Creme Eggs are back, but the seasonal sweets haven’t quite relieved Britain from the January blues in the usual fashion.
And chocolate lovers of the UK aren’t best pleased.
But what are Creme Eggs all about? Surely there’s more to them then Easter and chocolate.
From changing in size to inspiring manicures and having a smidgen of healthy ingredients, here’s 17 things you may not have known about Cadbury Creme Eggs.
1) They can give Everest a run for its money
The total amount of Creme Eggs made per year pile up to ten times the size of Mount Everest.
2) There have been 26 varieties of Creme Eggs over the years
From Caramel Eggs to Jaffa Eggs, Cadbury knows how to keep chocolate lovers on their toes.
3) A Cadbury’s creme egg made in 2015 is 1gramme heavier than those made in 1977
In 1977 the British version of the Easter treats weighed 34 grams and now they weigh 35 grams.
So you can’t complain that they’ve become smaller over the years.
4) In the US, they are actually getting smaller
By five grams to be precise.
We would stage a protest if Cadbury did that to us.
5) As of 2015, they are no longer coated with Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate.
They are now coated with Cadbury Milk Chocolate.
6) Canadians refer to Creme Eggs as “Oef Fondant”
We don’t see that catching on over here.
7) An obvious one, but, each egg has lots of calories
28.8% of your recommend daily allowance to be eggs-act (sorry!).
9) Cadbury make £200m a year in Creme Egg sales alone
Whoever invented them must be raking it in.
10) But now you can only buy five per box
Up until now, it was six.
The P&J online editor was outraged when he discovered this earlier today.
Who asks for a dozen eggs, minus one?
11) The timed UK record for eating one Creme Egg is 8.65 seconds
As set by James Jiggs from of Lancashire.
12) The US record is 50 eggs in 14.04 minutes
As set by Jamie McDonald.
13) One Creme Egg contains 2% of your recommended daily allowance of calcium
Hooray, they are almost healthy!
14) There are lots of different ways to eat a Creme Egg
According to a survey by Cadbury:
53% of people bite off the top, lick out the cream, then eat the chocolate, 20% just bite straight through and 6% use their finger to scoop out the cream.
15) 600,000 Creme Eggs are made in a 12-hour shift at Cadbury
The weight of 600,000 creme eggs is three times heavier than an elephant. That’s heavy.
16) They inspire a good manicure
Although that’s a fact probably best left to opinion.
17) And of course, you can have them deep-fried
We are in Scotland after all.