My yearly treat

[andrewducker]

Once a year I have a Cadbury's Cream Egg. I love them to bits, and they're one of the things I miss the most about not eating sugar.

Comments

[cyprinella]

You know, I hadn't realized that the switch in fillings had been on purpose. I thought it was just that they were getting lazy about closing the chocolate all the way and it was drying out. Ugh, they're gross now.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Isn't it 'Creme', not 'Cream'?

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

It is. The americans seem to call them something different... weird.

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Yes, but the reason CCEs make you feel a bit sick is the combination of fat and sugar, not the sugar on its own; they have a great deal more calories than a can of Coke.

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

My wife adores CCEs, but they're too much cloying sweetness for me.

However, the chocolate-filled CCEs are quite lovely, and I'll have one from time to time. (I'm pretty sure I found orange creme CCEs in Australia, but have never seen them in the US.

[mair_in_grenderich]

Why does it have more sugar outside the US?

[andrewducker]

Possibly in the US they use HFCS rather than sugar?

[mair_in_grenderich]

huh. they're smaller in the US apparently http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Creme_Egg#Reduction_in_size_of_American_eggs