Aldi just launched a new ‘Chreaster egg’ and shoppers say it’s ‘cursed’

You ne'er cognize what you’re going to find erstwhile you sojourn Aldi. Sure, you tin expect each the accustomed grocery fare, but much often than not, you’ll instrumentality location thing you ne'er adjacent knew you needed.

Usually this volition beryllium thing from the middle aisle, but shoppers visiting up of December 25 volition apt announcement thing alternatively unexpected successful the Christmas section.

That’s due to the fact that the budget supermarket has unveiled a marque caller chocolate product, known arsenic a ‘Chreaster egg’.

The saccharine treat is precisely what it sounds similar — a Christmas Easter egg. Yep, Aldi has fixed the classical Easter ovum a festive makeover and it’s bound to origin a stir.

The Dairyfine Hollow Character eggs outgo £1.99 and are disposable successful 2 options: Garry the Gingerbread Man oregon Parker the Penguin.

The retailer claims the cocoa eggs marque the cleanable stocking filler for Christmas and are besides a large speech starter — and they’re not incorrect arsenic they’ve already garnered attraction online.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter) @upton_le shared a drawback of the Chreaster eggs successful their section supermarket, writing: ‘Merry Chreaster ya filthy animal.’

Hundreds of radical liked the post, with dozens responding to stock their thoughts. Even the authoritative Aldi relationship got involved, joking: ‘Babe what’s wrong, you’ve hardly touched your Chreaster egg.’

@JAU_4 recovered the full happening hilarious, saying: ‘I emotion Aldi, conscionable erstwhile you deliberation they can’t bash better. This is truthful cursed I really emotion it.’

@Ever_The_Emo was a instrumentality of the caller item, claiming they’d ‘take them each convey you’, portion @FergusOKeefe thought eggs for Christmas made sense, though helium wasn’t keen connected the name.

He said: ‘Chreaster. CHREASTER?! Don’t you situation you beauteous people. Tbf, I’ve ever thought it should beryllium eggs astatine Christmas due to the fact that we’re (some of america still) celebrating the commencement of the babe Jesus.’

But others weren’t rather truthful into the idea, arsenic @ClareRhian posted: ‘This is conscionable to prevention the embarrassment of having Easter eggs connected the shelves connected Boxing Day isn’t it?!’ And @andy_8784 agreed, commenting: ‘Disguising Easter Eggs astatine Christmas truthful it won’t look suspicious. Agent Aldi.’

Emma Harrison wasn’t blessed astir the shape, saying: ‘Eggs! Just no, Aldi. We each cognize that Christmas cocoa is either sphere, triangular, circular, oregon hexagon shaped. The astir exotic signifier allowed is Quality Street’s Purple One!’

While @Lalwendeboggart wasn’t definite astir the sanction of 1 of the Chreaster ovum characters, sharing: ‘I similar however you’re trying to marque the sanction Gary cute again. Is helium secretly carrying a tin of ale successful his belly though?’

A fewer radical besides didn’t recognize wherefore Aldi hadn’t included Halloween successful the mix, with ‘Chreasterween eggs’ to observe the spooky amusive of October 31 arsenic well.

Aldi, of people had an asnwer for this, replying: ‘Wow, now… We can’t spell afloat throttle close disconnected the mark! We thought we would easiness our customers successful with the Chreaster Eggs first! Final destination: Easummalloweenmas eggs!’

Speaking astir the motorboat of the caller festive product, Julie Ashfield, Managing Director of Buying astatine Aldi UK, added: ‘At Aldi we’re ever looking for amusive and originative wasy to heighten our Christmas range. The “Chreaster Egg” inclination has truly taken disconnected due to the fact that it blends Easter’s astir fashionable treat, the Easter Egg, with the beloved play of Christmas.

‘Whether it’s a stocking filler oregon a speech starter, we anticipation shoppers emotion our charming Dairyfine Hollow Character Eggs.’

In different Aldi news, the retailer was precocious recovered to person the champion supermarket baked beans, with a 41p Bramwells tin coming retired connected top successful a sensation test, and adjacent beating Heinz.

And Aldi’s best-selling heated airers are besides backmost successful stock, with the £34.99 merchandise being hailed a game-changer arsenic it helps radical get their apparel adust successful the acold wintertime months.

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