A Cookies & Cream Makeover
Colin the Caterpillar is an institution. For more than three decades, the M&S chocolate log has been the default choice for office birthdays, family parties, and any occasion requiring a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. He is a British icon.
A new design doing the rounds online proposes a significant departure from the classic formula. The mockup merges Colin with another global giant: Oreo. Visually, it’s a dramatic change. The familiar milk chocolate shell is gone, replaced with a thick, white, cookies-and-cream style buttercream. The caterpillar’s back is decorated not with Smarties-style sweets, but with rough-chopped pieces of dark Oreo biscuit.
The Caterpillar Ecosystem
A major flavour extension like this might seem unlikely, but the Colin brand has expanded far beyond its original format. M&S has spent years building Colin into a complete commercial ecosystem. The character is no longer just a cake. He is a platform.
This expansion has happened in two distinct directions. First, the cake format itself has been iterated on, giving us the shareable M&S Mini Colin the Caterpillar Cakes and the smaller, snack-sized Colin the Caterpillar Softies. These are logical, safe variations on a theme.
The second, more ambitious direction is confectionery. Colin now fronts a surprisingly broad range of sweets, often borrowing formats from other market leaders. These sweets occupy a lot of shelf space.
What the real range looks like
The current M&S confectionery line includes Colin the Caterpillar Speckles, Cola Gums, Fruit Gums, Cherry Gums, Sour Stomps, and Fruit Sours. The brand even extends to non-edibles like Colin the Caterpillar Party Cups and Paper Plates, part of the ‘Party Time’ range. Within this extensive catalogue, a special edition Oreo cake doesn’t seem quite so far-fetched. It would sit as a major flavour event alongside the core product.
- 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 Fruit Gums
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Party Cups
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Party Time
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Sour Stomps
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Cherry Gums
Frequently asked questions
- What flavour is the Oreo Colin the Caterpillar concept?
- The concept design shows a cookies and cream flavour. It swaps the traditional milk chocolate coating for a white buttercream speckled with dark biscuit pieces, in the style of an Oreo.
- What is in the current Colin the Caterpillar range?
- Beyond the main cake, M&S sells Mini Colin Cakes, Softies, and a wide variety of sweets including Fruit Gums, Cola Gums, and Sour Stomps. They also sell branded partyware like plates and cups.
- Is the M&S Oreo Colin the Caterpillar cake real?
- No, this product is not real. It is a Snackfish — a fictional food concept imagined in a mockup created by the online page UK Snack Attack. It is not on sale anywhere.
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Snackfish :
[sn-a-ck-fish] verb
A snack that lies about its legitimacy as an official product online for internet clout and attention. Most commonly fabricated in Adobe Photoshop or using the unofficial Snackfish AI