Cadbury Creme Egg facts for kids
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A whole and split Cadbury Creme Egg
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| Product type | Confectionery |
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| Owner | Cadbury UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Introduced | 1963 (renamed Cadbury Creme Egg in 1971) |
| Related brands | List of Cadbury products |
| Markets | World |
| Type | Artificial | ||||||
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| Place of origin | England | ||||||
| Region or state | West Midlands | ||||||
| Invented | 1963 | ||||||
| Main ingredients | Sugar, glucose syrup, invert sugar syrup, palm oil, industrial-grade cocoa mass | ||||||
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| 177 kcal (741 kJ) | |||||||
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The Cadbury Creme Egg is a popular chocolate treat shaped like an egg. It was first made by a company called Fry's in 1963. Later, in 1971, it became known as the Cadbury Creme Egg. This yummy chocolate egg has a thick chocolate shell. Inside, it's filled with a sweet, gooey white and yellow fondant. This filling looks just like the white and yolk of a real soft-boiled egg!
Cadbury makes these eggs in the United Kingdom. In the United States, another company called The Hershey Company makes them under a special agreement. In Canada, Cadbury's parent company, Mondelez International, produces them. Creme Eggs used to be made in New Zealand, but now they are imported from the UK.
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The Sweet History of Creme Eggs
Chocolate eggs with fillings were first made by the Cadbury Brothers way back in 1923. However, the Creme Egg we know today first appeared in 1963. It was initially called Fry's Creme Egg. Then, in 1971, it got its famous name: Cadbury's Creme Egg.
What's Inside a Creme Egg?
Cadbury Creme Eggs are made in two chocolate halves. Each half is filled with a white, creamy fondant. This fondant is made from sugar, glucose syrup, and other sweet ingredients. A smaller amount of the same mixture, colored yellow with paprika, is added on top. This makes it look like the yolk and white of a real egg.
The two halves are then quickly joined together and cooled. This process makes the chocolate shell stick firmly. Once they are solid, the eggs are taken out of their molds and wrapped in colorful foil.
In 2015, Cadbury in the UK changed the recipe for the Creme Egg. They used a different kind of chocolate instead of their usual Cadbury Dairy Milk. They also reduced the number of eggs in a pack from six to five. Many people were not happy about these changes. Reports showed that Cadbury's Creme Egg sales in the UK dropped by a lot after this.
How Creme Eggs Are Made and Sold
Creme Eggs are made by Cadbury in the UK. The Hershey Company makes them in the United States. In Canada, Cadbury Adams produces them. Mondelez International sells them in most places, except for the US.
At the Bournville factory in Birmingham, UK, they make a huge number of Creme Eggs. They produce about 1.5 million eggs every single day! The Creme Egg is one of the most famous sweets in the UK.
Around 2011, the Creme Egg was the best-selling sweet treat in the UK between New Year's Day and Easter. They sold over 200 million eggs each year. However, after the recipe change in 2015, sales went down.
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Creme Eggs are sold individually or in boxes. The number of eggs in a box can be different depending on the country. The foil wrapping used to be pink, blue, purple, and yellow with a chick design in the UK and Ireland. Later, green and the chick were removed, and purple replaced blue. In the US, the design includes some green and used to feature the Creme Egg Chick mascot. As of 2015, the packaging in Canada changed to a soft plastic shell that is purple, red, and yellow.
Creme Eggs are only available for a limited time each year. You can usually find them between New Year's Day and Easter Sunday. In the 1980s, Cadbury tried selling them all year round in the UK, but sales dropped. So, they went back to being a special seasonal treat.
In 2018, Cadbury released white chocolate Creme Eggs. These special eggs were mixed in with the regular ones. If you found a white chocolate egg, you could win money by finding a code inside the wrapper!
Creme Eggs were made in New Zealand from 1983 to 2009. After that, they started importing them from the UK. This change meant fewer types of Creme Eggs were available in New Zealand. Also, the size of the eggs changed slightly. Many New Zealanders were not happy, saying the filling wasn't as runny as the ones made locally. As of 2024, Cadbury Australia still makes the Mini Creme Egg.
Fun Advertising for Creme Eggs
In the UK and Ireland, Creme Eggs have been advertised with the fun question: "How do you eat yours?" In New Zealand, the slogan was "Don't get caught with egg on your face."
In the US, Creme Eggs are advertised on TV with a cute white rabbit called the Cadbury Bunny. This bunny makes clucking sounds like a chicken! Other animals dressed with bunny ears have also been used in these ads. In 2021, a tree frog named Betty became the newest Cadbury Bunny.
In the UK, there are even "Creme Egg Cars." These are special oval-shaped vehicles painted to look like Creme Eggs. They drive around to advertise the eggs and are often seen near the Cadbury factory in Bournville.
