--- title: Toblerone Inspired Twin Peaks Bar Launches description: Poundland is making its own chocolate bar inspired by the iconic Toblerone bar that changed its shape after Brexit. canonical: https://time.com/4825123/tolberone-two-peaks-chocolate/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-20T16:50:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:41.512Z og:title: Store Launches Wannabe Version of the Original Toblerone Bar og:description: The store is making its own version since iconic chocolate bar changed its shape og:url: https://time.com/4825123/tolberone-two-peaks-chocolate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt670672c659d7f68f/6988ad6d2dce013a119eb560/gettyimages-458105141-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5616 og:image:height: 3159 og:image:alt: Toblerone chocolate bar og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Store Launches Wannabe Version of the Original Toblerone Bar twitter:description: The store is making its own version since iconic chocolate bar changed its shape twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt670672c659d7f68f/6988ad6d2dce013a119eb560/gettyimages-458105141-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Store Is Making Its Own Wannabe Original Toblerone > Sponsored content. 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U.K. fans have been left angered over changes to the chocolate's weight and shape, taking to social media to blame Brexit for rising costs. lovleah—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 20, 2017 4:50 PM UTC The United Kingdom’s decision to [leave the European Union](http://time.com/4364697/brexit-frank-luntz-poll/?iid=sr-link1) is a [divisive](http://time.com/4381878/brexit-generation-gap-older-younger-voters/?iid=sr-link6) issue, but there’s one side effect of so-called Brexit that some people agreed on post-[Brexit](http://time.com/4390967/brexit-uk-economic-shock/?iid=sr-link4): they were unimpressed by the Toblerone chocolate bar’s design change. So one shop is doing what it can to bring peace to the people with a chocolate bar. The Swiss chocolate bar was beloved by Brits (and everyone else) for its chocolate, honey, almond flavor and unique triangular shape, that was easy to snap off into bite size pieces. As the British pound dropped in value against the Euro, Toblerone’s manufacturer had to make a few cutbacks [due to the rising cost](http://time.com/4383202/brexit-america-fallout-economy-fed/?iid=sr-link8) of ingredients and opted to make up losses by reducing the weight of the bars by putting wide gaps between its trademark triangles in bars for sale in the UK. Customer uproar was intense, even leading to a headline in _The Guardian_ that read, “[Toblerone gets more gappy, but \[its\] fans are not happy](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/08/toblerone-gets-more-gappy-but-its-fans-are-not-happy)”. Former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott put the blame firmly on Brexit in a tweet showing the difference. > [](https://twitter.com/johnprescott/status/795918270071185408) Now, Poundland, the UK equivalent of the dollar store, is making their own pre-[Brexit](http://time.com/4636141/theresa-may-brexit-speech-transcript/?iid=sr-link2) version of Toblerone without the gaps, [according to Metro](http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/20/poundland-is-now-doing-their-own-chunkier-version-of-the-pre-brexit-toblerone-called-twin-peaks-6720856/). The mountainous-looking chocolate bar is called Twin Peaks and it is very much inspired by Toblerone, albeit with two chocolate peaks instead of just one triangular bit. No word on the taste yet, but it weighs more than the Toblerone bar, costs only one pound, and most importantly, there are no gaps. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4825123/tolberone-two-peaks-chocolate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4825123/tolberone-two-peaks-chocolate/"},"headline":"This Store Is Making Its Own Wannabe Original Toblerone","datePublished":"2017-06-20T16:50:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:41.512Z","description":"Poundland is now making its own Toblerone after the iconic chocolate bar changed its shape","url":"https://time.com/4825123/tolberone-two-peaks-chocolate/","keywords":["Newsfeed","chocolate","uk","food and drink","Brexit"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt670672c659d7f68f/6988ad6d2dce013a119eb560/gettyimages-458105141-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt670672c659d7f68f/6988ad6d2dce013a119eb560/gettyimages-458105141-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Toblerone chocolate bar","caption":"Toblerone chocolate bar","creditText":"lovleah—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4825123/tolberone-two-peaks-chocolate/","name":"This Store Is Making Its Own Wannabe Original Toblerone"}}]}] ```