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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Bethan Shufflebotham

Nestle Animal Bars still bring childhood joy like no other lunchbox snack

Since the 60s, Animal Bars have been a children’s lunchbox staple - and they’re one of my fondest primary school dinner time memories.

While I was in first school in the early noughties, even my parents enjoyed an Animal Bar or two in their time, after the chocolate bar was launched by Nestle in 1963.

The distinct jungle packaging was a joy to see when you lifted the lid on your lunchbox, followed by the silver foil you could rub back and forth to make an impression of the chocolate mold beneath, trying to guess the animal on your bar.

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