Heroes (previously Cadbury's Miniature Heroes, and known as Favourites in
Australia
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and
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
) is a brand of boxed/tinned confectionery currently manufactured by
Cadbury
Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company fully owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mar ...
. Introduced in September 1999,
they were a response to rival
Mars' Celebrations
Celebration or Celebrations may refer to:
Film, television and theatre
* ''Celebration'' (musical), by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, 1969
* ''Celebration'' (play), by Harold Pinter, 2000
* ''Celebration'' (TV series), a Canadian music TV serie ...
and contain miniature versions of various Cadbury
chocolate bar
A chocolate bar (Commonwealth English) or candy bar (some dialects of American English) is a confection containing chocolate, which may also contain layerings or mixtures that include nuts, fruit, caramel, nougat, and wafers. A flat, easily brea ...
s. Heroes are most popular around holidays, such as
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around t ...
,
Halloween
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and
Easter
Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...
.
Contents
United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Ireland
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Fudge
Fudge is a type of confection that is made by mixing sugar, butter and milk, heating it to the soft-ball stage at , and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency. In texture, this crystalline cand ...
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Dairy Milk Caramel
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Dairy Milk
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Wispa
Wispa is a brand of chocolate bar manufactured by British chocolate company Cadbury. Using aerated chocolate, the bar was launched in 1981 as a trial version in North East England, and with its success it was introduced nationally in 1983. I ...
(Added in 2015)
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Twirl
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Creme Egg Twisted (Added in 2009)
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Eclair (Added in 2008)
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Double Decker (Known as "Dinky Decker", added in 2019)
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Crunchie
Crunchie is a brand of chocolate bar with a honeycomb toffee (or known as "sponge toffee" in Canada and "honeycomb" or "cinder toffee" in the United Kingdom, UK as well as "hokey pokey" in New Zealand) sugar centre. It is made by Cadbury and was o ...
(Originally as Crunchie Bite. Removed in 2008 but re-added in 2019 as Crunchie Bits)
Previous selections included
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Bournville
Bournville () is a model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for employees at its Cadbury's factory, and designed to be a "garden" (or "model") village where the sale of alcohol was forbidd ...
(Added in 2008, removed in 2013)
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Dairy Milk Whole Nut (Dairy Milk with added hazelnut in the centre. Added in 2002, removed in 2008)
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Dream
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(Added in 2002, Removed in 2008)
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Fuse
Fuse or FUSE may refer to:
Devices
* Fuse (electrical), a device used in electrical systems to protect against excessive current
** Fuse (automotive), a class of fuses for vehicles
* Fuse (hydraulic), a device used in hydraulic systems to protect ...
(Removed in 2004)
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Picnic
A picnic is a meal taken outdoors ( ''al fresco'') as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding ...
(Removed in 2007)
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Time Out (Removed in 2007)
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Toblerone
Toblerone ( , ) is a Swiss chocolate brand produced in Bern. Toblerone is known for its distinctive shape, a series of joined triangular prisms and lettering engraved in the chocolate.
Since 2012, the brand has been owned by US company Mondele ...
(Added for Christmas 2013, 2014 and 2015)
* Nuts About Caramel (Cadbury's Caramel with added hazelnut in the centre. Removed in early-2000's)
Australia and New Zealand
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Boost
* Crunchie
* Dairy Milk
* Dairy Milk Caramello
* Flake
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Cherry Ripe
* Dream
* Freddo Frog
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Fry's Turkish Delight
Fry's Turkish Delight is a chocolate bar made by Cadbury. It was launched in the UK in 1914 by the Bristol-based chocolate manufacturer J. S. Fry & Sons and consists of a rose-flavoured Turkish delight surrounded by milk chocolate. The Fry's id ...
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Moro
* Old Gold
* Picnic
* Time Out
* Twirl
* Mint Bubbly
* Marvellous Creations Jelly Popping Candy Beans
References
External links
Cadbury Heroes Cadbury.co.ukCadbury Australia – Favourites
Chocolate bars
Cadbury brands
Products introduced in 1999
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