Last year The Rolling Stones opened and official ‘Merch’ store in London, selling all things ‘Stones related. Of course it being the middle of a pandemic, the store didn’t draw big crowds, but the online store has been doing some brisk business. With artists now continually having to look for new ways to make money…touring is out, in person merch sales are out…The Rolling Stones have decided to branch out in a relatively unique way. You’ve no doubt seen artists launch their own wine, beer or liquor…Brian May of Queen recently launched a line of sports bras (seriously!)…but the Stones have decided to go after your sweet tooth: Rolling Stones Chocolate Bars!
The line of bars is named after songs or lines in songs from the Stones catalogue and the first two bars to be released will be ‘Cherry Red’ (dark chocolate and cherries) named after a line in the song ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ and ‘Brown Sugar’ (milk chocolate with brown sugar). The bars are definitely aimed at die hard fans, as tempting as it might be to own one, they’re approximately $11 Canadian each plus shipping. So, if you’re looking for a special treat for that Stones fan or chocolate fiend in your life, these might be a really special treat! And I mean, if you wanted to get one as a gift for your favourite radio announcer, I’m sure he’d be very grateful as well!
The Rolling Stones chocolate bars launch on January 29th and you can check them out here!
