Cadbury's Creme Egg, different?

Dizzicizzi

I just had a Cadbury's Creme Egg there, it was the first one I had in years... But it tasted different. Is the stuff in the middle different? It kinda tastes like cake icing now... I wasn't a fan. It wasn't as soft as it used to be either.

Sorry weird and random, but I just have to see if it was just me or not!

kneemos

Was it free range?

El Guapo!

I'm still waiting for them to make an Easter egg full of all the goo.

Some day.....




*stares off into distance

Flippyfloppy

Ya I noticed that before

Ruu

The goo (teehehehehehe goo...) is much sweeter I find.

shamrock55

They are pure ****e now and tiny too

GAAman

El Guapo! wrote: »

I'm still waiting for them to make an Easter egg full of all the goo.

Some day.....




*stares off into distance

I remember a few years ago someone made one and sold it on ebay. The winning bidder probably has diabetes now....

dee_mc

Yep definitely more of a soft fondant than a 'creme' at this stage. They're a bit more gritty/sugary now for sure, ick.

Dizzicizzi

kneemos wrote: »

Was it free range?

O.o fricken Cadbury's battery fondant hens. Shoddy state they are kept in. I think we should all start a petition!

El Guapo! wrote: »

I'm still waiting for them to make an Easter egg full of all the goo.

Some day.....




*stares off into distance

I remember when I was younger I got a creme egg easter egg and I was fully expecting it to be full of goo... It was not and I was most upset.

Dizzicizzi

shamrock55 wrote: »

They are pure ****e now and tiny too

They just taste like icing sugar mixed with syrup... It's like here have an egg full of bland gooey sugar!

Chet T16

It goes hard/gritty if it's too cold. The chocolate goes soft if it's too warm. It's very serious business.

GenieOz

You need to eat it at room temperature. Don't keep it in the fridge!

Dizzicizzi

Chet T16 wrote: »

It goes hard/gritty if it's too cold. The chocolate goes soft if it's too warm. It's very serious business.

Where is the perfect balance?? I mean is having the heating set to 25C sufficient? Or would I need it a bit cooler for the chocolate?

Dizzicizzi

GenieOz wrote: »

You need to eat it at room temperature. Don't keep it in the fridge!

I was more kinda keeping it in my mouth... I think I'm doing something terribly wrong lol.

Cocolola

El Guapo! wrote: »

I'm still waiting for them to make an Easter egg full of all the goo.

Some day.....




*stares off into distance

How about a little DIY?

dgt

Dizzicizzi wrote: »

I was more kinda keeping it in my mouth... I think I'm doing something terribly wrong lol.

Don't swallow that!

Dizzicizzi

dgt wrote: »

Don't swallow that!

Waaaaayyyy too late man... Ship hath sailed lol

Flippyfloppy

Dizzicizzi wrote: »

I remember when I was younger I got a creme egg easter egg and I was fully expecting it to be full of goo... It was not and I was most upset.

Same. It totally ruined my Easter.

Dizzicizzi

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

Same. It totally ruined my Easter.

I bet they sold millions of those eggs that year! I think we were all expecting something inside them.

Panda_Turtle

The 2 eggs for €1 at the Esso is very tempting when popping in there for fuel (or for the 4litres of milk for €3.50) disappointing that 2 for €1 deal is over.

Prefer the caramel version myself.

Sulla Felix

Used to love the rolo eggs myself. Lovely caramel goodness.

Anyone tried the creme egg biscuits? Look ... interesting.

COYW

The Creme Egg is smaller. That is the most annoying change.

dee_mc

Panda_Turtle wrote: »

The 2 eggs for €1 at the Esso is very tempting when popping in there for fuel (or for the 4litres of milk for €3.50) disappointing that 2 for €1 deal is over.

Prefer the caramel version myself.

Saw them 2 for €1 in Supervalu yesterday if that helps!

thelad95

Cadburys in general has gone downhill a lot. The bar's have gotten smaller but the prices higher. The big bars are really greasy and powdery now and specialist products like the creme egg are a pale shadow of their former selves.

vicwatson

That's Kraft for ya

happypants

They're tiny now! Either that or I'm getting bigger.... From all the creme eggs... 😩

maryishere

yeah, they have got smaller

wendell borton

vicwatson wrote: »

That's Kraft for ya

Another thing that annoys me is all the product crossovers they're doing, Cadbury philli cheese , they're pimping out the once good name Cadbury had.

DeanAustin

wendell borton wrote: »

Another thing that annoys me is all the product crossovers they're doing, Cadbury philli cheese , they're pimping out the once good name Cadbury had.

True that. Seems they are putting Cadbury with every f**king product they have. They've done it with Philidelphia, Ritz, Lu, Daim, Oreo. What next? Cadbury Dairylea? Cadbury Maxwell House?

