Time Out (chocolate bar)
An old Time Out before 2016 relaunch | |
| Product type | Confectionery |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cadbury |
| Introduced | 1992 |
| Related brands | List of Cadbury products |
| Tagline | The wafer break with a layer of Flake |
| Website | https://www.cadbury.co.uk/products/brands/timeout-bar/ |

Time Out is a brand of wafer-based chocolate bar originally manufactured by Cadbury Ireland and first introduced in 1992. Mainly sold in pairs, it consists of a ripple of milk chocolate between two wafers, smothered in Dairy Milk milk chocolate. The original Time Out bar was discontinued in 2016 and was replaced in Britain and Ireland by a re-branded single-bar version called Time Out Wafer.[1][2] In Australia the original Time Out continues to be sold as “Twirl Crispy” (previously “Twirl Breakaway”).[citation needed]
History
The bar was sold in several countries around the world. It was introduced to Britain and Ireland in 1992, and then in Australia[3] and New Zealand in 1995.[citation needed] The bar was originally sold under the slogan "the wafer break with a layer of Flake" and was called a "light snack" by Cadbury.[4]
It was given a new look in 2010 with lighter blue packaging and was given a new slogan, "Everyone needs some Time Out", but shortly after reverted to the previously used dark-blue shade.[5]
In February 2015, the company announced that production of Time Out would be transferred from Ireland to Poland. Sales of Time Out had been in decline for several years.[6]
Due to declining sales, the original Time Out had been discontinued by 2016.[1] In the British market, it was replaced with a single-bar version called Time Out Wafer that has more wafer and less chocolate than the original Time Out.[7] The new version has since been renamed to simply Time Out.[citation needed]
Size
When Time Out was first introduced, it was a substantial snack (about 25 grams), then it was downsized to 20.2 g. The single-finger bar had shrunk down to 16 g before it was [citation needed] The main twin-finger bar had a combined weight of 32 g (40 g for Australia and New Zealand) and is suitable for vegetarians.[citation needed]
Products
- Cadbury Time Out
- Cadbury Time Out Chunky
- Cadbury Time Out Mint Chunky
- Cadbury Time Out Orange
- Cadbury Time Out Coffee
- Cadbury Time Out Wafer
See also
References
- ^ a b Holland, Laura (2016-03-09). "Say Goodbye To The Time Out Bar, They Are Being Replaced". Her.ie. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ "Cadbury scraps Time Out bar but comes up with this instead". The Independent. 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ^ BRW, Neil Shoebridge Neil Shoebridge writes an on-line marketing column exclusively for BRW's CompuServe site Go (1996-03-18). "Risky strategy for avoiding confectionery avalanche". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ^ Ormskirk Advertiser. 15 October 1992. p. 8.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Cadbury scraps Time Out bar but comes up with this instead". The Independent. 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ^ "160 jobs lost as Cadbury scraps the Pink Snack bar". thejournal.ie. 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
- ^ Lynch, Alison (2016-03-11). "Cadbury scraps Time Outs and replaces them with a smaller, single wafer". Metro. Retrieved 2021-05-29.