Price of Mini Eggs is a liberty

[mumstheword1x]

Sorry, but £5 for a mediocre sized bag in my local co-op. AIBU?

Thou hast repented but as a forfeit, you are denied chocolate mini eggs for a period of 12-months.
You are therefore banished to the baking isle and must buy cooking chocolate instead (and good luck with that!).😁

Don’t start me on a box of malteasers £6.90 reduced to a fiver. Say what now

I’d love some maltesers now….

"Some"? Typical wealthy mumsnetter

@B1anche

Will you stop this total nonsense and apologise for what you’ve said! Gosh what horror, of course they are absolutely essential!

I buy mine in 1kg bags. Soon to be larger bags thanks to the wonderful tip above

13 Malteasers in a bag that cost £1.80

Daylight robbery. The cost of Malteasers is one of my pet peeves. They’re about 10% chocolate so why so expensive? At least mini eggs are a solid chunk of chocolate.

Please all forgive me. Is it too late to have my post removed? I've been cutting down on sugary snacks lately in an attempt to lose a few pounds, so feel particularly grumpy. I acknowledge my error and promise to never utter such inflammatory words again.

@B1anche

Your humble apology is accepted, I’m glad you have seen the error of your ways.

Let your post remain as a reminder to others that slip into such sinful behaviour!

I too am on a no sugar phase. I buy the 1kg bags and have hidden them so I can indulge one day, and the kids will never know where I hide them 😄

Yes, i think Cadburys have gone to the dogs, I grew up on their chocolate and used to love their milk chocolate but can't say i really like it any more.

They are more than 2/3 sugar. I can’t help but feel they should be expensive or at least have better labelling.

I haven’t bought any because the price of the them is ridiculous. I did almost buy the M&S version the other day, I see someone says they are good so will get some. I am far more partial to a caramel egg - 85p seems reasonable, except when you’re on three a day 😭

They’ll be coming for the creme eggs next.

out of interest, does anyone remember when you could collect 5 crème egg wrappers and send away for a poster of Ronan Keating?

Paid £16 in Tesco's for 1kg bag, I hide it away until the Easter holidays and then when it's gone it's gone. Use to make Easter nests etc as well. Figure that although it feels insane at the time spending that on mini eggs, it still works out cheaper than buying multiple small packs. I'm not tempted to buy them as I know I've got the big one stashed away!

Cadburys chocolate is disgusting these days !

They're weird this year. Not as chocolatey and they have a sort of coconut aftertaste.

Last year they were 80gram bags and this year they are 74 grams too. And the price has gone up!! It’s a total liberty!

Nooooo!

No it's not 'understandable' chocolate is not a necessity.

Yes, it is.

In what world is this?!

Chocolate cheers everyone up. Don’t be such a fun sucker.

Ronan Keating!😁 l don’t remember this😁

It’s disappointing at £5 I won’t be buying them, might give the m&s ones a try.

All the 'Big Chocolate' classics have been going downhill for years now. Shrinkflation, palm oil, eye watering prices, and weird recipe changes have made them unpalatable.

Aldi sea salt chocolate is delicious.

We should never have had cheap chocolate or coffee. Unfortunately the rise in prices, as usual, isn't benefitting the workers, or the regions we get our chocolate from. The children who harvest for the production of mini eggs don't even get 75p a day.

I'm more upset that I've spent the money on them for them to have an absolute rank texture this year. They do cost alot for what it is though, I paid it because they are my favorite easter treat but I won't be buying them anymore because they're not very nice now.