An Australian-favourite chocolate variety box will return to supermarket shelves, just months after it was discontinued.

Cost and supply challenges were blamed when it was announced in November that Celebrations would no longer be available in Australia.

The decision left social media in shock and customers scrambling to source a box from quickly dwindling supply.

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But people power is now being credited with the comeback of the Mars-branded confectionary product.

“The consumer response demanding the return of Celebrations last year was incredible so we are thrilled to bring Celebrations back to supermarket shelves around the country,” Mars Wrigley spokesperson Ben Hill said.

“For decades, Celebrations has featured prominently at family gatherings, events and of course, celebrations of all kinds.

“We can’t wait for everyone to enjoy them again and for hopefully many years to come.”

Prices for the boxes — which include Snickers, Mars, Bounty, Milky Way, Maltesers, Galaxy and Galaxy Caramel — will start at $16.

They will be available in Woolworths from next week and Coles will have them in August.

The websites for the supermarket giants currently show the products are “currently unavailable” and “out of stock”.

Kmart already has them available to buy online.

Popular food reviewer Russ Eats, who previously ranked Celebrations as the best Christmas chocolate, shared news of the return with his followers.

“(The packaging says) ‘Australia has spoken’ so I’d like to think we (the public) brought them back but I do think there was some problems and they were going to come back anyway,” he said.

“I can confirm (the chocolates) taste the same.”

One person described the update as a “Christmas miracle”.

The backflip comes after cost and supply challenges were blamed for the chocolate box being pulled from shelves late last year.

“Our Celebrations products were imported from Europe and, like many Australian businesses importing products from overseas, we’re experiencing rising cost pressures and supply challenges,” a Mars spokesperson said at the time.

“Late last year (in 2023), we made the difficult decision to discontinue the Celebrations brand in Australia.”

The mixed chocolate boxes have been a popular staple of special occasions since launching in 1997.