Twirl (chocolate bar)

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Twirl
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Product type Confectionery
Owner Cadbury
CountryIreland
Introduced1985 (Ireland)
1987 (UK)
Related brands List of Cadbury products

Twirl is a chocolate bar manufactured by the British chocolate brand Cadbury. Twirl was invented in Dublin by Cadbury Ireland, and launched there in 1985 as a single-finger bar. It was released in the UK two years later as a twin-finger bar. [1] It has been marketed internationally since the 1990s and is now one of the best-selling chocolate Cadbury products. [2] Twirl consists of two Flake-style fingers covered in milk chocolate.

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Variations

Cadbury also produce a snack sized version called Twirl Bites, which come in a bag containing several smaller Twirl-like chocolates.

As of 2023 there is also a multipack version containing 5 single Twirl bars. This 5-pack weighs 107.5 grams, each bar weighing exactly 21.5 grams. This is a reduction in weight relative to the previously available 34 gram, 4-bar multipacks of 21%.

In late 2019, Cadbury launched an orange flavoured variety of Twirl in the UK. Many stores struggled to keep stock of the bar, repeatedly selling out due to the high demand. [3] In August 2020, Cadbury announced the return of the Orange Twirl. Consumers could join a pre-sale on Twitter to get access to the first new bars, [4] while stores began to stock them in September. [5] In February 2021, the Orange Twirl became a permanent product.[ citation needed ]

In June 2022, Cadbury launched a new flavour, Twirl Caramel.[ citation needed ]

In May 2023, Cadbury launched the Twirl Mint. [6]

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