Angry Freddo fans are hitting the streets to protest over rising chocolate prices

CAN you remember a time when the trusty Freddo bar would cost you just 10p?

But now the bite size chocolate bar sets you back 30p and people aren’t happy about it.

They may have tried to sweeten us up when they released the Freddo Hot Chocolate but it hasn't worked.

After watching the price of the 18g Cadbury chocolate bar slowly rise over the past 10 years, fans are finally taking action.

Freddo fiends are organising protests in Cardiff and London, encouraging angry chocolate eaters to take to the streets on September 23.

The two events are being organised on Facebook, with one group calling the price hike “a global conspiracy that affects us all”.

In a rousing statement on the Facebook event, the organiser writes: "The elites are making Freddos more expensive, the more Freddos cost the more the government make.

"I dunno what the govnerment [sic] will use all that money for, but it's probably got something to do with the pyramids.

"We must FIGHT FOR OUR FREDDOS! Freddo wouldn't want this, we can't afford our Freddos anymore, we must stand up for them now!"

Freddo’s American owners hiked the price from 25p to 30p earlier this year, but the protesters are blaming Brexit.

The protest in Cardiff is planned to take place at the Aneurin Bevan statue in Queen street at 2pm and so far 531 have confirmed that they will be going along.

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Angry protesters are also planning to meet in Trafalgar Square in London at 3pm.

Down south, 932 people reckon they will turn up with another 3.4 thousand people interested in the event.

The price of Freddos have been a point of contention ever since the price jumped to 15p in 2007, after staying at 10p for 13 years.

Chocolate fans are worried what the effects of Brexit will really have on the sweet stuff, with Cadbury's warning it may have to make their bars smaller.

A Cadbury spokeswoman said: "It is well reported that food and drink manufacturers have been experiencing increasing input costs for some time which, coupled with recent foreign exchange pressures, are making food products more expensive to make.

"We have, and continue to, carry these increased costs within our business as much as possible, because our priority is to keep our brands as affordable as we can, whilst ensuring we do not compromise on taste and quality.

"Increasing prices is always a last resort, but to ensure we can keep people’s favourite brands on shelf and look after the 4,000 people we employ in the UK, we had to make some selective price increases with our customers in the UK. Ultimately it is the retailer who sets the price in store."

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