Elvis - The Chocolate Bar Wrapper

[johnfoyle]

E-bay has this rare limited edition/ promo item , withdrawn at the time because Cadbury didn't like it

[miss buenos aires]

Do you think the chocolate is still good?

[noiseradio]

He neglected to post that it's a cassette of the album wrapped to look like a chocolate bar. And not actually chocolate. Still pretty cool.

[miss buenos aires]

He neglected to post that it's a cassette of the album wrapped to look like a chocolate bar. And not actually chocolate.

Boo! Hiss!

[anjabro]

I thought it tasted funny....

[laughingcrow]

Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker

[verbal gymnastics]

Elvis used to joke about this on stage. The wrapping is directly stolen form Cadbury's Bourneville dark chocolate bar. Perhaps someone could post a picture of the Cadbury's bar.

Elvis used to say that if anyone had actually eaten his cassette it tasted nicer than the Cadbury's bar anyway.

I'm not sure how many of these were sold before being withdrawn.

[ReadyToHearTheWorst]

... and from the same year we have Little Palaces:

In chocolate town all the trains are painted brown
On the silver paper of the wrapper

Which is likely a reference to Bournville - the town built for Cadbury employees, near Birmingham.

[johnfoyle]

This is the wrapper being used now -



This 1940/50's wrapper would be closer in style to the 1980's product that was parodied -

[AlmostBlue]

hmm.. $28 plus shipping is what it sold for - I was tempted to bid $11, but then it would just gather dust in the closet

[Mikeh]

Not sure if its the same one, but I just won one on ebay for £4.20!