Cornetto has also been keeping an eye on trends, and saw the appeal of a nostalgic treat this, particularly in 2020. Available from Love Cocoa, John Lewis and Liberty, the eggs are palm oil free and handmade in Great Britain. Research by food insights experts Innova last month said ‘modern nostalgia’ is one of the top 10 trends going into 2021. Heston Blumenthal has also added a new ‘The Chocolate Dabbit’ to the Heston from Waitrose range, which features a dark chocolate shell filled with salted blonde chocolate truffle.

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Despite brands being in competition with each other for Christmas sales, and most planning their releases months in advance, the market has been flooded with an influx of chocolate orange items all at once.

Once they identified the desire for a chocolate orange product, they spent months testing it, as one of the most important things with the flavour is getting the balance right.

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Stir in the orange zest, egg yolks, almonds, plain and white chocolate and flour. Mix well, then shape into 12 equal-sized balls. Fill the cored out middle with Dairyfine Mini Chocolate Eggs, Moser Roth Office Bunnies and Dairyfine Milk Chocolate Lambs, before placing a section of the cored middle on top to hide the surprise Described as "totes amazeballs" by one happy customer, these sweet treats have a citrus truffle centre. In addition, over the last five years, annual searches for chocolate orange ice cream has increased by +43%, and so it was clear the trend was leading in this direction.’ It’s not the first time the bun has caused a stir on social media. Last year, Samantha Ramsdell, the Woman with the World’s Biggest Mouth, attempted to eat the bun whole, but despite having a mouth spanning an enormous 2.56 inches, the TikToker couldn’t quite manage it, much to the disappointment of her 2.9 million followers.Sugar, Whole 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 Powder, Cocoa Butter*, Cocoa Mass*, Cream Powder (𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤), Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea), Natural Orange Flavouring, Emulsifiers: Ammonium Phosphatides, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate; Flavourings, Vanilla Extract. * Rainforest Alliance Certifiedtm. Find Out More At Ra.Org. Contains Cocoa Solids 20% Minimum, 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤 Solids 20% Minimum. Contains Vegetable Fats In Addition To Cocoa Butter Despite the dominance of Terry’s in the chocolate orange scene for almost 90 years, it seems 2020 is when everyone else finally caught up. Amy added: ‘We’ve carried out multiple rounds of blind consumer testing and of course we asked our loyal legion of Domino’s fans to try them before we rolled them out to stores. Jumping on the trend, Cadbury has released a whole range of products with a citrus twist in the last few months.

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Across its bakery products, Waitrose is set to offer Luxury Hot Cross Buns, Mature Cheddar and Stout Hot Cross Buns, Chocolate and Orange Panettone and a Carrot Patch Cake. M&S’ Choc Corn and hot cross bunsTesco has switched up the nation's ninth favourite biscuit adding an orange flavour to the usual chocolate filling. Polly Rattue, brand manager for Cornetto, said: ‘Chocolate & Orange is certainly the flavour of the moment in 2020 – it has a huge, rich history in the UK as a British winter classic. The contrasting experience of intense chocolate and zesty fruit tones is nostalgic, and, has seen a real revival in recent years with an influx on Chocolate & Orange themed NPDs coming through.’ Shoppers say these sweet treats are "a must" for any chocolate orange fan and have been rated as "10 out of 10 delicious". The choc orange Cornetto combines chocolate and orange-vanilla ice cream in a chocolate cone and it's topped with chocolate sauce and orange chocolate curls. Barry Glazier, director of chocolate science at Mars Wrigley said this impacted their thinking: ‘Orange and chocolate is one of those winning combinations that never gets old.