Cadbury brings back retro chocolate just in time for Christmas – backtracking after nostalgic fans begged for its return

Cadbury has delighted chocoholics everywhere by confirming that a limited edition product will be available on UK supermarket shelves just in time for Christmas.

Made with real peppermint oil, flavoured milk chocolate and honeycombed granules, the Dairy Milk Winter Mint Crisp bar is set to make its much-anticipated return for the festive season.

The minty treat, which has been a favourite in Ireland since 1939, will also make an appearance in Cadbury’s retro selection box.

Earlier this year, the confectionary giant upset shoppers by announcing their decision to axe the retro Winter Mint Crisp chocolate bar.

In a statement on X, Cadbury said: ‘We understand your love for this product, but currently, there are no plans to reintroduce it.’

Chocolate fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to despair when the Winter Mint Crisp bar was axed and to rejoice when it returned to shelves

Cadbury has relaunched a number of its classic treats to celebrate its upcoming 200th anniversary (Stock Image)

Despite this, the celebrated chocolate bar has already hit supermarket shelves including Tesco where a 360 gram bar costs £4.50, or £4 for Clubcard members.

Fans took to X to celebrate Cadbury’s U-turn, with one saying their mouth is ‘just watering thinking about it’.

While another described the limited edition bar as a ‘pinnacle level’ treat.

A third chocoholic raved that the minty treat is ‘possibly the greatest thing to come out of the Cadbury’s factory in a long time.’

It comes as Cadbury has relaunched a number of classic treats to celebrate its upcoming 200th anniversary.

First introduced in 1905, Cadbury now sells more than 350 million chocolate bars every year and is loved the world over.

It comes after the chocolatier announced another of its fan favourites, the Spira bar, will not be returning after it was discontinued more than 19 years ago.

The confectionery, which was made up of semi-hollow twin bars molded in a spiral shape, offered an airy, crumbly, and smooth texture that delighted its consumers.

As nostalgia over the bar hit UK chocolate lovers, a petition was started to bring back the Spira bar, and a Facebook page dedicated to the cause amassed 35,000 followers. 

However in a statement to Sky News, Cadbury said: ‘We continuously adapt our product range to ensure it meets changing tastes whilst supporting growth for our customers and our business.

‘Our Spira bars were discontinued several years ago but we still have plenty of other delicious sharing bags for consumers to choose from!’