CHOCS AWAY
Nostalgic discontinued Nestle chocolate bar spotted on shelves and shoppers can’t believe it
They can be found in several mainstream stores
CHOCOLATE lovers are thrilled after spotting a discontinued Nestle bar back on shop shelves.
The discovery sparked debate online as not everyone believed they had made a return.
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Animal Bar is a milk chocolate bar designed with two different animals along with their names moulded on the surface of the chocolate.
The mini chocolate bars were designed for children and come with a fun game inside the wrapper.
Unfortunately for shoppers, the chocolate bar was discontinued in November 2023.
But it seems many fans have spotted them on shop shelves since the axing.
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On a Facebook group dedicated to nostalgic snacks, a member shared a photo of an Animal Bar.
"Used to love these as a kid. Shame they've gone," they wrote.
But in response, one argued: "I don't think they have gone away have they?"
"Iceland still sells them," said a second.
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";Loved this chocolate bar," echoed a third.
Another claimed that Tesco still sells the little chocolate bars.
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Someone else wrote that they can be found in Poundland and a third said they were in Asda.
"You can still get them I've seen them I'm sure they were in B&M," said another.
Of course, it's important to bear in mind that the Animal Bars spotted in the shops are old stock still in circulation.
The Animal Bar was first manufactured in 1959 and sold by Makintosh's under a different name until a rebrand in 1963.
Nestlé said the chocolate bar was being discontinued after 60 years "due to the low performance of the product and a steady decline in its sales over the past few years," according to Sky News.
Last year chocolate fans took to Facebook to share their despair after hearing the news.
One user said: “Sad they’ve discontinued these. My kids loved them when they were small.”
Another said: “Isn’t it mental that they are discontinuing something so popular.”
“They’re gluten free so I use them as well. Gutted,” claimed a third.
A fourth user said: “Oh crap! I love these I may have to stock up.”
Someone else added: "I can't remember the last time I saw an Animal bar."
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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.
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.
If you are looking to get an Animal milk chocolate bar before they are gone for good, a few retailers still have them in stock.
Tesco has one of the 19g bars for 25p in stores and online. B&M also stocks the bar for 29p.
Or you can head to Asda for a bar for a little bit more at 30p, the supermarket also had a multipack available but it looks like that is out of stock already.
There aren't too many dupes of the Animal bar around, Cadbury's does a Dairy Milk Furry friends assortment but you're not likely to find these outside of Australia.
You can get multipacks of the Cadbury Dairy Milk Little Bars in supermarkets like Tesco's for £1.25 but they won't feature any animal designs.
The Animal bar has been added to a long list of many chocolate bars we'll be saying goodbye to this year.
Chocolate fans are only just realising the iconic Topic bar is missing from shelves.
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And Nestle fans have already claimed the chocolatier "ruined family desserts" by axing the beloved Carnation Extra Thick Cream.
Meanwhile, Cabury quietly scrapped the popular Dairy Milk 30 per cent less sugar bar earlier this year which is no longer available for purchase.
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