A Mint Chocolate Crossover
A new image proposes a significant partnership between two household names: M&S’s Colin the Caterpillar and Nestlé’s Aero. The design shows a complete packaging overhaul, swapping Colin’s usual purple box for the distinctive green and brown of Aero Peppermint. A background pattern of shimmering bubbles drives the point home.
The product name on the box, “Aero Peppermint Bubbly Colin the Caterpillar,” suggests this is more than just a mint-flavoured cake. It implies a direct collaboration, embedding the specific texture and taste of one brand into the format of another. It’s a compelling idea. The social media caption that ran with the image kept it simple: “Aero Peppermint Colin the Caterpillar! This looks mint, what do we think?”
The Ever-Expanding Colin Universe
Colin the Caterpillar is no longer a single chocolate log cake. For years, M&S has treated the character as a platform for a huge range of spin-offs, primarily in confectionery. An Aero version would be the first major co-branding with another confectioner for the cake itself, but it would join a very busy field.
The current lineup includes multiple bags of sweets, from M&S Colin the Caterpillar Fruit Gums and Cola Gums to their Cherry Gums counterpart. There is a whole sub-range of sour sweets, including Sourtastic, Sour Stomps, and Fruit Sours. The cake format has also been diversified, with M&S Mini Colin the Caterpillar Cakes and the smaller, softer Colin the Caterpillar Softies. The brand even extends to partyware, with Party Cups and Party Time packs. It’s an entire ecosystem.
From Speckles to Bubbles
The standard Colin cake has a hard chocolate shell, a white chocolate face, and is topped with chocolate drops. These are sometimes called speckles, and M&S even sells bags of them as a standalone product, M&S Colin the Caterpillar Speckles.
This mockup makes one crucial change to the formula. It replaces those solid chocolate drops with what appear to be Aero Peppermint Bubbles. This would change the entire texture of the cake’s topping, swapping a hard candy crunch for aerated chocolate. The mint and chocolate pairing is one of the most established flavour combinations in UK confectionery. It feels like a natural, if ambitious, next step for the brand.
What the real range looks like
An Aero Peppermint version would sit alongside the core M&S Colin the Caterpillar Cake and its many spin-offs. The current range includes smaller M&S Mini Colin the Caterpillar Cakes and Softies, as well as a large confectionery line covering Fruit Gums, Cola Gums, Cherry Gums and multiple sour variants like Sourtastic and Sour Stomps.
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Cake
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Softies
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Speckles
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Cola Gums
- M S Mini Colin the Caterpillar Cakes
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Sourtastic
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Fruit Gums
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Party Cups
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Party Time
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Sour Stomps
Frequently asked questions
- What flavour is the Aero Colin the Caterpillar?
- The concept is for an Aero Peppermint Bubbly Colin. This would likely involve a mint-flavoured chocolate sponge and buttercream, topped with actual Aero Peppermint Bubbles instead of the usual chocolate buttons.
- Are M&S and Nestlé collaborating on a Colin cake?
- There has been no official announcement from either M&S or Nestlé about a product like this. While brand crossovers are very common in UK supermarkets, this particular concept remains speculative.
- Is the Aero Colin the Caterpillar cake real?
- No, it is a Snackfish. It’s a mockup created by the online design page UK Snack Attack and is not sold in M&S or anywhere else.
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