Terry’s Chocolate Orange fans are only just realising there’s another secret flavour & are demanding its comeback
TERRY’S Chocolate Orange is a much-loved icon in the confectionery world, having been available to buy since 1932.
With 44 million zesty treats sold globally each year, the brand have to tread carefully so as not to offend die-hard fans with new flavours.
So sweet-toothed customers have been shocked to find out that the well-known orange wasn’t actually Terry’s first chocolatey-twist on a fruit.
TikTok account @belongwealth posted a video blowing viewers away, divulging a little-known secret about the household name.
The clip revealed that the iconic brand had another delicious product predating the chocolate orange.. the chocolate apple.
The poster gave some context to the history of the product, saying: “In 1926, Terry’s Chocolate Works, a family run factory in York, released a dessert chocolate apple.
“It did pretty well, so in 1932 they released a dessert chocolate orange, which did really well.”
Of course, the 1932 dessert chocolate orange is the product we all know and love today.
But what happened to the chocolate apple, and why isn’t it on shelves now?
The video explained that during World War 2, the Terry’s chocolate factory was taken over to use as a base for building aircraft blades.
After the war, the factory was returned to the Terry’s.
But due to rationing and limitations on cocoa imports, the company phased out the less popular chocolate apple and focused on the much-loved orange.
@belongwealth also revealed another secret flavour, that didn’t go down so well: “Years later, in 1979, they released a chocolate lemon, but it must have been really bad because they withdrew it three years later.”
They went on to list the flavours we have been offered in more recent times: “Over the years, Terry’s have made a load of other flavours like raspberry, birthday cake, toffee mint, exploding candy and Cookie crunch.”
Currently, the Terry’s website lists the classic milk chocolate orange, dark chocolate orange, mint orange, plain milk chocolate, toffee crunch orange and exploding candy orange.
But viewers expressed their disappointment at the missing apple option.
One wrote: “We were ROBBED of a chocolate apple.”
While another person agreed, saying: “I need to try the apple one”
Someone else begged Terry’s: “Please bring back the chocolate apple with the vintage box, limited edition for Xmas maybe?”
And another viewer took a more direct approach, tagging the confectioner in their comment: “@terryschocolateofficial BRING BACK THE CHOCOLATE APPLE.”
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.