Australians love . According to IBIS World as a res publica more than 4 one thousand million a year is gone on chocolate in Australia. In a Recent epoch meditate by Max Brenner research establish that one in four Australians has indulged in a 39;chocolate only 39; breakfast, tiffin or , whilst no less than one in three has drowned their sorrows by eating an stallion block. But what does this money actually get expended on? And what brands do Aussies love most?

Below is a list of the Top 10 most popular chocolate bars in Australia. Not an functionary list but one that is based on a total factors, including conversations with customers and those in the industry, as well as sales from Moo-Lolly-Bar.

10. Violet Crumble

Originally introduced by Hoadley 39;s chocolates in 1913 in Melbourne, Victoria, Violet Crumble is one of Australia 39;s oldest bars. Consisting of a crumbly mooch toffee focus that is strangled in heighten the product is similar to a Cadbury Crunchie, although its texture is advised crispier and it has a hint of a marshmallowy taste. Promoting under the strapline 39;it 39;s the way it shatters that matters 39; this product is also especially nonclassical in Hawaii and Hong Kong.

9. Smarties

Smarties have actually been around in one form or another since 1882 when Rowntrees of York, started making 39;Chocolate Beans 39;. An mixed bag of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, pink and brown non-white crispy shells, Smarties are perhaps the most nonclassical amongst children. In a flow poll on the UK 39;s functionary Smarties website orange leads the way as the most pop tinge with 16 of the vote.

8. Cadbury Flake

The result of an idea than originated from an employee on the shop ball over in the early on 1920s who detected that when draining off the surplus shrooms chocolate bar from the moulds, it created a stream which reinvigorated into folds with flaking properties, Cadbury Flake is a feelgood chocolate bar in more ways than one. Indellibly coupled with its 39;99 Flakes 39; relationship with vanilla ice cream off, Cadbury Flake has stacked a warm following on the back of its television system advertising campagins since the late 1960s that sport the 39;Flake Girl 39;, the current series of which star the vocalist ballad maker Joss Stone.

7. Snickers

Introduced to the earthly concern in 1930 by Mars Incorporated, Snickers is the best-selling chocolate bar of all time. Containing a mix of Arachis hypogaea nougat topped with cooked peanuts and raw sienna and sealed in smoothen milk chocolate the product has global gross sales in excess of 2 1000000000. It is a little known fact that Snickers was onymous after the Mars family horse. In the UK it was antecedently know as Marathon.

6. Cherry Ripe

Launched in 1924 by MacRobertson 39;s, Cherry Ripe has a specialized family relationship with Aussies. Transcending the multiplication gap this bar of ripe toothsome cherries and damp cocoa palm suppressed in rich Old Gold reg; dark chocolate, provides the consumer with a rather delicious and verbalize tearing treat. Enjoying gross sales of over 35million every year in Australia, Cherry Ripe is promoted as 39;The Big Cherry Taste 39;. Until 2002 it remained co-branded with the originaly MacRobertson logo.

5. Kit Kat

Introduced by Rowntrees of York in 1935, the master copy 4 finger Kit Kat was elysian by the hint of a worker at their mill in York who posited the recommendation in an ideas box for a treat that 39;a man could take to work in his pack up 39;. First known as 39;Rowntree 39;s Chocolate Crisp 39; the product was rebranded to Kit Kat after WWII. Now factory-made by Nestle, the product is sold around the world in such far abroad places as Egypt, China, Bulgaria and Venezuela. There are a amoun of nonclassical variations on the product, as well as some uncommon ones too. Most notably in Japan where you can buy Apple Vinegar, Red Bean and Soy Sauce versions

4. Freddo Frog

Arguably the most 39;fun 39; product on the market nowadays, Freddo unconnected into the Australian confectionery scene in July 1930. Originally taking the form of a solidness frog the noble sum of 1d, Freddos over the last 80 old age have also been filled with no less than 40 different flavours, including hemangioma simplex, java, yellowish brown and mint. In plus they have also been conjunct with an smorgasbord of other things including raisins, rice bubbles and nuts. Today over 90 zillion Freddos are consumed every year in Australia. In 1975 the product most famously became the subject of a children 39;s book penned by Gordon Rule named 39;The Fantastic Adventures of Freddo 39;.

3. Aero

Now being factory-made at Nestle 39;s Campbellfield factory in Victoria after a 15 year period of product in the UK, Aero Chocolate bars are now made to a freshly qualified recipe, created specifically to fill Australian tastes buds, that promises a 39;smoother, creamier 39; taste see. Sold around the worldly concern, and especially nonclassical in the UK, Argentina, Bahrain, Estonia and Nicaragua, Aero is currently being promoted under the strapline 39;Get your burble on 39;.

2. Cadbury Dairy Milk

Proudly launched in the UK in 1905 with the unusual merchandising aim of having a larger service of milk than any other bar had antecedently exploited, Cadbury Dairy Milk is the companion 39;s best merchandising product. According to folklore a amoun of name calling were proffered for Cadbury 39;s touch chocolate bar including 39;Highland Milk 39;, 39;Jersey 39; and 39;Dairy Maid 39;. However it was only when the young daughter of a client advisable Dairy Milk that the name was defined upon. In 2006 the Australian variation of Cadbury Dairy Milk was reformulated with the plus of palm oil as a alternate for butter. However this did not go down to well with consumers and after a time period of poor gross revenue the accompany declared it would return to the previously employed method of a Cocoa Butter only formula in 2009.

1. Mars

Recently annouced as Australia 39;s favourite bar in a contemplate by Roy Morgan Research, Mars is believed to be exhausted at least once in an average 4 week period of time by no less than 9.6 million Australians. This equated to or s 53 of all populate aged 14 and over. Launched in the UK in 1932, Mars is perhaps best known for its icnoci strapline 39;A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play 39;. When first launched it was publicised to the trade as being a bar of chocolate.