British chocolate bars that have sold for more than 60 years will soon leave supermarket shelves forever.

Nestle executives have decided to pull two bars – the Caramac chocolate bar and Animal Bar – from UK shelves despite their enduring fan-favourite statuses.

The bars, first sold in 1959 and 1963 respectively, have sold poorly among Britons, with the manufacturers noting sales having “steadily declined”.

Nestle said it was “sorry to disappoint” Caramac and Animal Bar fans but added the choice to discontinue the brands would allow them to “develop exciting new innovations”.

The bars are far from the first to hit the chopping block in the UK, with many others having been discontinued over the last few decades, and Express.co.uk has compiled a list of those fan favourites.

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Rowntree’s Cabana – 1980s

The Cabana was first produced in the 1980s and featured an unusual combination of ingredients not seen in the last 40 years or so.

Cabanas combined coconut, caramel and cherries with a milk chocolate outer layer.

Britons may remember its classic advert featuring a version of “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” and its “tropical” branding, but the bar was short-lived and ultimately discontinued in the 1990s.

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Cadbury Spira – 1980s

The Spira first graced British shelves in the 80s in northeast and southwest England and eventually spread across the rest of the UK in 1989.

The bar was known for its spiral design and hollow, Twirl-like insides and eventually became the UK’s second-favourite chocolate.

But, like the Cabana, it didn’t last long and was discontinued in 2005.

Cadbury Wispa Mint – 1995

The Cadbury’s Wispa, which was first launched in 1981, remains one of the country’s favourite chocolate bars.

The bar’s popularity has spawned a host of offshoots, including the Wispa Bite, Strawberry, and the Wispa Mint.

The mint, which, as the name suggests included mint-flavoured instead of milk chocolate, was launched in 1995 and discontinued in 2003.

Time Out Bar – 1992

The Time Out Bar, another Cadbury creation, was first manufactured in 1992 and quickly gained popularity.

Known as the “wafer break with a layer of Flake”, each packet boasted two wafer-filled bars with a milk chocolate coating.

Unlike the other chocolates on this list, the Time Out hasn’t been entirely discontinued but was rebranded to the Time Out Wafer in 2016 with one bar fewer, a decision that has angered many Britons.

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