A UK supermarket chain has been forced to remove chocolate Easter ducklings from its shelves after complaints they were racist.

The trio of milk, white and dark chocolate was for sale at Waitrose and the ducklings were named Crispy, Fluffy and Ugly.

One customer who took to Twitter to vent about the $15 choccies, said: “Crispy, Fluffy and Ugly - trio of Easter ducklings at #Waitrose . Ugly is the dark one on the right. Overheard women saying “this is not right”, I agree, doesn’t look good at all. Thousands of other options... why #ugly?????”

Waitrose apologised for the choice of name and withdrew the product from sale. The packaging has now been redesigned and is back in store in time for Easter. However, while the online packaging appears to have changed, the “ugly” naming of the three little ducklings remains.