B&M shoppers are rushing to buy a rare Nestle chocolate bar, based on a favourite biscuit.
It came after one excited fan shared a snap of the sought-after treats – which are scanning for just £1 – on Facebook.
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They wrote: “The latest Milkybar Biscoff edition is now at B&M for just £1.00!
“Who can resist the perfect combo of white chocolate & Biscoff? Grab yours before it’s gone!”
The Biscoff Milkybar combines the unique flavour of a Lotus biscuit with Nestle‘s iconic white chocolate recipe.
Excited fans flooded the comments, with one writing: “I NEED these!”
Another said to a friend: “They will look lovely in our biscuit basket.”
Shoppers first became aware of the unusual treat back in January, following a Facebook post from the New Foods UK group.
One person commented: “I need to try this now.”
Another said: “I want to go to B&M so bad just to get these.”
A third added they were “delicious” whilst another described them as “heavenly”.
Other were already thinking up culinary creations.
A user posted: “Oh the cheesecakes.. milkshakes, I would make these into.”
B&M appears to be the only British store to sell the bar, with shoppers otherwise forced to import it from abroad – for an eye-watering price.
iFoods UK sells the chocolate bar online for £2.99 but shoppers will have to foot the £6.99 shipping charge, bringing a single bar to a total of £9.98.
Candy mail UK has them listed for £2.99 but they are currently out of stock.
While B&M currently stocks the rare bar, availability may vary by store – so it might be worth phoning your local branch to check.
Meanwhile, Cadbury‘s has brought back its chocolate orange mini eggs ahead of this Easter.
And earlier this year, shoppers were over the moon when they spotted the Aero Milkybar available at the bargain store.
How to save money on chocolate
We all love a bit of chocolate from now and then, but you don’t have to break the bank buying your favourite bar.
Consumer reporter Sam Walker reveals how to cut costs…
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.