The Creme de la creme? (Cadbury Creme Egg)

Member Name: Lunah_C

Product:	Cadbury Creme Egg
Date:	15/01/07 (693 review reads)
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Advantages: Good for a quick intake of sugar.

Disadvantages: Very high in calories and sickly.

It’s that time of year again and the chocolate eggs and bunnies are starting to fill the shelves. Each year the designs vary, most going with the latest fads. But one egg that returns year after year is the Cadbury’s Crème Egg.

The first egg to be introduced by the Cadbury Brothers arrived on the scene in the 1920’s. I am not sure what happened in between but the egg as we know and love it today was first available in 1971. The design has always remained the same , as has the size and taste.
From January to Easter each year, The Cadbury Creme Egg plant at Bournville produce more than 1.5 million eggs per day. Over 200 million are sold annually, that is 3 for every person in the UK.

**How do you eat yours**
Since the 1980’s this has been the advertising slogan for the egg. Many celebrities have featured in the adverts and competitions have been run for the best answers.
Before we go more into that, let’s look at the design.

**The Design**
The eggs are, well, egg shaped. They are also egg sized. Each weighs just under 40 grams, making them quite heavy for a chocolate product.
The eggs are wrapped in a foil sporting the traditional purple, red and yellow colours, along with the Cadbury Logo. Nutritional info is included but you would probably need a microscope to read it. The foil is quite thin, and can easily get ripped; this is not a major problem but maybe something to watch when buying the eggs singularly.
The eggs can be bought on their own, or in boxes. The amount seems to vary each year but it always seems to be multiples of 3, that is 3, 6, 12, 15 or 24. I have not seen a pack with 9 or 18 in, but maybe I am just not in the right place. I have also seen a box of 48 but this was mainly for sale to trade.

**Price**
You can expect to pay anything from 31p to 40p. The price will vary according to the size of the pack you buy, but obviously the more in the pack, the cheaper the individual price.

**Nutritional Info**
Unless you have bought an individual egg, you will be glad to note that Nutritional Information is printed on the box. This saves you damaging your eyes, in trying to read the very small print on the egg wrapper.

Calorie wise, they are 175 an egg, and contain 6.3 grams of fat per egg. Certainly not something that you would want to eat as part of your daily diet, but certainly alright for a treat.

They contain e numbers and colourings, so not suitable for children or adults who tend to react to these. There is no mention of nuts in the ingredients, or any warnings on the box. However Cadbury do make products that contain nuts in the same factory so I would be unsure of eating the product if I had a nut allergy.
They are though, suitable for vegetarians.

**The taste Test**
Most importantly, how do they taste. Biting off the top of the egg I simply get pure chocolate., but whilst revealing the oozing contents. The content is white in colour with a streak of yellow. This is done to give the appearance of a real egg. Cadbury in my opinion are the best chocolate makers and so this mouthful of melting chocolate is very pleasant. The next decision is whether to bite another chunk, or start to suck the innards out. I decide to suck, and soon get a mouthful of very sweet and sickly fondant. Very similar to a spoonful of icing. To be honest, for me this is just way too sweet but many love this taste. It all comes down to whether you have a really sweet tooth opr not. The choices continue as to whether to continue and suck all the fondant out or start chomping at the chocolate sides. I choose the later option as I find the slight bitterness of the chocolate helps to calm the sickly taste. The bottom of the egg is always thicker than the top, so here I am left with another chomp of pure chocolate after clearing the filling.

**So would I recommend them**

I would to all those of you with a liking for something sweet. If however, you prefer something a little less sugary, these may be a bit too much. Apart from the one I have just devoured for the sake of testing, I generally stay clear of these eggs. I am already starting to feel a little nauseas and the thought s of any more chocolate just makes me turn a little greener. This of course is great news to my other half as he now has a box of 5 crème eggs to consume all by himself!

Summary: A chocolate egg with a yellow and white coloured fondant filling.