Shoppers devastated as M&S reveals it has axed festive Percy Pig treat from shelves

SHOPPERS are devastated aft M&S revealed it has axed a Christmas fan-favourite.

The posh store has confirmed that its iconic Percy Pig cocoa bombe is nary much aft customers noticed its lack from shelves.

The Percy Pig bombe, which is portion of an full M&S blistery cocoa bombe range, was cherished for its warming winter instrumentality connected the iconic Percy character.

So fans were gutted erstwhile the supermarket took to X to corroborate it was being discontinued.

One idiosyncratic wrote: "Hi @marksandspencer are you bringing backmost the percy pig blistery cocoa bombs? I've noticed Rudolph and a snowman alternatively this year."

To which Sparks replied: "Hello - not for this year. We person our Rudolph and Snowman options instead."

A speedy hunt connected X shows however others besides loved the discontinued bombe.

One idiosyncratic wrote: "These are truthful yummy... and they person a astonishment successful them."

The strawberry-flavoured beverage chocolate bombe, which comes shaped arsenic Percy Pig himself, packs concealed marshmallows inside.

All you request to bash is spot the bombe successful a mug and determination blistery beverage implicit it and ticker the magic happen.

The creaseless cocoa melts to make an iconic pink blistery cocoa with melting marshmallows throughout.

When it was connected shelves it outgo conscionable £2.50 to bargain - making it the cleanable low-cost stocking filler.

But customers aren't wholly losing retired this year, arsenic the Rudolph and Snowman cocoa bombes outgo adjacent less, astatine £2.

Both characters person the aforesaid benignant of bombe inside, made from creaseless beverage cocoa and filled with marshmallows.

That means if you're ace disappointed there's ever different options to try.

However M&S besides suggested that the determination to axe the Percy Pigs bombe mightiness not beryllium forever.

An M&S spokesperson said: "At M&S Food we are perpetually innovating and refreshing our range, reacting to trends, and lawsuit feedback.

"Our festive drinks scope is simply a deed each twelvemonth with customers and this twelvemonth our red-nosed Rudolph and Snowman Hot Chocolate Bombes filled the marshmallows are some flying disconnected the shelves. 

"Although the connected Percy Pig blistery cocoa bombe is not presently available, we ever perceive to lawsuit feedback erstwhile reviewing future ranges."

To support an oculus connected M&S merchandise launches you tin cheque the store website, Ocado, oregon the M&S app.

By searching for products connected the website, you tin participate your determination to spot if its disposable successful a store adjacent you.

Products are perpetually changing - and prices tin alteration depending connected which store you are visiting.

For this crushed you should ever retrieve to comparison prices earlier buying, which tin beryllium made casual with examination sites specified arsenic Trolley.

Many supermarkets person their ain marque cocoa bombes, specified arsenic the Sainsburys Christmas cocoa bomb, which costs £1.50.

Meanwhile, Waitrose's Buttermilk vegan bombe is simply a 3rd of the price, astatine conscionable 50p.

The Terry's Chocolate Orange blistery cocoa bombe is besides a fan-favourite this year.

It costs £1.75 successful Poundland, but is 25p cheaper successful Asda for conscionable £1.50.

That's 25% disconnected compared to an M&S blistery cocoa weaponry - plus, you get an breathtaking cocoa orangish flavour.

What other is caller astatine M&S this Christmas?

Shoppers thin to splash retired a small much for M&S goodies astatine Christmas clip to people the occasion.

The Sun tried each 450 caller items successful the M&S immense Christmas range, including a turkey feast lasagne and blistery chromatic brie.

We rated the Xmas meal dip the apical of our database this twelvemonth - it features bacon bits, turkey, cranberry and adjacent stuffing and is delicious to devour with breadstuff oregon crisps.

For drinks, the archetypal snow globe gin liqueur is backmost connected shelves this twelvemonth aft it was slashed from past year's range.

There is besides a caller achromatic mulled wine for £6 which has been fashionable truthful far.

Shoppers tin besides bargain 75cl bottles of cocktail drinks connected merchantability astatine the infinitesimal for conscionable £5.50, which travel successful flavours Christmas Cosmo, Christmas Colada and Christmas connected the Beach.

In erstwhile years M&S person had to instal an intoxicant buying limit because of the monolithic demand.

M&S has besides gone large connected its Christmas ads this year, producing an full six occurrence bid featuring beloved comedian and histrion Dawn French.

The last occurrence is acceptable to travel retired connected December 26, titled "New Year's Eve".

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