QUALITY Street has unveiled a nostalgic Christmas tin celebrating 88 years since the confectionery was first made – but shoppers are all saying the same thing.
Nestlé, which produces the iconic festive chocolate, has launched a new version of its 813g tin for sweet-toothed customers.
The £12 tin features all the usual classic flavours and plays on Quality Street’s Halifax heritage – where it was first manufactured in 1936 and still is.
Jemma Handley, senior brand manager for Quality Street, said: “Quality Street has been part of Christmas traditions for 88 years and this year’s beautiful Quality Street tin design really highlights that.
“It takes inspiration from the brand’s Halifax heritage, where the sweets are still manufactured today.
“We can’t wait to share the new design with Quality Street fans as it rolls out across stores nationwide from this month.”
The 813g Quality Street tin is available now across a host of retailers nationwide including Asda, Co-op, Morrisons, B&M and Sainsbury’s.
This is the full list of chains you can get it from:
Nestlé recently announced its launch in a Facebook post, with hundreds of shoppers liking and commenting.
But despite the shiny nature of the new tin, which contains 471 calories per 100 grams, plenty have been left saying one thing in particular – how they want the old wrappers back.
It comes after the chocolatier scrapped its old packaging in October 2022 and replaced it with eco-friendly waxed paper wrappers.
Commenting on the Nestlé post, one shopper said: “Yesterday I bought a box and I was surprised.
“Plastic and the paper (packaging) is so ugly and cheap.”
Another commented: “Please can we also have the old wrappers back. Those ones from last year were truly awful.”
A third added: “Nice tin but sadly the sweets and wrappers are dreadful now.”
Meanwhile, a fourth chimed in: “Since the change of wrappers last year which seemed to have a terrible effect on the taste of the chocolates I shan’t be buying again.”
And a fifth said: “Has it got those awful wrappers you had last year? They were depressing.”
The launch of Quality Street’s new tin comes after a number of other retailers started stocking Christmas bits.
Tesco shoppers have been rushing to get their hands on Celebration tubs with just one iconic flavour in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, customers have been left in shock after B&M launched its new Christmas range.
It’s not the first piece of news to come from Nestlé in recent months either.
The chocolate-maker had shoppers singing high praise after bringing back the iconic Caramac over the summer.
Three varieties of the caramel-flavoured bar were launched in Iceland, B&M and Spar.
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