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The Irish Sun
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
New luxury Dubai chocolate bar landing on shelves at Dunnes Stores and Tesco in DAYS as fans set for frenzy
A POPULAR chocolate brand is releasing its own Dubai chocolate bar - and it will hit shelves in Dunnes Stores and Tesco. The Lindt Master Chocolatiers are bringing their own recipe to Ireland this week. Advertisement 5 A new Dubai chocolate bar is hitting the Irish market Credit: Lindt & Sprüngli 5 The Lindt Master Chocolatiers have created their own recipe Credit: Lindt & Sprüngli Combining pistachio nuts, kadayif and milk chocolate, this sweet blend has melted the palates of chocoholics worldwide. The first recipe for Dubai chocolate was created in 2021 by Sarah Hamouda of FIX Dessert Chocolatier and gained viral fame on The new Lindt Lindt chiefs have brought their 'premium identity' to this Advertisement READ MORE ON FOOD The luxury Lindt Dubai chocolate bar will arrive in stores from Friday. Master Chocolatier at Lindt & Sprüngli, Stefan Bruderer said: 'We're always tapped into consumer trends and after we saw how well the Dubai chocolate craze went down on social media, we knew we had to get involved and create our own recipe/version.' Lindt's very own 145g bar of luxurious Lindt Dubai Style Chocolate, costing €12.50, is set to fly off the shelves. Meanwhile, an Irish influencer revealed a recipe to make your own homemade Dubai chocolate. Advertisement Most read in Money Miriam Mullins, who posts on TikTok under @ First up, Miriam shows off her ingredients consisting of kataifi, butter, Dairy Milk chocolate, pistachio cream, pistachio nuts and tahini. Irish influencer makes homemade Dubai chocolate She said: 'I actually made my own tahini because I couldn't find tahini anywhere. 'It's basically sesame nuts blended up with like oil and stuff. It's quite easy to make actually.' Advertisement The TikToker said the chocolate mould was probably the most expensive purchase at €10. Miriam begins frying the kataifi in butter in a pan. Once fried, she adds a spoon of tahini and two large spoons of pistachio cream. Miriam said: 'Then you just mix it all together. This is what the filling looks like. Advertisement 'I think it looks pretty good. I'm going to melt the chocolate. I think if I do like a bar and a half it might be enough. 'I know dairy milk chocolate is a bit tricky to melt. So if you are doing it with dairy milk just be a little bit careful because it burns really easily.' Once the chocolate was fully melted, Miriam put some pistachio nuts in the mould before adding the chocolate. 5 The bar will be available in Tesco Credit: Wire Advertisement 5 It's also landing in Dunnes Stores Credit: Garrett White - Commissioned by The Sun Dublin 5 The new bar is set to sell out fast Credit: Lindt & Sprüngli
Scottish Sun
22-04-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Warning over surge in price of viral ‘Dubai-style' chocolate as fans clearing shop shelves spark worldwide shortage
The shortage comes after a surge in Dubai-style chocolate sales and an overly successful pistachio harvest CHOC-A-NOT Warning over surge in price of viral 'Dubai-style' chocolate as fans clearing shop shelves spark worldwide shortage Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) PISTACHIO prices have skyrocketed after the global "Dubai-style" chocolate phenomenon which has taken the world by storm. Sweet-toothed fans have gone nuts for the viral snack - which has caused an international pistachio crunch and a stark warning from experts. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 A mass pistachio shortage has been sparked Credit: Getty 4 The shortage comes after Dubai-style chocolate went viral Credit: Alamy 4 Dubai-style chocolate has a filling of pistachio cream and crispy kadayif pastry Credit: Fixchocolate Dubai chocolate contains a filling of the traditional Arab dessert Knafeh and pistachio. First created in 2021, the flavour has proven popular since its TikTok boom - with UK stores such as M&S, Lidl, and Morrisons jumping on the bandwagon and releasing versions. Waitrose was the most recent retailer to join the frenzy, adding Lindt Dubai Style Chocolate to select stores on March 23. The chocolate craze has caused pistachio kernel prices to surge from $7.65 a pound to $10.30 in the space of a year, according to a nut trading expert. Giles Hacking, of nut trader GC Hacking, said: "The pistachio world is basically tapped out at the moment." Waitrose even imposed a strict two bar per person limit on the sensational snack after chocolate fans cleared their shelves. The demand was first sparked by Dubai chocolatier FIX Dessert's Can't Get Knafeh of It bar. The recent boom comes after pistachio stocks were slowly dwindling after a disappointing harvest in the U.S. last year. You asked, we delivered' says Irish supermarket as viral chocolate lands in stores but 'they won't last' The U.S. - which is the world's top exporter of the green nut - also produced better quality kernels last than usual last year. This however left fewer of the poorer quality, cheaper kernels which are generally sold as ingredient for chocolate and other pistachio flavoured foods, according to Hacking. The expert said that the viral craze left chocalatiers scrambling to buy pistachios, which in turn "leaves the rest of the world short". Iran, who follow behind the U.S. as the world's second biggest exporter