Whittaker's new K bar and chocolate blocks come in three flavours and are available on Monday.

We all remember the days of gnawing on a K Bar, hoping our teeth wouldn't break and our parents wouldn't tell us off for turning our teeth red.

Well those days will soon be back, as Whittaker's newest creation is a mix of K Bar and chocolate, in stores on Monday.

Whittaker's had invited media to an event on Friday to take a sneak peek of "one of their most exciting creations yet".

However, it seems some supermarket owners couldn't hold back and had been stacking the shelves early.

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One chocolate lover took to Facebook to share her excitment - lifting the lid on Whittaker's secret announcement.

Manita Grant bought three blocks - one raspberry, one lime, one pineapple - from a Four Square in Rotorua.

"It honestly stopped me in my tracks," she told Stuff.

"l wasn't sure if it was a giant K Bar or chocolate. Great way to reboot a kiwi classic."

These bars, bought in Rotorua, were a sneak peek of Whittaker's new creation

Her post has received numerous comments from fellow chocolate lovers hoping to get their hands on Whittaker's latest creation.

And after Stuff let the cat out of the bag, Whittaker's confirmed the bars were on the way, with posts on their official Twitter and Facebook accounts saying the chocolate will be available in stores nationwide on Monday.

And in response to people concerned about the familiar K Bar aching jaws, the company replied: "It's a smooth filled product that's true to the K Bar flavours without the jaw-breaking effect."

Holly Whittaker said: "Yes, the secret is out – it's hard to keep something so good under wraps!

"Whittaker's K Bars have become a bit of a kiwi classic since we first started making them back in the 1950s, so we've been working on a way of creating a K Bar chocolate for some time.

"Whittaker's fans have also recently been calling for us to make a K Bar chocolate, so we're really pleased to now be able to answer that call."

But she said there is still more news to come, adding "that's not all there is to reveal". For that, you'll have to wait until Friday.

Hello Twhittaker's. We can't wait for you to try our new Kiwi Klassics. In stores Monday :) pic.twitter.com/oGAcndG6mO — J.H Whittaker & Sons (@WhittakersNZ) August 17, 2016

The fine print on Whittaker's K Bar Raspberry says its 72 per cent dark ghana chocolate with raspberry flavoured K Bar filling.

The other bars are milk chocolate with pineapple and lime flavour fillings.

Grant tore open her raspberry K Bar chocolate, which she says is gooey inside.

"It's great, not overwhelmingly sweet, which is good.

"I freeze it, the gooey inside is delicious frozen. [I] wasn't sure if it was going to be gooey or bits of K Bar."

The not-so-secret reveal comes almost one year after one enthusiastic fan, Sebastian Boyle, posted the suggestion on the company's Facebook page, asking Whittaker's to use the toffee treats in a new chocolate flavour.

In an impassioned proposal, Boyle wrote that "people will buy K Block just to wrap themselves in that generous, warm, comforting blanket of nostalgia".

"They'll buy it to revisit that sense of 1996 wonder (just without the bowl cut). They'll buy it out of curiosity... Also, you can finally get rid of all the bits of broken K Bar I'm sure you've got piling up about the place!"

In response, Whittaker's said they would pass on the idea to their product development manager.

"Who knows where it'll end up," the company's reply said.

On the company's website, K Bars are described as an "absolute Kiwi classic and a firm favourite with locals and dentists alike".

"These super chewy, bright coloured candy sticks come in six flavours, all guaranteed to render you momentarily speechless."

Whittaker's are pretty good when it comes to pushing the boundaries of chocolate.

In 2015, there was a Jelly Tip flavour, the year before there was 100s and 1000s, in 2013 there was L&P.

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