Children in tears after opening empty Cadbury advent calendars

Furious parents took to social media to criticise Cadbury, after their children were left ‘upset’.

Hundreds of children across the country are in tears after opening their advent calendars, only to find no chocolate inside.

Furious parents took to social media to criticise Cadbury, after their children were left ‘upset’.

It appears that the affected products are all Cadbury advent calendars; Cadbury Dairy Milk Advent Calendar, the Cadbury Heroes Advent Calendar and Cadbury Dairy Milk Santa’s Workshop Advent Calendar.

The company issued a number of apologies to parents who had taken to Twitter to express their anger.

One social media user wrote: ‘@CadburyUK is there a problem with the quiz for the Cadbury Heroes Advent Calendar? 2 disappointed little girls this morning ☹️’

While another added: ‘When your little boy opens his @CadburyUK  advent calendar and it’s EMPTY’.

@CadburyUK #cadburys #AdventCalendar one upset five year old this morning when his advent calendar is totally empty. @CadburyWorld pic.twitter.com/0zlY4GLGN8

— lifeinreality (@GillAppleton) December 1, 2019

Oh hey @CadburyUK, any chance of a response to my emails, or the items in the @MENnewsdesk, @MailOnlineVideo, @TheSun. pic.twitter.com/3c3n2aTdgG

— Emma Davies (@EmmaBittle) December 3, 2019

Cadbury replied to many of the parents saying they were sorry and asked them to contact the customer care team.

A Cadbury spokesperson said: ‘We’re sorry to hear about the issues some of our fans are facing with chocolate missing from inside the Cadbury Dairy Milk Advent Calendar, the Cadbury Heroes Advent Calendar and Cadbury Dairy Milk Santa’s Workshop Advent Calendar, and would like to reassure people that quality is of paramount importance to us.

‘We encourage any customers who have received an advent calendar that is not up to standard to speak to our customer care team as soon as possible.’