• Products: McVitie’s Penguin Milkshake Cake Bars
• Supplier: Pladis
• RRP: £1.75
• Available: Mid-April

Pladis is expanding its McVitie’s Penguin Cake Bar range with the launch of Strawberry Milkshake and Chocolate Milkshake varieties.

Both flavours will be available to convenience stores in mid-April, following a Morrisons launch on 24 March.

Available in packs of five individually wrapped bars, they contain flavoured cream covered in milk chocolate.

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“These deliciously soft cake bars with milkshake flavoured cream are inspired by the trending concept of milkshake flavours, bringing a fun and indulgent twist to the beloved Penguin brand,” said Zeynep Daghan Erol, brand manager at Pladis UK&I.

“We are building on the popularity of our original Penguin Cake Bar, which has a rich and creamy chocolate filling layered on a delicious spongey base. We have introduced what we know are two popular milkshake flavours to our cake bars, and they performed particularly well in testing, where 69% of consumers found the Penguin Milkshake concept to be unique and 81% expressed strong interest in trying and purchasing it.”

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