Cadbury customers are delighted with a change to Heroes tubs and tins for Christmas 2023 - and say they’ve "won the lottery". Shoppers have been left in shock after discovering normal-size Twirl bars in Heroes tubs due to a supply issue for the festive season this year.

"We're sorry to hear you are not happy with this change," the chocolate maker said, replying to a customer. Cadbury, which is based in Bournville, went on: "Due to supply chain issues, in a small percentage of Heroes tubs, we have temporarily substituted bitesize Cadbury Twirl with the slightly larger Cadbury Twirl 21g.

"This means you will still have the same amount of chocolate to enjoy in every tub!" A Mondelez spokesperson confirmed the change and said: "We’re facing the same challenges that many other food companies have reported, including supply chain disruptions which has impacted the availability of Cadbury Twirl products in our Heroes 550g Tubs.

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"To ensure we can continue to bring our loyal consumers the products they know and love, we have temporarily substituted bitesize Cadbury Twirl in Heroes Tubs, to the slightly larger Cadbury Twirl 21g. This is across a small percentage of tubs produced. Rest assured consumers can enjoy the same amount of chocolate as before with the overall weight of Twirl remaining the same."

Responding to the news, a fan said: "I mean I'm happy with more chocolate than usual but this is very peculiar!" Another asked: "CadburyUK hero tub with two multipack bars of twirls?" Gareth said: "The family were wondering how we have two big twirl bars instead of small ones in our heroes tub from tesco. Lol. #CadburyHeroesRock."

Shew said: "They must have run out of Twirl Minis @CadburyUK , so they threw two single bars in the tub of Heroes instead" Sofia said: "@CadburyUK since when did you start putting full Twirl bars in the Heroes tubs? This tub was bought 05/09/23 from @Tesco but has no twirls in apart from 2 large ones that state they are from a multipack ??