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Can you remember your first cadburys Cream Egg?

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Yammy Sun 20-Feb-22 21:52:39

On the same theme as Hot cross buns ,can you remember your first cream egg. Mine was 1970.They hadn't hit my backwater but I was given one by a student friend while in the cinema.
I've been hooked ever since.

Kali2 Sun 20-Feb-22 21:57:17

1970 too, just arrived in London. Made me feel sick- never again.

nanna8 Sun 20-Feb-22 22:00:25

I used to love them but now find they are a bit too sweet and sickly. So long ago, I can’t actually remember the first. The ones here probably taste a bit different because I believe we use different types of sugar.

Grandmabatty Sun 20-Feb-22 22:15:55

In the mid seventies,when I was at uni in Glasgow, I took part in a research project to find out what cream egg flavours people liked. I had to taste lots of different eggs and answer questions about them. I remember enjoying the caramel one and an orange one. Great fun.

mokryna Sun 20-Feb-22 22:25:23

I have never had one. Am I missing something?

Aldom Sun 20-Feb-22 22:27:07

I don't know if it was a Cadbury creme egg but I've never forgotten it. It was in the mid 1940's and I remember an Easter egg the same size as the Cadbury creme eggs. This egg had a thick caramel filling, surrounded by a solid chocolate shell. Where it came from is a mystery as sweets were rationed. It was so delicious. I've tried caramel eggs over the years but nothing compares to the egg I was given as a three year old.

Shinamae Sun 20-Feb-22 22:35:08

I never had one, never fancied it at all..?

Cold Sun 20-Feb-22 23:11:44

I used to love the Cadbury's Border Cream Eggs with the chocolate filling - less sickly than the originals

Sago Sun 20-Feb-22 23:12:03

Disgusting ?

MayBeMaw Sun 20-Feb-22 23:23:13

Cremeegg please !

MayBeMaw Sun 20-Feb-22 23:23:35

Oops Creme egg !

MayBeMaw Sun 20-Feb-22 23:24:48

A Cadbury Creme Egg is a chocolate confection produced in the shape of an egg, originating from the British chocolatier Fry in 1963 before being renamed by Cadbury in 1971. The product consists of a thick chocolate shell containing an enzymatically-derived sweet white and yellow filling that resembles fondant. .

Granny23 Sun 20-Feb-22 23:25:47

The fondant for creme eggs is produced in the Yeast factory in our village. I have tried to support the local economy by buying them to give to others. Personally, I cannot eat them. They are overloaded with sweetness, Just YUK. I much prefer plain chocolate. I justify consuming small amounts because it contains lots of iron. wink

Hymnbook Sun 20-Feb-22 23:48:07

I loved Needlers cream eggs. Larger than Cadbury filled with fondant not runny.

Marydoll Sun 20-Feb-22 23:55:06

Aldom

I don't know if it was a Cadbury creme egg but I've never forgotten it. It was in the mid 1940's and I remember an Easter egg the same size as the Cadbury creme eggs. This egg had a thick caramel filling, surrounded by a solid chocolate shell. Where it came from is a mystery as sweets were rationed. It was so delicious. I've tried caramel eggs over the years but nothing compares to the egg I was given as a three year old.

Aldom, was it a Mackintosh's egg, based on the Golden Cup bars? I adored them.
That was in the 1960s, I think.

Grandmabatty, I was a taster for a toffee variety of Wispa. I thought I had died and gone to heaven!

Redhead56 Mon 21-Feb-22 00:03:20

Late 60s I remember thinking it's was unbelievable and such a treat. It made my buttons egg pale into insignificance.

Kalu Mon 21-Feb-22 00:09:49

Two of my favourites, crème eggs and walnut whips, leaving the walnut to eat when the whip was finished.

Both seem so much smaller now?

NotAGran55 Mon 21-Feb-22 07:14:49

I can’t remember my first but it was my last! Far too sweet and sickly for me. Unlike a Topic….

Kim19 Mon 21-Feb-22 07:21:28

My first was Fry's which I believe was bought over by Cadbury. Yep, I'm that old!

TillyTrotter Mon 21-Feb-22 07:22:27

I had a thing about creme eggs when pregnant and couldn’t get enough.
It was February and I was in hospital for 3 weeks and visitors bought them knowing how many I was getting through.
There were various coloured wrappers back then - and I saved the pink ones until last (my favourite).

DillytheGardener Mon 21-Feb-22 07:30:01

No can’t bear them. Too sickly and somehow waxy and oily.
I really like the brands hotel chocolate and Tony’s, I must see if they do eggs ? ?

Gwyneth Mon 21-Feb-22 08:12:14

I love Cadbury’s Creme Eggs but wish they only sold them at Easter time. They were a treat to look forward to but they’re available practically the whole year round now.

Georgesgran Mon 21-Feb-22 08:16:07

Always too sickly sweet for me but Tony’s? Now you’re talking!

M0nica Mon 21-Feb-22 15:15:32

No idea when I first had one. Presumably I was unimpressed.

I do not have a sweet tooth and have never particularly liked chocolate, which probably explains why I do not have any memories of them.

BlueBelle Mon 21-Feb-22 15:22:10

Have always disliked them immensely not keen on chocolate and the rest to me is dead yukky