For a few years, around 2008-2010, the advertising campaign was called "Here Today, Goo Tomorrow." These ads used stop-motion animation to show Creme Eggs breaking open to release their gooey centers. The eggs would make "goo" sounds and a "relieved" sound when they finally broke open.
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Creme Egg Café
In 2016, Cadbury opened a special pop-up café in London called "Crème de la Creme Egg Café." Tickets to visit this café sold out very quickly! It was open for a short time in early 2016.
Creme Egg Camp
In 2018, Cadbury opened another fun pop-up event called "Creme Egg Camp." This camp was open from January to February 2018.
Different Kinds of Creme Eggs
Cadbury has made many different versions of the original Creme Egg over the years:
| Name | Year launched |
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| Border Creme Egg | 1970 | This was the first different flavor of Creme Egg. It had a creamy chocolate filling. It was stopped in 1981. | |
| Mini Creme Egg | 1989 | These are smaller, bite-sized versions of the regular Creme Egg. | |
| Berry Creme Eggs | 1987 | These had pink, berry-flavored filling. They were only sold in Australia for a short time. | |
| Double Chocolate Creme Egg | Late-1980s | These were similar to Border Creme Eggs, with chocolate-flavored filling. Only sold in New Zealand until the 1990s. | |
| Caramel Egg | 1994 | This egg has gooey caramel inside instead of fondant. It's also sold in the US and Canada. | |
| Mini Caramel Egg | 1994 | Smaller, bite-sized versions of the Caramel Egg. | |
| Creme Chicks | 1995 | These were shaped like the chick mascot, but still had the Creme Egg filling. | |
| Caramilk Egg | 1990s | A New Zealand version with a mix of caramel and white chocolate in the shell and filling. | |
| Dream Egg | N/A | Another New Zealand-only egg. It had a white chocolate shell and white chocolate filling. It was stopped in 2010. | |
| Mad About Chocolate Egg | N/A | Sold only in Australia and New Zealand, this one had a chocolate fudge filling. It was stopped in 2010. | |
| Peppermint Egg | N/A | A New Zealand-only egg with a minty cream center. Also stopped in 2010. | |
| Chocolate Creme Eggs | 1999 | Another chocolate-filled egg, made and sold in the United States. | |
| Giant Creme Egg | N/A | A very large Creme Egg with white and caramel filling. It was stopped in 2006. | |
| Creme Egg McFlurry | 2001 | A McDonald's McFlurry ice cream with Creme Egg sauce and chocolate pieces. | |
| Dairy Milk with Creme Egg | 2006 | A Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar with a Creme Egg-flavored center. It was sold in the UK for two years. | |
| Orange Creme Egg | 2007 | This egg had orange-flavored filling and chocolate. Sold in the United States. | |
| Holiday Ornament Creme Egg | 2007 | A regular Creme Egg in Christmas-themed packaging. Sold in the United States. | |
| Creme Egg Twisted | 2008 | A chocolate bar inspired by the Creme Egg. A smaller version is still available in Cadbury Heroes. | |
| Screme Egg | 2010 | A Halloween version of the Creme Egg with a green yolk instead of yellow. Sold until 2015. | |
| Screme Egg Minis | 2011 | Small, bite-sized versions of the Screme Egg. | |
| Creme Egg Splats | 2012 | Chocolate pieces shaped like fried eggs, filled with fondant. Sold in the UK. | |
| Fudgee-O Egg | 2015 | A Canadian-only egg with a fudge cream center. | |
| Oreo Egg | 2016 (Canada) 2019 (United Kingdom) |
This egg has a white cream center with Oreo cookie crumbs. | |
| Ghost Egg/Goo Heads | 2016 | Another Halloween egg, but this one had no yolk. Sold in the UK. | |
| Chips Ahoy! Egg | 2017 | A Canadian-only egg with a chocolate chip cookie dough center. | |
| White Creme Egg | 2018 | This egg has a white chocolate shell. It became a regular Easter item in 2023. | |
| Golden Creme Egg | 2021 | A special egg with golden-colored chocolate, released for the 50th Anniversary of the product. | |
| Salted Caramel Egg | 2023 | A version of the Caramel Egg with salted caramel filling. |
Other products include:
- Creme Egg ice cream with a fondant sauce
- Creme Egg Pots Of Joy – melted Cadbury milk chocolate with a fondant layer
- Screme Egg Pots Of Joy – melted Cadbury milk chocolate with a Screme Egg fondant layer
- Creme Egg Layers Of Joy – A layered dessert with chocolate, mousse, cookie, and fondant.
- Jaffa Egg – Made in New Zealand, dark chocolate with orange filling.
- Marble Egg – Made in New Zealand, Dairy Milk and Dream Chocolate swirled together.
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