Although not available in the US, Cadbury has recently released a chocolate bar that is a play on the Cadbury Creme egg. it's called the Dairy Milk with Creme Egg Bar - or simply the Creme Egg Bar. My first visions were of a Snickers-shaped bar with a huge amount of fondant filling, but the bars are divided up into filled squares in the same manner as other Cadbury filled bars. All reports make them sound as though they have a similar chocolate: fondant ratio as the mini Cadbury Eggs. For me, this is a good thing, since I prefer to have more chocolate to balance the intensely sugary filling, though there are many people who even want their full-sized eggs to contain more fondant.
Taste aside, I can't help by wonder if Cadbury Cremes are meant to be egg-shaped. At least half the fun of eating a Creme Egg is that it is an egg. And besides, the fondant is supposed to look like the inside of an egg, so what's the point of having a spot of orange "yolk" in the center of a chocolate bar?
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6-01-2006 @11:12AM Gordo said... I tried one of these, must say it was a bit of a disappointment. Now, I am a big fan of Creme Eggs, just this alternative incarnation did not really hit the spot. I'll be sticking with the original, though kudos to Cadbury for their innovation.
G
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6-01-2006 @12:47PM DS9r said... I buy them the day after Easter, when they're marked down 50-75%, so I get my fill for an intensely sweet time once a year.
That seems to get me through to the next Easter, although reading about them is making me crave 'em!
But I agree--what's the point of the yolk in a candy bar?
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6-01-2006 @3:06PM Mike said... You might want to change the writeup. Cadbury Mini Eggs have no creme. Cadbury Mini Creme Eggs, however, do.
This is a very important distinction, especially when you send someone to buy you Mini Eggs and they come back with the nearly inedible Mini Creme Eggs.
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6-01-2006 @6:27PM Franz Hemingbeck said... Unfortunately the Brits love to replace the cocoa butter in their chocolate with vegetable fat, so no thank you.
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6-02-2006 @12:39AM JoJo said... Cadbury Creme Eggs are great to make inot a creamy vodka martini! Melt the creme eggs over a double boiler, pour slightly warmed vodka over the melted eggs and whisk until incorporated. You can use as many eggs as you want to make it more or less sweet. To make the martini, shake the egg vodka with ice and milk and pour into martini glass. Heaven! But it is a hang-over waiting to happen.
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