SIX years after the Polly Waffle was torn from the sticky grasps of chocolate lovers, the chocolate bar is finally making a comeback — under a new name.

Thanks to the power of social media, Dingley chocolate makers Chocolate Works have spent the last nine months perfecting their recipe for the Aussie favourite and hope to be selling their version, The Great Aussie Waffle Log, by the end of the month.

It’s been along comeback for the chocolate bar which was pulled from shelves in 2009, after its maker Nestle said declining sales meant it was no longer viable.

But after numerous Facebook pages started popping up online, the small Dingley chocolate maker decided to take a punt on bringing back the bar.

“We just decided that nothing had come into the market to replace the Polly Waffle and realised that Nestle weren’t going to bring it back, so we decided to have a crack at it,” managing director Graeme Bulluss said.

“There seems to be a desire on social media for someone to bring the bar back, not enough for Nestle to do anything about it, but from a small chocolate maker’s point of view there was enough for us to have a go and try to satisfy the demand out there.”

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One of those clamouring for the return of the chocolate bar was Monash University English teacher Nerida O’Shea.

She set up her “Bring Back the Polly Waffle” page at the start of 2013 and while initially there was little interest, the page now has more than 41,000 likes.

“I just started the page one day when I had a particular craving for the bar ... since then it has really taken off,” she said.

She has since been contacted by Chocolate Works and hoped to get the word out to fellow Polly Waffle lovers.

“I think there’s something very Australian about it,” she said. “It connects people with their childhoods.

“There’s nothing else that tastes like it, I think it’s a combination of nostalgia and that it just tastes really good.”

The new bar will be available at Chocolate Works online store only initially but it is hoping to supply small chocolate shops soon.