61 chocolate bars and sweets we'd love to see make a comeback on supermarket shelves

Chocolate is the nation's favourite treat and who doesn't love to indulge in the comfort of eating their favourite bar.

Long before Europeans consumed chocolate, it was a part of the culture of ancient civilizations such as the Olmecs, Mayans and Aztecs - who even used cacao beans (the seed from which chocolate is made) as currency.

The birth of the chocolate bar didn't happen until the mid-19th century, when chocolate dynasty Fry & Sons developed a way to mix cocoa powder, sugar and cocoa butter to produce a smooth paste which could be poured into a mould. This is considered the first time chocolate was designed for eating rather than being consumed as a drink.

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These days there are so many ways we consume chocolate, from drinks to bars and sweets, with new lines and flavours being dreamed up all the time. From Christmas selection boxes to quickly grabbing a chocolate snack on our lunch break, we all have our favourite.

Sadly, some of our favourite chocolate bars we loved from the past have been discontinued and disappeared from the shelves. But to celebrate, the Liverpool Echo recently looked back on some of our favourite sweet treats that have now been consigned to history.

Of course this list won't be comprehensive, and Mancunians will have their own favourites they feel deserve a mention. So if there are any lost treats you think we should have included, let us know in the comments section below.

Originally christened 'Trophy,' Banjo bars were began life as a Kit Kat-style chocolate wafer bar that was only sold in London. Reinventing itself and being distributed further afield by the 1970s, it is mostly remembered