QUALITY Street fans are not happy about a major change to their favourite Christmas chocs.
Nestle has made a change to the iconic sweets after 86 years in a bid to become more environmentally friendly.
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The confectionery giant ditched the brightly coloured plastic and foil wrappers in October 2022 and fans are still not over it.
The chocs are now wrapped in a duller form of waxed paper which is fully recyclable, but some choc lovers say it looks “drab”.
In a recent Facebook post to celebrate Recycle Week, Quality Street made a post celebrating the change, but not everyone was impressed.
The post read: “We’re celebrating a positive change this Recycle Week, now your favourites are wrapped in recyclable paper.
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“What colourful crafts and quality creations will you be making next with your wrappers? Recycle Now.”
Quality Street fans were quick to take to the comments with their opinions on the new wrappers, one said: “Don’t like the new wrappers, afraid they just get binned, before I could use them for crafting.”
While another added: “The shiny wrappers were nicer and they were compostable.”
A third person commented: “So disappointed that the wrapping has been changed. Bring back the tins and get rid of the plastic tubs!”
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Another person described the foil wrappers as “part of Christmas” and added: “I don’t like the new wrappers, they are not quality.”
Responding to some of the comments Quality Street said that it has “taken a lot of time and care to make the finish of the new wrappers as beautiful as before.”
It added that while the old cellulose wrapper was home compostable it was not recyclable, and the new solution makes it easy for everyone to be able to recycle their wrappers.
Speaking at the time Nestle’s head of sustainability, Cheryl Allen, said that the company had thought long and hard about the change.
She said: “Quality Street is a brand that people feel very strongly about.
“We know that opening the lid and seeing ‘the jewels’, as we call them, is really important.
“We think we’ve done a really good job with the redesign, and feel confident that people will respond positively.”
Some people have responded well to the change, one person said: “This is great, I will share it with my recycling page.”
While another added: “I love the paper wrappers, all rather marvellous, but there were no coffee creams in my tub.”
This leads to more chocolate controversy as Nestle recently announced that it would be bringing back its coffee creme flavour.
The iconic flavour was discontinued over two decades ago but has returned this year just in time for Christmas.
However, fans will not be able to find the iconic flavour in its usual Quality Street tubs.
The sweet treat will be available inside Quality Street’s festive cracker and advent calendar.
You’ll only be able to pick the calendars and crackers up in Waitrose and John Lewis.
Meanwhile, shoppers will be able to add the coffee creme flavour to any pick ‘n’ mix tins, available at selected John Lewis branches.
The Quality Street coffee creme cracker will be on sale for £6 while the advent calendar will retail at £10.
Shoppers will also be able to pay £14 for a “fill your own” advent calendar.
People who like the sound of creating their own bespoke Quality Street boxes, can do so at a number of John Lewis stores including Bluewater, Bristol, London and Cheadle.
Customers will be able to fill up a tin for £15 or refill an old John Lewis Quality Street tin for £12.50.
Meanwhile, shoppers can buy a personalised tin for £17.
If you have started your Christmas shopping and are on the lookout for a bargain when it comes to your chocs.
We have pulled together a list of the cheapest places to buy Christmas chocolates this week.
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