We went through an avocado shortage in January 2016.

But nothing shocked us more than food. That’s right, food.

2016 was the year all our favourite eats were either shrunk, made a different flavour or cleared from shelves.

Here are just a few foods that were ruined in 2016 and one stupid trend that drove us absolutely crazy.

SHAPES

Let’s get the worst out of the way shall we? Our beloved Shapes. Arnott’s decided it might be a good idea to change up the flavours. They couldn’t have been more wrong.

The flavours of our childhood diminished in every bite and lick of a Pizza Shape or Chicken Crimpy.

They were a lunch box favourite for decades and shook everybody to the core when Arnott’s changed the taste of the much-loved biscuit.

“New and improved shapes? Revolting! I just threw out the two packets I tried,” one Facebook user said.

“Soft biscuits and flavour is not good at all. Bring back the old Shapes.”

Well, people power prevailed in the end, and Arnott’s backflipped on its decision to change the flavour of the much loved Pizza Shapes.

Shapes told news.com.au they brought the flavour back due to “popular demand”.

Charlie Schultz’s face says it all.Source:News Corp Australia

DECONSTRUCTED COFFEE

What an unnecessary trend that just gave us more work to do.

Come on, we’re a lazy society, why would we enjoy things being served to us in a cafe that we had to make ourselves?

A hipster cafe in Melbourne served customers three beakers, one with milk, one with coffee, and one with hot water.

This trend drove everybody nuts and one coffee drinker said she would even send the coffee back if it was served to her like that.

“That’s their job as baristas,” Sharon Palmer wrote on Facebook.

“If I wanted to make my own I’d stay at home.

“Quirky and coffee shouldn’t be used in the same sentence.”

Another valid point coffee lovers made was which cup do you pour it all into?

Deconstructed coffee? You’ve got the be kidding me. Picture: Ellen SmithSource:News Corp Australia

TOBLERONE

First they touched our Shapes, then they touched our Toblerone.

The Swiss chocolate maker tried to cut the amount of Toblerone we were getting and thought we’d never notice.

Well, we did. And we weren’t happy about it.

Toblerone cut about 10 per cent of the chocolate by widening the gaps between the triangular pieces. People revolted on social media, some even said it spoiled their Christmas.

But the company said it was facing higher costs for a number of ingredients.

“We carry these costs for as long as possible, but to ensure Toblerone remains on-shelf, is affordable and retains the triangular shape, we have had to reduce the weight of just two of our bars in the UK, from the wider range available Toblerone products, “ manufacturer Mondelez International wrote on Facebook.

Rebell Nash and her daughter Taliah Nash, 6, were surprised by Toblerone’s cheeky chocolate chop. Picture: Dylan RobinsonSource:News Corp Australia

PRINGLES

Speaking of shrinking foods, what happened to Pringles?

We couldn’t fault Pringles. Everything about them was perfect, except for maybe the skinny tube you could never fit your hand in.

But now they’re not even that, with the cult snackfood a lot smaller than what we were used to.

Pringles actually received a Shonky Award from consumer advocate Choice.

More saturated fat had been added to the chip and the length had been cut by almost 10 per cent, going from 62mm to 56mm.

People took to Twitter to complain and said the tube too got smaller, making it even more difficult to grab a chip.

SHORTAGE OF EVERYTHING

It started with the avocado apocalypse and then it was all downhill from there.

This year alone we’ve had to pay more for our avos, coconuts, prawns, cherries and even potatoes. It was getting pretty frustrating having to break the bank for our favourite foods.

We can blame the weather, and also our hipster behaviour, for these shortages.

Potatoes, cherries and avocadoes were affected by large amounts of rain leading up to their harvest seasons.

Avocado has also become a very popular superfood, and the growers just couldn’t keep up with the high demand.

Coconuts were in short supply basically because we want coconut milk, coconut water, coconut oil, coconut butter and coconut in anything it can be wedged into.

What is Christmas without our cherries?Source:Supplied