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Major UK supermarkets have reduced the prices of popular Easter eggs – but bargain-hunters will have to be quick if they want to take advantage of these discounted rates. 

With Easter around the corner, people will be purchasing chocolate treats to give their loved ones when the festival comes.

Now, Morrisons and Asda have put on a series of deals to help customers snag a bargain before the day arrives.

Taking to TikTok, Sammy, who goes by @sammylous1990, visited Asda in Greater Manchester and spotted multiple irresistible deals on Easter eggs. 

She wrote: ‘Let’s find the best Easter deals. Starting off strong with Asda. The rollbacks take Malteser bunnies to as low as 63p. You also have crème eggs at 67p, and all the Asda chocolate coins [are] 98p.

‘All small eggs are £1.48, medium eggs are £3.48 or four for £11.96, large eggs are £4.98 or two for £8.98, and specialty eggs start at £9.98!’

Sammy concluded: ‘These prices never usually last very long but I think these are very good value!’

TikTok user Vanessa also found the impressive deal at her local Asda in Greater London, where customers can also buy four Easter eggs for just £11.96.

Shoppers, including Vanessa Inacio (her TikTok is pictured), have found the UK supermarkets that have slashed the prices of Easter eggs 

‘May be early but get it while you can,’ the TikTok user added the caption.

Elsewhere, Libbie May Fitzpatrick travelled to Morrisons and found customers can get a wide range of eggs, including Terry’s Chocolate Orange and Twirl – usually priced at £4 – for just £2.50 using a Morrisons More card.

‘That is such a bargain,’ she said, adding: ‘If you’ve got people to buy for this Easter, I really suggest getting down to Morrisons.’

‘If you do want them, go quick, because they are going to sell out,’ Libbie urged fellow shoppers. 

It comes after a popular chocolate bar has been made available in a surprising new flavour, but thoughts on the treat are divided.

Snickers, first developed in Chicago in 1930, is now available in the UK in a coffee flavour, according to Instagram page @newfoodsuk.

 Libbie May Fitzpatrick found Morrisons customers can get a wide range of eggs (pictured), including Terry’s Chocolate Orange and Twirl, for just £2.50

The sweet treat has built a cult following with its nougat, caramel, peanuts, and milk chocolate recipe – but the new version, available at World Snacks UK, has received mixed opinions.

The caption read: Brand new Coffee Snickers! Wow, now this is perfect! We love Snickers and love coffee, so this combo is a win-win! We got this from the UK website @newfoodsuk’.

While the account appeared pleased with the new flavour, others had a different opinion.

Taking to the comment section, one upset chocolate lover wrote: ‘Oh no, that’s so wrong’.

A second added: Oh goodness NO,’ with a series of exclamation marks and sick face emojis.

‘No…. Disgusting,’ added a third disgraced viewer.

However, others looked forward to trying the new coffee-flavoured sweet treat, with one writing: ‘Best Snickers yet.’

Another added: ‘Omg I would LOVE this.’

While a third wrote: ‘Oh yes please!’

Snickers, know around the world under that name for the last 94 years, took on a very different title when it officially launched in Britain in 1967. 

The treat was retitled from the beloved chocolate bar ‘Marathon’.

Back in the late ’60s, Brits were able to get their hands on a brand new Marathon bar, perhaps none the wiser it was the exact same chocolate – bar the packaging – enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people around the globe. 

To avoid controversy and keep their fans happy, they relabelled their popular chocolate, a change that lasted for a whopping 23 years, from 1967 to 1990. 

In 1990, Snickers owners, Mars, wanted universal names for its products, so the firm changed it back to Snickers.

During the same period, Mars launched their very own Marathon bar, a chocolate treat worlds away from their rebranded Snickers.

In fact some might have called it the US answer to Britain’s loved Curly Wurly, as both bars were made of chocolate-coated caramel. 

Back in 1970, British chocolate company Cadbury launched the long, flat and chewy bar, now famous for its white and purple packaging – but it didn’t stay unique for long. 

After Cadbury launched it in the US the same year, Mars created their own version, and clearly looked to the UK for inspiration in both name and product.

Although it shared the same name as UK Snickers, it was a totally different bar.

Meanwhile, the US Marathon bar was almost identical to the Curly Wurly, except for its bright red packaging, which featured a ruler printed on the reverse with a 20cm marking.

The confusion didn’t last long as it was discontinued 11 years later, in October 1981. 

Marathon (Snickers) temporarily came back to UK shelves last year, marking a grand return after 34 years.

In a limited run, Snickers returned to its former name – delighting fans who have missed the brand ever since it was changed in the ’90s.

Chocolate chiefs at Mars Wrigley – who also own M&M, Galaxy, Twix and Maltesers – launched the retro rebrand to celebrate 90 years of the company operating in the UK.

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At the time, Steve Waters, Senior Brand Manager, said: ‘We’re excited to bring back the Marathon bar branding for a limited period. It’s a great way to celebrate over 90 years of Mars making chocolate in the UK.

‘We hope fans of Snickers, who remember when it was called Marathon, will enjoy picking it up in store!’

The American chocolate bar first hit the shelves in 1930 and according to the Mars Company website, it’s still ‘at the top’.

Snickers was first created in 1968, and was named after Mars’ creators – confectioners Frank and Ethel Mars – favourite horse, which died just a year before it was released.

Frank Mars, born in 1883, was the founder of the Mars Company.

As a child he had polio, and learned how to hand dip chocolate sweets during his illness.

He reportedly loved to experiment and create new recipes.

At 19, he discovered a talent for creating molasses chips (buttercream sweets) and would sell them at home and to local stores.

With his sweet tooth, he took over a wholesale candy firm in Minneapolis in the same year he married his wife Ethel.