Cadbury's Wipsa Bars
Cadbury Wispa 
Cadbury's Wispa bars were first produced in 1981. They were a bit like an Aero bar, but with smoother more velvety chocolate. Wispa Gold & Wispa Mint were next, followed in 2000 by Wispa Bite. By 2004 they were no more, but partly due to a public campaign, the plain bar was re-launched in 2007.  A limited run of Wipsa Gold was made in 2009.



Image: Cadbury Wispa, 5 pack, 2009.
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Intro

Cadbury's Wispa bars were first produced in 1981. They were a bit like an Aero bar, but with smoother more velvety chocolate. Wispa Gold & Wispa Mint were next, followed in 2000 by Wispa Bite.


Cadbury's WISPA - The old style lettering of the original bar from 1981  
   

Original Multi-packs

  • Wispa -Velvety Milk Chocolate
Original Cabury's Wispa
   
  • Wispa Gold - Velvety Textured Milk Chocolate with a layer of Caramel
  • Wispa Mint (not shown)
  • Wispa Bite - Velvety Textured Milk Chocolate with Caramel and Biscuit
  • Wispaccino - cappuccino caramel filling (not shown)

Wispa Gold Wispa Gold (later design) Wipsa Bite  
       

Wispa Gold
   
The Wispa was phased out in 2003, reappearing as 'Cadbury's Dairy Milk Bubbles', as part of the consolidation and rebranding of products under the Dairy Milk banner.

Wispa relaunch 2007

Cadbury's Wispa bars were re-launched (due to public campaigning) on 7th October 2007. There was an initial run of about 23 million bars of Wispa original with a retail price of 42p each.

 Click to download the Fact Sheet and Press Release from 2007.



Wispa 2007

The RRP for the new Wispa was 42p. The price varied in local shops from 49p to 59p on 13th October 2007.
Wispa 2007  
Wispa 2007  

Wispa Gold 2009

September 2009: Wispa Gold 59p - The Wispa you love with a cheeky caramel layer.
Wispa Gold 2009  
Wispa Gold 2011

Wispa Gold was re-introduced again from about November 2011 with an Olympic theme, hence the 'GOLD'.
January 2012: Wispa Gold 59p - Keep Team GB Pumped.
 
GOLD  
   


Wispa Bars
Wispa 4-bar multipack
Note the company branding on the new packs is 'Cadbury' not 'Cadbury's'. 

As of May 2011, single and multi-packs of the plain bar were available.
   
May 2014 Update

Single Wispa bars were 60p in Waitrose. Multipack of four was £1.79

2014 4-bar multipack
Chocolate is getting expensive as now there's only four bars in a multipack.


   
And the bars in the later multipacks have been reduced in size!

Wispa Bars May 2014  
   
October 2014

Wispa Golds are still 60p for a 52 gram bar.

Wispa 2014 3-bar multipack
A new 3-pack is only 90 grams and is priced £1.49 in Sainsburys. So the individual bars are just 30 grams each!
   




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