Cadbury axes popular chocolate – and fans are devastated
CHOC fans sparked fury yesterday after a popular Cadbury treat was axed.
It was revealed the kids’ party-bag favourite, Cadbury chocolate buttons, have been discontinued.
Makers told gutted parents that only the smaller, treat-size bags, have been retired as they did not comply with “consumer tastes”.
One angry Dad has since stocked up on three-months’ worth of the mini packs for his autistic son.
He told The Sun: “That’s the only chocolate he will eat, so I buy it in bulk.
“I started to notice that I was struggling to find it via online retailers.
I got in touch with Cadbury just to see if it was a temporary outage, as I was nervous it was going to be discontinued, and it was.
“I understand most people just like the Giant Buttons, and most shoppers might not notice, but it is literally one of the oldest chocolate products that’s a non-bar that Britain has ever had.
“It feels like the manufacturer might have anticipated a public outcry as they haven’t made any posts about it at all.
“I’ve been speaking to other parents and people with smaller kids are gutted because the larger size packs aren’t appropriate for larger tots.”
A Cadbury spokesperson told the Dad: “We’re sorry to advise that this product has been discontinued.
“Consumer tastes and trends do change over the years and our dedicated Research & Development Teams are always working hard to delight our consumers with a varied range with seasonal favourites and new exciting ideas.”
Last year, Mondelez – formerly Kraft – which bought Cadbury in 2010 launched Dairy Milk Mega Buttons.
They are around six times the size of an original choc button, launched in 1960, and were inspired by Milk Chocolate Drops.
Iconic adverts include one the 1980s, ‘Sing of a Song of Sixpence’ packs, featuring a king receiving a pie made of Buttons instead of blackbirds.
And, in the late 90s and early 2000s, a girl with Button-cutter legs played Kiss Chase in a series of Cadbury animations.
The gutted Dad, who asked not to be named, added: “It hurts because it’s been discontinued with not even a fanfare….but in a Wispa.”
Mondelez told The Sun: “No products have been discontinued from our Buttons range.”