Listen. I was just scrolling through Facebook at 2 AM like a normal human when I saw it.
White chocolate Maltesers. Back on shelves after ELEVEN YEARS of us begging Mars to bring them back. My heart literally skipped a beat, and I'm not even being dramatic here. These things disappeared from my life in 2014, and I've been holding a grudge ever since.
Apparently shoppers are losing their minds at Morrisons right now, which... yeah, makes total sense. Mars originally said they'd launch June 16th, but some genius at Morrisons clearly said "screw it" and put them out early. Smart move, honestly.
The Facebook Meltdown That Started It All
So this person on the Newfoodsuk Facebook page posted a photo of the white Maltesers just sitting there on a Morrisons shelf like it was no big deal. The post exploded - over 600 comments and 1,000 likes from people who've been waiting over a decade for this moment.
One person wrote: "I was addicted to these when I was in school. Only white chocolate I liked." Another said they've been "craving these for years" and tagged their friend to make sure they didn't miss out.
My personal favorite comment? "WHAAAAAT!!!! They've finally brought them back." The excessive A's really capture the emotion here.
What This Is Gonna Cost You
Morrisons isn't messing around with the pricing. They've got three sizes available on their website right now:
30g pack for £1.05 (perfect for testing the waters), 74g for £2.50 (solid choice), or the 126g sharing bag for £2.95. Though let's be honest - nobody's sharing that 126g bag. I already know I'm buying the big one and eating it in my car.
The Backstory That'll Make You Mad
These beautiful white chocolate spheres first showed up in 2003. Mars originally launched them as a seasonal thing, but they were so popular that the company made them permanent. Then 2014 happened.
Mars just... discontinued them. No warning. No goodbye tour. Just gone.
The outrage got so intense that someone actually started a petition in 2017 demanding their return. A PETITION. For chocolate. That's how much people loved these things, and honestly? Valid.
Other Chocolate Drama You Should Know About
While we're talking chocolate news (because apparently that's my life now), Cadbury just dropped a new Dairy Milk Iced Latte bar this month. It's got coffee filling and crunchy biscuit pieces, which sounds dangerous for my wallet.
They also teased some new White Dipped Twirl bars that are supposedly limited edition. Some smaller retailers are already selling them for 99p, which seems too good to be true but I'm not questioning it.
And don't even get me started on Lidl's new Dubai-style pistachio spread. £4.99 for chocolate cream that tastes like those viral Dubai chocolates everyone's obsessed with. My bank account is crying just thinking about it.
Anyway, I'm definitely hitting up Morrisons tomorrow morning. Eleven years is long enough to wait for white chocolate perfection to return.
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