Polly Waffles are coming back
It was six years ago when Polly Waffles were tragically – well, to chocolate lovers everywhere, at least – pulled from shelves. But now, the chocolate bar is finally making a comeback. However, there’s one big catch: it’s coming back under a new name.
Dingley chocolate makers, Chocolate Works, have spent the last nine months perfecting the recipe for the beloved Aussie chocolate bar and hope to be selling their version “The Great Aussie Waffle Log” by the end of the month.
According to the Daily Mail Australia, Chocolate Works’s version will be just as “delicious” but will not taste the same as the Nestle version.
Declining sales led to Nestle shelving Polly Waffles in 2009. But numerous social media campaign calling for the Polly Waffle’s return led the small Dingley chocolate maker to take a stab at bringing the bar back.
“We just decided that nothing had come into the market to replace the Polly Waffle and realised that Nestle weren’t going to bring it back, so we decided to have a crack at it,” managing director Graeme Bulluss said.
“There seems to be a desire on social media for someone to bring the bar back, not enough for Nestle to do anything about it, but from a small chocolate maker’s point of view there was enough for us to have a go and try to satisfy the demand out there.”
The new bar will be available at Chocolate Works online store initially but they are hoping to supply it to small chocolate shops soon.
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