FANS were left devastated when they found out earlier this month that Nestle would be discontinuing the Caramac bar after 60 years.
Nestle confirmed it has made the “difficult decision” to discontinue the Caramac bar due to low sales.
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The iconic flavour came into play in the late 1950s with other variations making their way onto shop shelves too including a limited edition Caramac Kit Kat bar and Caramac buttons.
A Nestle spokesperson told The Sun: “We are very sorry to disappoint fans of Caramac.”
“There has been a steady decline in its sales over the past few years and we had to make the difficult decision to discontinue it. We know fans will be disappointed to see it go.”
But the news has sent shoppers on a nationwide search to see if they can find the closest Caramac dupe.
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Now Asda shoppers believe they have found the next best thing, the supermarket has released not one, but two new chocolate bars.
New blonde chocolate bars are now available in Asda for £1.45 each.
Each bar holds 160g of chocolate and Asda reckons they are ideal for sharing.
The blonde chocolate bar defines itself as a caramel-flavoured white chocolate bar similar to that of the Caramac bar.
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The new bars were shared in the New Foods UK group on Facebook.
The post racked up over 1,000 likes and 440 comments and shoppers claimed they were “delicious”.
One user said: “The blonde one tastes like Caramac, it’s delicious.”
“I may need to nip to Asda,” said another.
A third user said: “Ooooh yummy.”
Asda has also released a jelly and popping candy milk chocolate bar which is filled with crunchy chocolate candies, cherry jelly and popping candy for the same price.
Shoppers have compared the bar to Cadbury’s Marvellous creations jelly popping chocolate candy bar.
The new chocolate bars are now available in-store and online.
If you are ordering online it’s worth noting there may be a delivery charge.
It may be cheaper to include the bars in your weekly shop.
You can use the Asda store locator tool to find your nearest store.
If you are looking for more Caramac dupes, we’ve tested Caramac dupes and found a bar that tastes even better.
There may still be time to get your hands on the iconic bar. Find out which stores still stock them here.
In other news, Aldi shoppers are rushing to buy a ‘lush’ new Toblerone dupe chocolate bar spotted on shop shelves.
Shoppers are going crazy for a new Cadbury chocolate bar only previously available in Australia spotted on shop shelves.
If you’re looking for Christmas chocolates we’ve ranked the cheapest places to buy Cadbury selection boxes this week.
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