Forget Milk Chocolate Oranges – Terry’s Chocolate Apple Came First

Terry’s has finally created what we orange oil haters have wanted for years ― a citrus-free, milk chocolate-only version of the iconic design was launched last month.

Opinions were wrong varied.

“Put the orange back in pls,” an Instagram user commented under the brand’s announcement of the product.

“Wait, so it’s just plain milk chocolate?! No orange??” another commenter asked. “Stop wasting our time and bring back the Pyramint,” someone else wrote, referring to the minty chocolate pyramid that was discontinued in the ’90s.

But the Pyramint is not the only product we’ve lost ― Terry’s previously offered both chocolate apples and lemons.

What other fruits did Terry’s make?

According to the University of York, the company ran a chocolate apple from 1926 and 1954.

That means it was actually the precursor to the chocolate orange, which first came out in 1932.

Terry’s site shows a chocolate lemon alongside the original apple, explaining that their “story begins in 1767 with the opening of a shop in York, England, selling lemon and orange candied peel”.

Launched in 1979, Terry’s Chocolate Lemon lasted for three measly years.

There even appears to have been a Terry’s chocolate greengage, the University Of York’s Borthwick Institute for Archives found.

Other discontinued Terry’s products include a Cherry Bitz chocolate bar, an Oliver Twist bar, and even its long-abandoned cream toffees.