A woman's unique chocolate combination has divided opinions online.
Maria Antoniou, 46, a chocolatier from Essex, used to eat salty tortilla chips dipped in Greek yoghurt alongside a chocolate bar as her favourite childhood snack.
Now she makes her own unique, and slightly controversial, combinations, like the 'Bar of Crisps' - a chocolate bar stuffed with crunchy crisps - an ode to her love of sweet and salty foods.
"The first time I made the bar I used ready salted, then salt and vinegar," Maria said.
"It was delicious and my taste testers loved it.
"[So far] I’ve made ready salted, salt and vinegar, and cheese and onion, as well as testing prawn cocktail and frazzles.
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"The texture of the bar is smooth milk chocolate stuffed with the crisps, so it’s definitely crunchy.
"Most people’s reactions to [the bar] is: 'I thought I was weird liking this combination, I’m so glad someone has finally made this.'
"My favourite comment is from a customer who came to hand collect the bar and messaged me five minutes later saying she’s not even left the car park yet, but she’s demolished the whole thing."
Maria shared her bizarre creation in a post on TikTok in a video that has since been viewed more than 700,000 times.
In the video, she begins by showing a packet of Seabrooks salt and vinegar flavoured crisps, before showing a handful of milk chocolate buttons.
The clip cuts to show the salt and vinegar ‘Bar of Crisps’ – which is designed similarly to a crisp packet, with a green and black colour scheme.
Since being posted, the video has racked up more than 55,000 likes and plenty of comments from divided viewers.
One person said: "I always liked sweet chilli sensations with chocolate."
Another person added: "Yesss! I’ve been doing this since I was a kid everyone said I was so odd."
"Nooooooo omg," said a third.
Someone else put: "Oh my god a dream come true!!!"
While another simply commented: "NO."
Maria said of the reaction: "I love how much recognition [the bars] have received, but I feel hurt when people leave horrible comments for no good reason.
"It's my job to educate people and most of the comments are positive.
"I’m keen to try chilli and lime flavour or bacon next."
The ‘Bar of Crisps' can be purchased from Chocolate Moments UK for £4.99.
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