Cadbury Fingers facts for kids
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| Product type | Biscuit |
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| Owner | Cadbury |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Introduced | 1897 |
| Related brands | List of Cadbury products |
| Markets | World |
Cadbury Fingers are yummy chocolate biscuits that are very popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. They are long, thin biscuits covered in delicious chocolate. These tasty treats are made in the United Kingdom by the Burton's Biscuit Company. They are then sold by Cadbury UK all over the world! You can find them in places like North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Since March 2013, Cadbury Fingers have also been sold in Australia.
Fingers usually come in rectangular boxes. Inside, the biscuits are neatly placed in a plastic tray, sealed to keep them fresh. Sometimes, you can even find bigger boxes with two or three trays inside. A typical box has about 24 Fingers.
The Cadbury Fingers we know today first appeared in 1951. But did you know that a similar biscuit was part of a Cadbury biscuit collection way back in 1897? By late 2012, Cadbury Fingers was a very successful brand, worth about £40 million. It was the top brand in the "special treats" biscuit group.
Each single Cadbury Finger has about 30 calories. It also contains 1.5 grams of fat and 3.4 grams of carbohydrates. Cadbury suggests that one serving is usually four fingers.
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Different Kinds of Cadbury Fingers
Cadbury Fingers come in many exciting flavors! You can find them in white chocolate, dark chocolate, and even orange chocolate. There are also "Fabulous Fingers," which have triple chocolate.
Here are some of the different types of Cadbury Fingers that have been made:
- Cadbury Dairy Milk Fingers (these were the original ones)
- Cadbury Orange Fingers (first launched in 2002, then brought back in 2020)
- Cadbury Mint Fingers (launched in 2021)
- Cadbury Fingers Caramel (launched in 2002, but stopped being made in 2006)
- Cadbury Fingers Salted Caramel (launched in 2023)
- Cadbury Fingers Toffee Crunch (launched in 2008, stopped in 2013)
- Cadbury Fingers Double Chocolate (launched in 2009, stopped in 2016)
- Cadbury White Fingers (first called Cadbury Dream Fingers in 2010, then renamed in 2013)
- Cadbury Bournville Fingers (launched in 1998, stopped, then relaunched in 2010 and again in 2020)
- Cadbury Fabulous Fingers (launched in 2011, later called Cadbury Triple Chocolate Fingers in 2021, then stopped in 2023)
- Cadbury Honeycomb Fabulous Fingers (launched in 2013, stopped in 2018)
- Cadbury Praline Fabulous Fingers (launched in 2013, stopped in 2016)
- Cadbury Mini Fingers (these came in small bags)
- Cadbury Toffee Crunch Mini Fingers (stopped in 2014)
- Cadbury Nibbly Fingers (launched in 2018, originally a sharing pack of Mini Fingers)
- Cadbury White and Milk Chocolate Fingers (these are special and only available for a short time in late autumn to early winter, called Cadbury Snowy Fingers)
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were also Cadbury Snack Fingers for a few years.
Australian Varieties
When Cadbury Fingers arrived in Australia, they had some special flavors too:
- Cadbury Fingers Milk Chocolate
- Cadbury Fingers Chocolate
- Cadbury Fingers Honeycomb
The "Fabulous Fingers" were the first new type of Cadbury Fingers to be launched. This happened in November 2011, and Cadbury spent £2 million to tell everyone about them!
How Cadbury Fingers Are Advertised
Cadbury Fingers have had some fun advertisements over the years.
Famous Comedians in the 1990s
In the 1990s, comedians like Michael Barrymore and Barry Humphries (as his character Dame Edna Everage) appeared in adverts. They sang songs about Cadbury Fingers. They also made sure to mention that the chocolate coating was Cadbury Dairy Milk.
The "Thumb" Adverts in the 2000s
In the early to mid-2000s, the adverts featured a main character: a Thumb! This Thumb always tried to stop people from eating Cadbury Fingers, but it never worked. The slogan for these adverts was "It's a finger thing." These ads were even sponsored by Channel 5 during movie premieres until 2005. Some packs even came with a sticker of a face that you could put on your own thumb!
"One May Lead to Another" Campaign
In late 2006, the packaging for Cadbury Fingers was updated to look simpler. A new slogan appeared: "one may lead to another." The adverts showed how one Finger would fall, then another, and another, suggesting you can't stop at just one!
Finger Puppets in 2010
In October 2010, a new advertising campaign began. Cadbury invested £4 million into the brand. This campaign featured main "Fingers puppets" that celebrated good times. They were shown at music concerts and sporting events, highlighting their amazing skills.
