twitter user said: “Good morning to everyone except the person responsible for discontinuing milky way crispy rolls.”
There’s something about a differently shaped version of a popular chocolate bar that sends the UK into a total frenzy – and over the years, we’ve lost some of the finest examples in the genre.
It’s impossible to cover the rich history of the weird and wonderful chocolates you used to be able to buy from your local newsagent – but here are five of the best.
Cadbury Snowflake
Eating a Flake bar is less about consuming chocolate and more about preventing it from crumbling all over your clothes, face, desk, and general surroundings.
If you were a fan of the now-discontinued Cadbury Snowflake, which put a milk chocolate spin on the classic treat, you’ll know that it was more than worth the risk.
The Snowflake even featured in a big-name celebrity wedding, when newlyweds Anthea Turner and Grant Bovey posed with the chocolate bar for a photoshoot with OK! magazine.
A Cadbury spokesperson admitted the company had supplied the chocolates but had not insisted they featured in photos. The couple divorced in 2015.
Mars Delight
The news this week about Milky Way Crispy Rolls brought back sore memories for many 2000s kids who had already been stung before by the discontinuation of the Mars Delight.
Picture the normal filling of a Mars bar, but wrapped around a layer of crispy wafer and encased in a column of chocolate.
This lighter version of the classic Mars chocolate has led many to remember the good old days on Twitter, with one user posting: “Feel like pure s***, just want Mars Delight back.”
Wonka Bars
Originally dreamed up as a tie-in to the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, there was a time when you could buy real-life Wonka bars.
The wrappers looked pretty much like the ones from the film – and since they were axed due to falling demand, the gap in the market for quirky chocolate has been filled pretty well by Cadbury’s outlandish Marvellous Creations bars.
But there was something pretty magical about feeling like you’d received a chocolate bar from Willy Wonka himself, even if it didn’t come with a free tour of his factory.
Terry’s Pyramint
This one, on paper, makes no sense. Imagine a Terry’s Chocolate Orange, with the taste of an After Eight, mixed with the aesthetic of The Crystal Maze.
Is it technically a chocolate bar? Probably not. Is it everyone’s first choice for a chocolate they’d bring back? Maybe it isn’t. But it gets points for even daring to exist.
According to food website Delish, the Pyramint was discontinued due to falling demand. Admittedly it’s not hard to see why, but a place in snack folklore is the least it deserves.
Taz
Yes, a Taz bar is just a caramel Freddo. Yes, you can still get the same experience by buying the re-skinned frog version of this iconic chocolate.
But nothing will transports you back to the late 90s and early 2000s, to sitting around getting your horrible sticky caramel-covered fingers all over the brand-new PlayStation 1 controller your older siblings got for Christmas, like the Taz bar.
The Looney Tunes character disappeared from the Cadbury chocolate seemingly without a trace – but not from our hearts.
