And thank heaven, I also received some decent old-fashioned run-of-the-mill Peeps -- they were even the yellow ones. I stabbed their cellophane and practiced restraint till they seasoned properly, and I can't show you a picture because they're all gone.
But the exciting news at Wegmans is that the Cadbury creme eggs are finally back -- been waiting months for them. Sugar sugar sugar in its most delightful configuration.
So Dannie, here's this year's very first effort. I know -- the red is a bit torn down there next to the chick, but I couldn't help that -- the creme had oozed a bit and it was stuck to the chocolate there.I promise I'll practice diligently -- will try to do better right through to Easter.
Don't forget later to check out the peep diorama spread sponsored by the Washington Post. They are of course usually heavy on the bunny peeps instead of the chicks...
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http://offbeat.topix.com/slideshow/11588/slide1?no_cover=1
During an interview a 2007 episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, actor B. J. Novak drew attention to the fact that American market Cadbury Creme Eggs had decreased in size, despite the official Cadbury website stating otherwise.[13] American Creme Eggs at the time weighed 34 g and contained 150 calories.[14] Before 2006, the eggs marketed by Hershey were identical to the UK version, weighing 39 g and containing 170 calories.[15][16]
ReplyDeleteIn 2015, the British Cadbury company under the American Mondelēz International conglomerate announced that it had changed the formula of the Cadbury Creme Egg by replacing its Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate with "standard cocoa mix chocolate". It had also reduced the packaging from 6 eggs to 5 with a less than proportionate decrease in price.[17][18][19] This resulted in a large number of complaints from consumers.[20] Analysts IRI found that Cadbury lost more than $12 million in Creme Egg sales in the UK.[21]