The famous chocolate treats, which usually cost £2.75 each, flew from the shelves as news of the offer went viral and shoppers dashed to stock up in time for the holidays.
The error came about after Tesco accidentally put two separate offers on the chocolates - a buy-one-get-one-free offer, and a three-for-£5 offer.
Combined, the offers meant that Tesco shoppers could purchase six chocolate oranges for just £1.75, or 29p each - a discount of nearly 90% off the official price of £16.50.
A Facebook group called "Terrys (sic) Chocolate Orange glitch, I was there" had hundreds of "likes" within just a few hours as triumphant shoppers posted images of their purchases, with some arranging the boxes of oranges to spell out the words "Yay" and "Tesco".
One shopper claimed on Facebook that she had managed to "raid" two stores to purchase an astonishing 246 oranges.
Usually that would have cost her £676.50, but on Tuesday it would have cost her a mere £71.34.
Laura Ryan said she had to make multiple trips to her car to load it up with her haul. She claimed she has already sold nearly half of the oranges, adding: "I do not like choc orange so I might as well sell them on plus I need a new wing mirror lol".
Other users claimed that oranges were being sold on eBay for up to £7 by people looking to profit by Tesco's mistake. Many were saving the chocolates for their families at Christmas, however.
Tesco supermarkets and Metro stores across the UK were affected by the error, with many shoppers complaining that they had learned off the offer too late and arrived at the stores to find only empty shelves.
In an echo of the famous slogan advertising the treats, the deal was not round for long, with Tesco claiming the glitch lasted only "a very short time" - much to many shoppers' dismay.
The chain would not reveal how many oranges were sold in the rush.
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