Listen. I thought I was having some kind of sugar-induced hallucination when my mate Sarah texted me at 11:47 PM last night with a blurry photo that made my heart skip.
The Cadbury Top Deck. At The Range. In 2025.
For those who weren't around in the 90s (or were too busy with Pokemon cards to notice), this isn't just any chocolate bar. This is the holy grail of discontinued sweets - the one that vanished from shelves back in the early 2000s and left an entire generation traumatized.
Wait, What Even IS a Top Deck?
Picture this: 95 grams of pure childhood nostalgia split into two perfect layers. Creamy white chocolate on top, classic Dairy Milk on the bottom. It launched in 1993 and honestly? It was perfection in a purple wrapper.
I remember spending my pocket money on these things religiously. My older brother used to eat just the white chocolate layer first (absolute psychopath behavior), while I'd try to get equal amounts of both in every bite. We had proper arguments about the "correct" way to eat them.
Then one day... they were just gone. Poof. Like they never existed.
The Great Comeback (That Nearly Broke the Internet)
Fast forward to 2024, and Cadbury finally listened to years of desperate Facebook comments and Twitter campaigns. They brought it back as a limited edition for their 200th anniversary, and people absolutely lost their minds.
Mara Popa from Mondelēz International said something corporate about "answering fans' requests" and "pure indulgence" - but honestly, we all knew this was just them cashing in on millennial nostalgia. Smart move, though.
The pricing was mental. Morrisons wanted £2, Iceland charged £1.25, and Amazon? Nearly five quid for a chocolate bar. Absolute madness.
Then Farmfoods Happened
Earlier this year, someone spotted these beauties at Farmfoods for 75p. SEVENTY-FIVE PENCE. I drove to three different branches that weekend and came home empty-handed because word had spread faster than a Love Island spoiler.
The deal-hunting websites went mental. HotUKDeals crashed twice. My local Facebook group turned into a war zone of people posting blurry photos and arguing about stock levels.
The Range: Our New Chocolate Savior?
Now someone's posted on Facebook about finding "loads of different Cadbury bars" at The Range, including our beloved Top Deck. The comments section is pure chaos - people tagging their mates, sharing locations, planning road trips.
One person wrote "Had them all. Amazing," which is the most British response ever. Another demanded they bring back the big Mint Crisp (honestly, yes please).
But here's the thing - The Range is weird with their stock. You'll find the most random stuff there, but it's completely hit or miss depending on which branch you visit. Last month I found Irn-Bru flavored chocolate there. This month? Nothing but overpriced garden gnomes.
The Hunt Begins (Again)
If you're planning to hunt these down, learn from my Farmfoods disaster. Call ahead. Check their social media. Maybe bribe a staff member with a cup of tea - whatever it takes.
Use Trolley.co.uk or Google Shopping to compare prices before you make the trip. Nothing worse than driving 20 minutes to find they're charging £3 for something you could get elsewhere for half the price.
And please, for the love of all that's holy, don't be that person who buys 47 bars just to sell them on eBay for ridiculous prices. We've all been waiting two decades for this moment.
Right. I'm off to check my local Range. Wish me luck.
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