Coles launches VERY controversial new hot cross buns: ‘Why can’t you leave them alone’

Hundreds of Coles shoppers have once again criticized the retailer’s seasonal hot cross bun release, but this time it has nothing to do with when they hit shelves.

This time around, bun lovers are begging supermarkets to “stop bringing out new flavors” after noticing a Vegemite and cheese option in the mix.

The uproar came after an irate shopper posted a photo on Facebook with: “I have no words.”

‘Why can’t things be left alone, fruit or just not this crap?’ an angry woman wrote in the post.

“Yuck. I hate that Vegemite tried it once, never again,” said another.

“I saw them at Coles yesterday and my thoughts were (two vomit emojis),” added another.

The Vegemite and cheese version of the iconic Easter staple went on sale December 27, along with the rest of the chain’s collection.

But it seemed to escape criticism until the new year.

Some people jumped to the defense of ‘creative licences’ with hot cross bun flavours.

‘If people never switched and experimented with different food, we’d never have hot cross buns in the first place. Or bread at all.

Or, in fact, anything that didn’t fall into our mouths from a tree. You don’t have to like new foods or even try them, but declaring that their mere existence is bad is nonsense,” declared one woman.

‘If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. Not my cup of tea, but I like the variations they come up with,” another agreed.

This is the second year the retailer has released the Vegemite version, repeating the limited item due to its extreme popularity.

I tried them last year and they were gross. I took a bite of one and the rest went in the trash. That salty sweet combo doesn’t work for me. They need to bring back the ones with the sticky date,” one woman said.