The yellow-orange interior simulates the yolk of an egg.

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Creme eggs are usually sold individually, but are also available in packets of three, four, six, and twelve, and in boxes of fifteen and twenty four. The foil wrapping of the eggs is traditionally red, yellow and blue in colour in the United Kingdom, with some green incorporated into the design in the United States, and previously featured the product's mascot--the Creme Egg Chick. The brand has proven to be extremely popular worldwide, and in the UK Creme Eggs are the best selling confectionery item between January 1st and Easter, with annual sales in excess of 200 million items [1] and a brand value of approximately £45m[2]. Aluminium foil (Aluminum foil in North American English) is aluminium prepared in thin sheets (on the order of 0. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... This article is about the Christian festival. ...

Manufacture

While filled eggs were first manufactured by the Cadbury Brothers in the early 1920s, the Creme Egg in its current form was not released until 1971. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Creme Eggs are manufactured by making a chocolate shell in a half-egg shaped mould, which is then filled with white fondant and a dab of yellow fondant to simulate the yolk. Two mould halves are closed very quickly and cooled to allow the chocolate to set. When the moulds are opened, the eggs fall onto a conveyor which transports them to the foiling machines and then to the finished packing. The eggs are manufactured at the Bournville factory in Birmingham at the rate of 1.5 million per day, and also at other Cadbury factories in countries such as New Zealand. One half of a bronze mould for casting a socketed spear head dated to the period 1400-1000 BC. There are no known parallels for this mould. ... Look up packing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bournville is an area on the south side of Birmingham, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and chocolate - including a dark chocolate bar branded Bournville. It is also home to a campus of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ...

Product Specification

One Creme Egg weighs 1.4 oz. and contains approximately 170 calories.[3] While many people feel that the size has diminished since its introduction in 1971, Cadbury maintains "It hasn't - you've just grown up!" [4]

Over the years, Cadbury has introduced a number of products related to the original Creme Egg, including:

• Mini Creme Eggs (bite-sized Creme Eggs)
• Caramel Eggs (soft caramel filling)
• Mini Caramel Eggs (bite-sized Caramel Eggs)
• Chocolate Creme Eggs (chocolate fondant filling)
• Dream Eggs (white chocolate with white chocolate fondant filling)
• Dairy Milk Creme Egg bars
• Creme Egg Fondant In a Narrow Cardboard Tube (limited edition)

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Advertising

In recent times, the creme egg has been marketed in the UK and Ireland with the question "How do you eat yours?" and in Australia with the slogan "Don't get caught with egg on your face". Australia has also used a variation of the UK question, using the slogan "How do you do it?" Over the years, there have been several major Cadbury's Creme Egg campaigns.

• "Shopkeeper" campaign of the 1970s in which a boy asks for 6000 Cadbury Creme Eggs.
• "Irresistibly" campaign showing characters prepared to do something unusual for a Creme Egg, similar to the "What would you do for a Klondike Bar?" campaign.
• 1985: The "How Do You Eat Yours?" campaign begins.
• 1990-1993: The first TV Advertising campaign to feature the "How Do You Eat Yours?" theme. This was achieved through the zodiac signs.
• 1994-1996: Spitting Image characters continued "How Do You Eat Yours?"
• 1997-1999: George Dawes (Matt Lucas) from Reeves & Mortimer Shooting Stars.
• 2000-2003: The "Pointing Finger" campaign.
• 2004: The 'Roadshow' finger campaign
• 2005: 'The Eggmeister Returns' campaign
• 2004-2006: The 'How Do You Eat Yours?' campaign

In North America, Creme Eggs are advertised on television with a small white rabbit called the Cadbury Bunny (alluding to the Easter Bunny) who clucks like a chicken. Ads for caramel eggs use a larger gold-colored rabbit which also clucks, and chocolate eggs use a large brown rabbit which clucks in a deep voice. The advertisements use the slogan "No bunny knows Easter better than him", spoken by TV personality Mason Adams. The Klondike bar is a brand name for a dessert generally consisting of a vanilla ice cream square coated with a thin layer of chocolate. ... Indo-European Zodiac signs, 16th century , medieval woodcuts The term zodiac (from Greek zodiakos [kyklos], circle of little animals, from zodiaion, the diminutive of zoon animal) denotes several places where a circle of twelve animals occurs. ... Spitting Image was a satirical puppet show that ran on Britains ITV television network from 1984 to 1996. ... Matt Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English comedy actor. ... Vic Reeves (born 24 January 1959, real name Jim Moir) and Bob Mortimer (born 23 May 1959), more commonly known simply as Vic and Bob or Reeves and Mortimer, are a British comedy double act. ... Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae, found in many parts of the world. ... A porcelain Easter Bunny The Easter Bunny (sometimes known controversially as the Spring Bunny in some parts of the United States) is an imaginary or mythical rabbit which leaves gifts for children at Easter (or at springtime). ... Trinomial name Gallus gallus domesticus A chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a type of domesticated bird which is often raised as a type of poultry. ... Mason Adams (February 26, 1919 – April 26, 2005) was an American character actor. ...

External link

• Cadbury Creme Egg