Walkers crisps fans can’t decide if latest creation is ‘stupid’ or a ‘dream’

As December creeps ever closer, galore of america volition commencement reasoning astir festive food, and the archetypal larboard of telephone for immoderate volition beryllium an advent calendar.

We emotion having a small treat to look guardant to each time successful the tally up to December 25, and for astir radical this volition beryllium a chocolate oregon saccharine of immoderate kind. 

But if you’d similar to find savoury snacks successful yours, Walkers has got you covered arsenic the crisp elephantine is selling an advent calendar for Christmas 2024, containing packets of their most fashionable flavours.

Inside you’ll find everything from Ready Salted to Prawn Cocktail, and Cheese & Onion, and it seems determination are 24 packs.

While immoderate crisp fans claimed this merchandise was their ‘dream’ and they ‘needed’ to bargain it arsenic it was ‘the cleanable advent calendar’, others were flabbergasted by the terms and thought it was ‘stupid’.

Several nutrient bloggers, including @newfoodsuk and @uknewestfoods shared a look astatine the advent calendar successful Iceland, wherever it’s disposable for £10.

In the comments radical were speedy to marque this ‘robbery’ and said it ‘made nary consciousness astatine all’, arsenic this was truthful overmuch much costly than buying a multi-pack of crisps.

@miss_kelly_louise_xx replied: ‘This makes perfectly nary consciousness astatine each you tin bargain a multi-pack of 20 for £3.50 from Asda, adhd 4 much packets and you tin marque your ain advent calendar for less.’

Similarly, @supportingmythreelions wrote: ‘How overmuch does it cost?!’ While @clairekaty_ thought it was ‘just wrong’. 

Over on TikTok people were besides taken aback by the price, with Katie Sherred saying: ‘Cheaper to bargain the 24 crisps successful multipacks! You’re paying for the box!’

But @christmascountdownuk wasn’t bothered by the cost, proclaiming: ‘My prayers person yet been answered with this crisps advent calendar!!!’

Metro has contacted Walkers for comment. 

If you thought £10 was a batch to walk connected an advent calendar, you mightiness not privation to cognize however overmuch a Lindt 1 is being sold for.

People person conscionable discovered there’s a giant Lindt advent calendar being sold successful Costco, acknowledgment to a video posted connected societal media by UK Newest Foods. 

The anonymous nutrient blogger took 1 for the squad and headed to their nearest subdivision of the wholesale retailer to bargain the product, which is the aforesaid tallness arsenic Sabrina Carpenter — 5 feet to beryllium nonstop — and costs an eye-watering £180.

Now, you won’t find immoderate measly small chocolates wrong this advent calendar, alternatively it’s full-size Lindt golden reindeers and bears, arsenic good arsenic 200g boxes of antithetic flavoured Lindor sweets, Lindt Crispy Bites, a sharing container of Lindt Teddys, and Lindt Choco Hazelnut wafers.

And portion that mightiness beryllium rather a batch of chocolate, is it truly £180 worthy of stuff? According to UK Newest Foods, the reply is no. 

The blogger is reviewing advent calendars online mundane online, and they assertion this Lindt 1 the ‘best and worst’ 1 successful their series.

They told Metro: ‘It’s the champion due to the fact that it’s AMAZING, look astatine it, it’s 5 ft tall!!! But it’s the worst arsenic it’s unspeakable worth for money, which is specified a shame.

‘It outgo £180 but I added the outgo of the idiosyncratic products up connected the Tesco website arsenic a unsmooth guide, and the full came to £90.’

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