They came, they clicked and they realised they had been fooled. Quick-commerce platform Zepto took a perfect April Fool’s Day opportunity and played a clever prank on its users. It featured discontinued snacks, making many believe their favourite treats were back.<\/p>\n

A woman shared a video on Instagram with the caption, “I got excited for nothing! Zepto this hurt so bad.”<\/p>\n

The clip starts with, “I thought nothing could hurt me anymore, and then Zepto decided to do this.” She then showed Zepto which introduced a new section called “The Grand Comeback.”<\/p>\n

It featured discontinued snacks such as Cadbury’s Bytes, Hippo Chips, and Cheetos Tazo Edition, making people believe they could buy them again and relive childhood memories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She, all excited, then clicks on Hippo Chips to add them to her cart. A message pops up, “You’ve Been Fooled!” It then showed, “Happy April Fool’s Day,” followed by “Go prank your friends now.”<\/p>\n

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The video quickly went viral online, leaving many nostalgic.<\/p>\n

One user shared a similar experience in the comment section. She wrote, “I opened Cheetos, which I remember eating in my childhood. I was so eager to order, and then boom, it was a prank.”<\/p>\n

Another commented, “Never gonna forgive Zepto. I literally die to eat hippo chips.”<\/p>\n

A third user wrote, “This would have made me cry for sure.”<\/p>\n

This was not the first time a platform pulled off such a prank. In 2023, Swiggy pranked its customers<\/a> on April Fool’s Day by featuring Cadbury Bytes on its platform.<\/p>\n

Hippo Chips, owned by Parle, was discontinued in 2014 and Cadbury Bytes, a crispy chocolate-filled snack, was discontinued in 2011. A limited-edition variant of Cheetos called Cheetos Tazo Edition also disappeared from the market in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

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