SALES of top chocolates made in York are booming as Nestlé continues to outperform its UK rivals.

The company today announced its 2010 results and said it had been a ‘good performance’ in a challenging economic climate.

It said KitKat sales rose by 3 per cent last year, Aero increased by eight per cent and Milky Bar by 14 per cent.

It said Nestlé Confectionery had outperformed the market, growing share for the third consecutive year and making it the fastest growing of the big three UK confectionery companies.