Chocolate crumpets set hearts aflutter on Instagram

Breakfasts have just got a lot better

(Knead)

You almost have to wonder how no one came up with them earlier, but chocolate crumpets are now a thing - and judging by the reaction they’ve received, they’re set to revolutionise breakfasts.

Chocolate spread on normal crumpets is great, but imagine chocolate on a chocolate crumpet? Or peanut butter! And banana!

Or just a warm chocolate crumpet smothered in beautiful melting butter (excuse us while we wipe the drool from our chins). It’s exciting stuff.

Knead bakery in Stoke Newington, North London, has created the ingenious breakfast item and they’re getting a lot of love on Instagram.

Despite having sold the crumpets for the past year, it’s only thanks to a mention on the BBC Good Food website that the ingenious breakfast treats have been brought to wider public attention.

Made with 70 per cent chocolate, Good Food say the crumpets have a “rich and deep” flavour, and a “slightly gooey” texture when heated.

We’re imagining the lovechild of a brownie and a pancake.

The artisan bakery sells an array of different crumpet types - from cinnamon and raisin to lemon and poppyseed.

The crumpets are stocked in Selfridges’ food hall and at Knead bakery’s stall in Broadway Market, Hackney.

We reckon it’s only a matter of time before chocolate crumpets hit the mainstream and are stocked in supermarkets up and down the UK - they could be a staple breakfast item before we know it.