Viral Dubai chocolate selling out at Banham Creative Cakes

The team at Banham Butchers and Creative Cakes has released Dubai chocolate bars in response to the ongoing TikTok craze.

Dubai chocolate first launched in 2021 and is a bar filled with pistachio cream and knafeh - a traditional Middle Eastern dessert made from shredded filo, soft cheese and syrup.

Banham Butchers and Creative Cakes is selling out of the sweet treat daily (Image: Newsquest) When Lidl launched its own version of Dubai chocolate at the end of March, it sold out within hours despite the bars being limited to two per person. 

With the bar proving tricky to track down around Norfolk due to its popularity, the bakers at Banham Creative Cakes decided to make their own version.

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Michelle Clouting, baker, said: "It is so hard to come by so we thought we would do it ourselves.

"It has sold out every day since we launched it a week ago.

Dubai chocolate is filled with pistachio cream and knafeh and topped with gold leaf (Image: Banham Butchers and Creative Cakes) "We are having to turn people away!"

The 300g milk chocolate bars cost £12 each and are decorated with gold leaf.

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The bakers have started selling Dubai chocolate brownies too in order to help manage demand and these are also proving popular.

"The key to getting the bar spot on is using the right ingredients," Mrs Clouting explained.

Dubai chocolate brownies are also available (Image: Banham Butchers and Creative Cakes) "The knafeh is key to the texture and the taste is amazing - very luxurious and buttery."

At the moment the shop in The Appleyard in Banham is selling the sweet treat every day of the week until it sells out on the day.

"We are just taking it a day at a time," Mrs Clouting added. 

"We always go through trends - our cookies are going crazy at the moment and we are having to make around 1,000 a week.

"The Dubai chocolate is something different though - it's on a whole other scale."