Tesco slashes price of festive favourite chocolate to just 15p as shoppers rush for a taste
TESCO has slashed the price of a popular festive chocolate to just 15p.
Shoppers are rushing to get their hands on the treat – with the offer available to everyone with a Clubcard.
The now 15p Kit Kat Santas are usually more than four times that price – at 75p each.
The Nestle treat consists of a milk chocolate Santa with a crispy wafer and rich chocolatey milk chocolate filling.
With the Clubcard reduction, Tesco is the cheapest place to buy the festive Kit Kats – which are currently on sale for 65p at Sainbury’s, 70p at Poundland and 75p at Morrisons.
The deal comes as several other festive chocolates hit the market at a bargain price.
Shoppers are rushing to buy Asda’s new Merry Chocolate Dominoes bars, for example – which double up as a fun Christmas game and only cost £3.
As the name suggests, the dominoes set is entirely made out of luxurious milk chocolate.
Meanwhile, a chocolate classic is getting a revival just in time for Christmas – with shoppers flocking to Iceland to get their hands on the new Milky Way Dessert Cups by Mars Wrigley.
And, the cheapest places to buy selection boxes such as Quality Street, Cadbury Heroes and Celebrations have also been revealed.
Aldi and Lidl come out the cheapest – with boxes sold for just £4.49 – while Sainsbury’s and Tesco are selling the chocolates for £4.50 for Nectar and Clubcard holders.
Meanwhile, Asda has priced them at £6 individually, or £9 for two, while Ocado is charging £5.
In sadder news for chocoholics, Cadbury’s has axed its beloved Festive Friends.
The confectionery giant confirmed: “Festive Friends aren’t returning this year.”
People were quick to take to social media to express their dismay, with one writing, ” I just found out Cadbury‘s has discontinued festive Friends, and I am MAD.”
Another revealed: “Cadbury is no longer making Festive Friends. Heartbroken.”
However, disappointed fans no longer need to fret as Aldi are offering an alternative to keep the Christmas spirit going.
The chocolate-covered “Merry Mates” biscuits include characters such as a snowman, a reindeer and, of course, Santa.
And they cost just a fraction of the price – at just £1.39 for a multi-pack containing seven bags.
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Go own brand – if you’re not too fussed about flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you’ll save by going for the supermarket’s own brand bars.
Shop around – if you’ve spotted your favourite variety at the supermarket, make sure you check if it’s cheaper elsewhere.
Websites like Trolley.co.uk let you compare prices on products across all the major chains to see if you’re getting the best deal.
Look out for yellow stickers – supermarket staff put yellow, and sometimes orange and red, stickers on to products to show they’ve been reduced.
They usually do this if the product is coming to the end of its best-before date or the packaging is slightly damaged.
Buy bigger bars – most of the time, but not always, chocolate is cheaper per 100g the larger the bar.
So if you’ve got the appetite, and you were going to buy a hefty amount of chocolate anyway, you might as well go bigger.