Surely their marketing and product development teams can do better than that. I could get a class of transition year students to come up with what they have come up with so far.

brevity

Ruubot2 wrote: »

The goo (teehehehehehe goo...) is much sweeter I find.

Maybe there's pineapple in it

jester77

maryishere wrote: »

yeah, they have got smaller

COYW wrote: »

The Creme Egg is smaller. That is the most annoying change.

The hens are smaller!!

But they are definitely different. Used to love these and would scoff down many a multi pack. Was back in Ireland last year and had one for the first time in years and it was pure manky. I might as well have been eating a bag of sugar.

efb

I love Lu!

kneemos

efb wrote: »

I love Lu!

Lu loves you.

Red Nissan

Was never a great fan of these eggs, but then again it would not be Easter without them, a few years ago they changed and I've not had any these last few years.

Staplor

DeanAustin wrote: »

True that. Seems they are putting Cadbury with every f**king product they have. They've done it with Philidelphia, Ritz, Lu, Daim, Oreo. What next? Cadbury Dairylea? Cadbury Maxwell House?

Surely their marketing and product development teams can do better than that. I could get a class of transition year students to come up with what they have come up with so far.

Cadbury + Maxwell House = Cadburys Maxwell House Mocha. You belong in product development.

Cravez

thelad95 wrote: »

Cadburys in general has gone downhill a lot. The bar's have gotten smaller but the prices higher. The big bars are really greasy and powdery now and specialist products like the creme egg are a pale shadow of their former selves.

Not to mention the tin of Roses chocs have gotten smaller and more expensive too. I remember seeing a comparison photo of the size of the Roses tin's over the years and it was shocking.

Oranage2

Always tasted like crap so can't see how it'll be any different now.

Lapin

Deja vu !

DeanAustin

Staplor wrote: »

Cadbury + Maxwell House = Cadburys Maxwell House Mocha. You belong in product development.

Or transition year.

SamAK

Well if you're after proper chocolate and not sugar laden gack then don't even bother with Cadbury in the first place.

It's peoples fault, stupid people, thinking E numbers are bad.

Dizzicizzi

Lapin wrote: »

Deja vu !

Duuuude... My bad! At least they weren't both by me? =/
Nice to know so many people agree with me!

I know Cadbury's is not "proper chocolate", it's too soft and doesn't have enough cocoa in it to be classed as "proper chocolate" but it most definitely has gone down hill an awful lot.

I lol'd at Cabury's Maxwell house... That actually sounds nice! Their hot chocolate powder is still good!

whisky_galore

Always found the filling icky and overly sweet, even as a kiddywink.

RahenyD5

Apparently some Cadburys products are now made in Poland, may be why your Creme Egg tasted rank. I think I remember another poster, in another thread, pointed out that Roses are Polish made too.

We're lucky to have Coolock still producing - for now - as the Irish made Dairy Milk is much nicer than the UK version which is Polish made, poor Brits!

Red Nissan

RahenyD5 wrote: »

Apparently some Cadburys products are now made in Poland, may be why your Creme Egg tasted rank. I think I remember another poster, in another thread, pointed out that Roses are Polish made too.

We're lucky to have Coolock still producing - for now - as the Irish made Dairy Milk is much nicer than the UK version which is Polish made, poor Brits!

Thanks for that, we were complaining about our Roses over the Christmas, we won't be buying them again, the partially eaten tin lasted into March, they never got past St Stephen's day previously, with me blaming the children ~ nice to know.

Assuming this is factual, I absolutely concur that the previously Irish Made stuff was far, far, far superior.

I see myself going to the Dragon's Den, now I know why both the English and Irish shows were gushing over Chocolate producers.

longhalloween

Cocolola wrote: »

How about a little DIY?

ONE MILLION CALORIES!!!!
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rubadub

COYW wrote: »

The Creme Egg is smaller. That is the most annoying change.

maryishere wrote: »

yeah, they have got smaller

Can you find any evidence that UK creme eggs got smaller, or Irish ones, presumably the same. They did in the US, but I never heard of them changing here.

It is always blamed on your hand being smaller as a child. I see no difference, I remember them being tiny in the mid 80's, my mother would put tissue in a small egg cup to hold them up.

This site says they were 39g in 1977 and 40g now
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/picture/2013/mar/29/creme-egg-everything-you-need-to-know

Tesco have a 12 pack listed as 475g so 39.58g. So there is probably no change at all, just different rounding.

Picture of an old egg found from 1963 here, looks the same as the new one beside it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299889/Cadburys-chocolate-Oldest-Creme-Egg-discovered-fully-wrapped-50-years.html

McChubbin

El Guapo! wrote: »

I'm still waiting for them to make an Easter egg full of all the goo.

Some day.....




*stares off into distance

*COUGH* I'll just leave this here....

Bollocks. Beaten to it! :mad:

shamrock55

Herself got me one last night to have with the tay and i actually didnt bother with it, first time ever id say