SHOPPERS are furious over the “laughable” price of security-tagged Cadbury Mini Eggs, blasting “only a fool would pay that”.
The bag was spotted at a WH Smith branch in Newcastle this week.
It contained 1kg worth of the treats – with the same quantity on sale at Tesco and B&M for £14.
An astonished customer posted a picture of the item to X, with the caption: “They better hatch dragons for £19.”
The post racked up nearly 800,000 views and 27,000 likes.
Equally outraged shoppers rushed to the comments, with one saying “only a fool would pay that” as another added “they need to be covered in gold for that price!”
Another expressed doubt as to whether the picture was even real.
They wrote: “Whaaatt? Is that a real price or photoshopped?? Forget normal dragons, I’d want my own Dracarys to hatch from those for nineteen blooming quid.”
And a third echoed: “There better be a solid gold egg in there for that price.”
Meanwhile, other commenters honed in on the security tag seen wrapped around the item.
One said: “Lad why’s the security tag on it?”
And another wrote: “The audacity to put an alarm on it.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Shoppers fill their baskets with Freddos as they’re reduced to just 10p each, with one mum nabbing 30 for £3 ” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6351153553112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]At the same Northumberland Street branch, 360G Mini Eggs bars and 335G Cadbury selection bags, consisting of Mini Eggs, dairy milk eggs and Creme Eggs, were on sale for a more reasonable £6.50.
One eagle-eyed shopper sad: “I couldn’t believe it when I saw popular Easter chocolate had security tags on them.
“It made me feel like a criminal when I was searching for treats.
“I know there has been a rise in shoplifting recently but I didn’t think it would come to this.”
[authenticated-scripts src=”%3Cscript%20class%3D%22palin-poll%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fpollingwidgets%2Fv3%2Fwidget.js%3Fquestion_id%3D106083%26game%3Dpolling%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E” type=”embedded” width=”100″ /]It comes as the stationery giant also placed the humble Freddo bar, once famed for its 10p price tag, on sale for £1.
A post on the social media network Reddit shows a photo of the popular 18g snacks costing £1 each in a WHSmith store in Carlisle.
Fans of the Freddo bar were quick to take offence at the huge hike.
One said: “£1 for a Freddo is disgusting. Daylight robbery at its finest!”
While another user hinted the discovery was bordering on apocalyptic.
They wrote: “I showed my wife this picture, and asked whether it was time to start burning things down.”
Meanwhile, shoppers were given a comprehensive guide to the cheapest places to buy Mini Eggs in the run-up to Easter.
In at number one was Aldi, with 80g bags going for just £1.49.
The Sun has reached out to WH Smith and Cadbury for comment.