Asda shoppers are filling baskets with new M&M chocolate bar ‘released early’ as customers say they ‘need 1,000’
ASDA shoppers are filling baskets with a new M&M chocolate bar and say they "need 1,000".
The delicious snack has been released early and a social media post announcing the news has the internet in a spin.
One woman took to the Facebook group Food Finds UK Official to alert others of the new bar.
She wrote: "New crispy M&M bar has been released early."
The post has since racked up nearly 800 likes and has received 412 comments from excited sweet-toothed shoppers.
One person wrote: "A need not a want," while another added: "This is a bit of me."
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A third said "I’m gonna need these," and a fourth thought one of the bars wouldn't cut it and commented "1,000 please".
The M&M's Crispy Milk Chocolate Christmas Santa Treat weights in at 29g, has 154 calories and costs 60p.
The Santa-shaped chocs are a twist on the classic M&M, containing a creamy vanilla centre with hidden crispy M&M minis, coated with chocolate.
It comes as Asda shoppers are rushing to buy a favourite Christmas chocolate which is now back on the shelves of the supermarket.
A customer said Cadbury Puds are now available at Asda days after finding Mint Maltesers Reindeers and mince pies on sale.
The eagle-eyed shopper took a photo of the typical Christmas treat on sale at the major supermarket and shared it on the Newfoodsuk Facebook page, writing: "Cadbury Puds are back and now available at Asda!!"
The chocolate, which has a truffle centre, hazelnut pieces and crunchy puffed rice pieces, costs 60p per piece at Asda.
It is also sold as a multi-pack with five puds in it, priced at £2.
Each pud has 197kcal and is described as "the perfect festive Christmas stocking filler" by Cadbury.
And shoppers are clearing the shelves of a major supermarket after spotting a Cadbury chocolate bar reduced to just £1.13.
The Dairy Milk "Yours for 200 Years", priced at £4.50 for a 360g bar, was spotted on sale at a Co-op by an eagle-eyed shopper.
The limited-edition vintage-style bar, which features a similar logo and packaging as the original bars launched in 1905, was released in April to celebrate Cadbury's 200th anniversary.
In the comments section, the person who posted the deal clarified she found the chocolate bar on the shelves for £1.13, not £1.30.
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Go own brand - if you're not too fussed on flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you'll save by going for 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.
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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.
Many members of the group shared their excitement as one wrote: "Bought one this morning from Co-op."
Another commented: "Yes got some this morning, got March next year's date on too so great for stocking fillers, raffle prizes and food bank."
But someone didn't seem too optimistic as they wrote: "Gonna walk around and check mine fancy some chocolate - bet it won't be cheap in mine."
Now, a shopper found it at a discounted price, allowing customers to save £3 on their purchase.
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The chocolate lover shared a photo of the bar on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains Facebook group, with the caption: "These are on offer at the Co-op for one thirty instead four pounds fifty.
"Not sure if it's all Co-op."