Secret bar

I am a massive fan of chocolate, and everytime I head to Tesco and push my trolley past the confectionary stand I have to grab a Snickers, Whole Nut or a KitKat Chunky. Unfortunately I cannot enjoy the delights of the best chocolate of all time.

Nestle Secret bars were absolutely gorgeous, and one of my earliest chocolate memories is munching on one whilst walking past Gateway (even before Somerfield!) with my mum.

If you don’t remember it, it was a nest-like chocolate structure with a mousse filling like a Walnut Whip, and it came in a gold wrapper which also had cardboard in it to protect the fragile bar. I was addicted to them and pestered my mum to buy me one regularly.

They were only around for a few years before Nestle pulled them in 1996 as they cost too much to make and strangely didn’t sell well enough. Whether or not they were advertised properly I don’t know but it seems strange seeing as they were so damn tasty.

Since a petition to bring back Wispas led to Cadbury’s re-launching it a couple of years ago, a number of similar ones have been made for the Secret bar. If like me you have a 14 year craving for one, head here and add your name to the masses already on there.

It’s no secret that a lot of people want them back in their lives and surely it would be in Nestle’s best interests to listen to the nation? It’s got to be more popular than Caramac, which I see all the time clogging up the shelves but never have the urge to buy as it tastes like crap.

Hopefully they do listen and bring it back sooner rather than later. Back in the day it probably cost like 25p whereas now you struggle to find a Mars Bar for under 50p, but I would gladly pay much more to chomp on my favourite treat of all time once again.

BN and Trios

One week after BN biscuits were launched in the UK in the late 90s, everyone was singing the theme tune – “BN BN do dooo do do do, BN BN do doo doo do”. It was wedged in everyone’s minds and as such sales went through the roof.

It was marketing genius. Whoever decided to change the words to “Mah Na Mah Na” is probably single-handedly the man who allowed BNs to compete in a highly competitive biscuit market at the time. David Brent and co even sang the theme on “The Office” to much hilarity.

The biscuits themselves were damn tasty, and it was refreshing that everytime I opened my plastic Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Mario/Newcastle United plastic lunchbox I was greeted by a biscuit smiling at me.

It didn’t stop me biting his face off and enjoying the gorgeous chocolaty filling sandwiched between the two biscuits, which provided me with plenty of energy to go kick a ball around in the yard five minutes after demolishing my packed lunch.

They weren’t around for long though, as Clubs, Montanas, Triples and Jammy Dodgers regained their market share, and BNs were taken off British shelves for good, only to be sold on the continent. Screw booze cruising, I’m tempted to rock up in Calais and buy myself heaps of the happiest biscuits ever!

Before BNs my favourite snack would be a Trio bar – think of a Club but with the added bonus of toffee in the middle. No disrespect to Clubs, after all I do like a lot of chocolate on my biscuit, but if given the option of toffee as well who’s going to turn that down?

But just like so many of the chocolate bars I liked, including Nestle’s Secret bar (which is probably the greatest chocolate bar ever) Trios were discontinued apparently only six years ago but I haven’t sampled the three-flavoured sensation for at least a decade, unlike this guy who decided to do something about it…

So I say if you like me want more variety in the biscuit section of your favourite supermarket, head to this site to bring back BNs and here to get some more Trios in your life. Forget the general election, this is where your vote counts in 2010.