SWEET-TOOTH shoppers are raving about Quality Street bringing back a favourite flavour.
And it’s set to return in time for the festive season.
The coffee creme flavour chocolate was last seen in Quality Street tubs over 20 years ago, until the chocolatier reintroduced it last year.
Nestle has confirmed that the sweet treat will be available once again this Christmas.
But fans won’t find the iconic flavour in the usual Quality Street tubs.
Instead, the coffee-flavour fondant wrapped in dark chocolate will join the 11 other Quality Street sweets at pick and mix stations across selected John Lewis stores in the UK.
But that’s not stopping chocolate lovers getting excited about its return to the shelves.
Social media users were raving about how it was their favourite flavour.
One said: “Brilliant. Coffee Creme is my absolute favourite.”
Another said: “Glad; coffee crème is my favourite.”
While some suggested it’s so good that it should be made permanent.
One pleaded: “Please bring coffee cremes back permanently rather than just for Christmas.”
Another agreed: “They need to be back permanently.”
But some fans expressed their frustration at the chocolates not being offered in the tubs,
One said: “Wish these would go in the tubs.”
The first pick and mix station opened yesterday (September 25) at John Lewis’s flagship store on Oxford Street.
Other participating stores will begin rolling out the sections throughout October.
However, if you don’t live near a John Lewis, you can still get your hands on Quality Street’s coffee creme chocolates.
They will also be available in a limited-edition cracker at Waitrose and John Lewis stores for £5.50.
Shoppers can also buy a bag of coffee creme chocolates to add to their current Quality Street tins for £4.50.
LOCATIONS OF JOHN LEWIS’ PICK & MIX
SHOPPERS can create their own bespoke collection of Quality Street favourites to take home, or gift, this Christmas at the pick and mix stations.
These will be located at the following John Lewis stores from September 25:
- Bluewater
- Cambridge
- Cardiff
- Cheadle
- Cribbs Causeway
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- High Wycombe
- Kingston
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Liverpool
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Oxford Street
- Peter Jones (Sloane Square)
- Solihull
- Southampton
- Trafford
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 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.