pistachios, exported 40 per cent more of them to the UAE in the six months to March 2025 than it did over 12 months before that. Spokesperson for Iran's pistachio association Behrooz Agah said that the shortage marked a reversal from 2023 when global supply for the sweet savoury nut exceeded demand. Due to this drop in demand, a swathe of pistachio-flavoured products came out during this time according to Agah. He said: "A variety of byproducts became available such as pistachio butter, oil and paste, which could be used in a wide range of pistachio-based foods. "That was around the same time Dubai Chocolate was launched and gradually went viral worldwide." General manager for Prestat Group, Charles Jandreau, which owns luxury UK chocolate brands, said that the craze "came out of nowhere". He added that "no one's ready for this" when describing his struggle to produce kataifi, the shredded Middle Eastern pastry which is used in the green cream. Chocolate had already been suffering from a cocoa supply, which caused prices to almost triple in 2024 as extreme weather and disease ravaged harvests. FIX said it was "incredible" to see how they had inspired "a movement in chocolate", but claimed that they were concerened about how others may be exploiting their brand. The company only sells its bars in the UAE and only for two hours a day, despite many shops recreating the snack. Marks and Spencer is launching it's own version of the viral Dubai-style chocolate, but there's a huge twist. The scrumptious treat will land on shelves on April 23, so shoppers better set their alarms to avoid missing out. The cheapest places to buy Dubai-style chocolate were also revealed in April, with prices starting at just £1.25.
The Sun
22-04-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Warning over surge in price of viral ‘Dubai-style' chocolate as fans clearing shop shelves spark worldwide shortage
PISTACHIO prices have skyrocketed after the global "Dubai-style" chocolate phenomenon which has taken the world by storm. Sweet-toothed fans have gone nuts for the viral snack - which has caused an international pistachio crunch and a stark warning from experts. Dubai chocolate contains a filling of the traditional Arab dessert Knafeh and pistachio. First created in 2021, the flavour has proven popular since its TikTok boom - with UK stores such as M&S, Lidl, and Morrisons jumping on the bandwagon and releasing versions. Waitrose was the most recent retailer to join the frenzy, adding Lindt Dubai Style Chocolate to select stores on March 23. The chocolate craze has caused pistachio kernel prices to surge from $7.65 a pound to $10.30 in the space of a year, according to a nut trading expert. Giles Hacking, of nut trader GC Hacking, said: "The pistachio world is basically tapped out at the moment." Waitrose even imposed a strict two bar per person limit on the sensational snack after chocolate fans cleared their shelves. The demand was first sparked by Dubai chocolatier FIX Dessert's Can't Get Knafeh of It bar. The recent boom comes after pistachio stocks were slowly dwindling after a disappointing harvest in the U.S. last year. You asked, we delivered' says Irish supermarket as viral chocolate lands in stores but 'they won't last' The U.S. - which is the world's top exporter of the green nut - also produced better quality kernels last than usual last year. This however left fewer of the poorer quality, cheaper kernels which are generally sold as ingredient for chocolate and other pistachio flavoured foods, according to Hacking. The expert said that the viral craze left chocalatiers scrambling to buy pistachios, which in turn "leaves the rest of the world short". Iran, who follow behind the U.S. as the world's second biggest exporter pistachios, exported 40 per cent more of them to the UAE in the six months to March 2025 than it did over 12 months before that. Spokesperson for Iran's pistachio association Behrooz Agah said that the shortage marked a reversal from 2023 when global supply for the sweet savoury nut exceeded demand. Due to this drop in demand, a swathe of pistachio-flavoured products came out during this time according to Agah. He said: "A variety of byproducts became available such as pistachio butter, oil and paste, which could be used in a wide range of pistachio-based foods. "That was around the same time Dubai Chocolate was launched and gradually went viral worldwide." General manager for Prestat Group, Charles Jandreau, which owns luxury UK chocolate brands, said that the craze "came out of nowhere". He added that "no one's ready for this" when describing his struggle to produce kataifi, the shredded Middle Eastern pastry which is used in the green cream. Chocolate had already been suffering from a cocoa supply, which caused prices to almost triple in 2024 as extreme weather and disease ravaged harvests. FIX said it was "incredible" to see how they had inspired "a movement in chocolate", but claimed that they were concerened about how others may be exploiting their brand. The company only sells its bars in the UAE and only for two hours a day, despite many shops recreating the snack. Marks and Spencer is launching it's own version of the viral Dubai-style chocolate, but there's a huge twist. The scrumptious treat will land on shelves on April 23, so shoppers better set their alarms to avoid missing out. The cheapest places to buy Dubai-style chocolate were also revealed in April, with prices starting at just £1.25.
