Snapshots from the UK: Cadbury Creme Egg Twisted
Photograph from Svadilfari on Flickr
There is something so frustratingly natural about the Cadbury Creme Egg. Nothing, of course, about its flavoring, but about its cycle. Like all other naturally occurring things, it is born in spring and then grows into something less adorable. One can only suspect it ends up as a peanut butter pumpkin around October and makes its final appearance as a gold foil-wrapped hard block of Christmas-tree-shaped chocolate at the end of the year. Such is life, and aging is difficult even for chocolate.
Just when I thought I'd have to wait until April for the 2009 generation of Cadbury Creme Eggs, I was snatching up some Cadbury chocolate at Boots when I discovered what chocolate biologists would have declared as the impossible: the Cadbury Creme Egg Twisted.
It seems that now Cadbury Creme Eggs grow up into these Cadbury Creme bars, where the chocolate log outside contains a full hollow strip of creamy, yolky, oozing delight. I took a bite—and then I ate the whole thing. It is even better than its egg-shape cousin—there is less cream to chocolate, and so I felt less like my stomach might reject that which my mouth refused to go without.
I suppose some things do get better with age.
What do you think of this adulteration of a classic?
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22 Comments:
I love Cadbury creme eggs and so want to try this. Are they available in the US?
saraann at 10:38AM on 12/10/08
I'm sure they're just as delicious but they're just not eggs.....
RichardCrystal at 10:41AM on 12/10/08
How cool!
runnereater at 10:46AM on 12/10/08
I love Cadbury. In terms of cheaper chocolate I think its much better than Nestle or Hershey.
bobbob at 10:54AM on 12/10/08
I'd love to get my hands on some if those...
annabanannas at 10:57AM on 12/10/08
When I was in Ireland a little over 2 years ago they had Creme Egg bars, but not these twisted things. They had segments filled with creme egg that you could break off. I thought those were amazing; as you say, the chocolate to creme ratio is just so much better than in the egg!
I've been keeping an eye out for them in the states sense, but have never seen any. Now I'll have to look for these!
ElspethAdair at 10:59AM on 12/10/08
Must. Find. Immediately!
ErikaWaz at 11:11AM on 12/10/08
I found them in Burbank, CA at a pub that has a bit of a British shop attached.
I thought there was too much chocolate. The proportions were just wrong. And far too sweet. (But I've never been much of a fan of the original.)
cybele at 11:19AM on 12/10/08
I have 3 or 4 of these that I brought back from my last trip to the UK, but I don't have the courage to try them! I'm not actually much of a fan of the egg-form, although I'll eat a couple of the mini creme eggs around easter. I just think that a whole bar of it might kill me!
cyberroo at 11:44AM on 12/10/08
This just looks like too much. I prefer the smaller versions of the original.
In London there were vending machines in some tube stations that sold creme eggs, year round.
renzata at 11:57AM on 12/10/08
I had to stop for a moment to recalibrate until I realized you were referring to the Cadbury Puss Eggs of my youth. :P
shoneyjoe at 12:03PM on 12/10/08
I used to work at Cadbury's in the UK. Making the eggs was a delicate operation and many would fail quality inspection. One of the reasons iirc that these were not manufactured year round. The discards would be recycled - chocolate and fondant mixed and used as filling for "Border Creme" eggs - same chocolate shell as standard, foil wrapping was a variety of (faux) tartan designs. Most excellent, better than the original IMO. I haven't seen these around for a while and my contacts in the UK can't seem to find them.
kevmalone at 12:50PM on 12/10/08
Isn't this one of the signs of the apocalypse?
Martini Me at 1:33PM on 12/10/08
yum! looks like far too much chocolate. i prefer the center. i think i ate my first one this spring. i only ate one. far too addictive. i didn't dare buy more.
_greenbean at 2:10PM on 12/10/08
Blech. I never have been a fan of these. Something about the fake raw yolk just totally gags me.
juliebugsmama at 2:49PM on 12/10/08
Cadbury has always been my favorite milk chocolate -- better than the more expensive brands. If anyone knows where to buy these twisted sisters -er I mean-eggs, in New York, please tell me.
SavtaShayna at 3:42PM on 12/10/08
Are these twisted things seasonal?
Knowledge Bomb at 4:29PM on 12/10/08
The high creme to chocolate ratio in the original is what makes it so great! I'm one of those people that will lick the creme out and then throw away the chocolate, if I can get away with it.
CassieRose at 6:40PM on 12/10/08
I don't like how they now have Creme Eggs in the US for every holiday. I saw "Egg Xmas Ornaments" yesterday. I've also seen them for Halloween. I liked that they were only available part of the year before.
Not to say that it stops me from eating them or would stop me from eating this bar...
pbelardo at 9:29AM on 12/11/08
I live in London and you dont have to wait till Easter for Creme Eggs! I think they're available all year round now, and if not will certainly be in the shops on Boxing Day when they generally start stocking the Easter range! I do love creme eggs - haven't had one for a few years but am now craving one! or a twisted bar!
My manager at work was planning to make a pimped up version last year (from pimpmysnack) but felt that death by creme egg filling was a bit of a sad way to go!
Iheartcupcakes at 1:37PM on 12/11/08
oooooooooo! Cant wait! I need the uk one with the proper nice chocolate though!
jennywenny at 8:53PM on 12/11/08
Creme Eggs are such an icon to me as someone who lives in the UK. I prefered the Cadbury Dairy Milk with Creme Egg bars a few years ago though to the Twisted things.
@Knowledge Bomb - I think they sell them all year round.
mskempster at 12:05PM on 12/22/08