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Nestlé is introducing a new limited-edition salted caramel popcorn flavoured KitKat Chunky bar across the UK market.

The new bar features the brand’s classic wafer with a layer of salted caramel popcorn filling, covered in KitKat’s trademark milk chocolate.

Salted caramel popcorn is the latest addition to the KitKat Chunky line-up and follows innovative flavour launches such as peanut butter, hazelnut, coconut, salted caramel fudge and New York cheesecake.

Callum Smith, assistant brand manager for KitKat said: “We think our newest Chunky is unlike anything else currently on the market, making it a fun and exciting proposition for shoppers to try.

“It not only delivers on taste and texture, but with its retro red and white striped packaging, it looks great too. Whether it’s for a special afternoon treat, a trip to the cinema or simply to put a smile in your break, we believe this is one of our best KitKat Chunky flavours yet – and we hope consumers agree.”

The limited-edition chocolate bar will be available to purchase in a range of UK retailers from 2 August for an RRP of 70p.

Earlier this year,Nestlé introduced a vegan KitKat variant in the UK.