Had my first goey filled chocolate egg.

[ed_blackadder_1]

YUK. Horrible chocolate, I am sorry to say I wont be buying any more.

Anyone else tried them yet?

[bitsnknots]

I'm not overly fond of them either.  So much so, I have not had one for years.

[stan3502]

Not a big fan of the creamy one's anyway as the fondant is a little sickly but love mini eggs

[ilove2patch]

I don't like them at all so wouldn't lnow the difference.

[ed_blackadder_1]

I use to adore them I bought loads of them. Had one this morning but they have changed the chocolate and its horrible.

[evoman3957]

I used to like ones the same size, but when you opened them they were in two halves and filled with the same filling as Fry's Chocolate Cream. They used to make Chocolate Mice with the same filling............both gone now though.

[5129frederick]

Cadbury were officially challenged on the size aspect and had to more or less admit they had reduced the size of it's creme egg.  I used to have a job and a half putting a whole one in my mouth - now I can accomodate two without any problem.  It's a con - they've also reduce a box of six eggs to a box of five and made a big thing of how much less it costs, but in actual fact the price of a five multi-egg pack has risen to sixty-one pence each.

Pound for pound, a bar of chocolate is the worst value for money item you can possibly get - three average bites and it's gone.  Depending on where you buy it, that's about 70p down the drain.  The cheapest "food" item has to be a large packet of table salt.  Even with me, a diabetic type II it lasts months.  I won't be buying any more - they've outpriced themselves.

[captainbovine]

yukkety yuk!!!

I like the Galaxy truffle eggs though....but I'm not really a chocolate eater.

[aernethril]

Someone did a taste test on Radio 4, yesterday I think, and said that not only had they changed the chocolate (less cocoa solids) but that they'd sweetened it more as well so the texture and flavour was way too sweet and cloying.

Kraft apparently said all their customers who tried the new receipe love them - well perhaps in the US they do where things are so much more sweet and sickly.

Boycott them - Kraft were utterly dishonest over their acquisition of Cadbury's so hit them where their share price will feel it.

[ed_blackadder_1]

Quite agree. The chocolate had a metalic aftertaste and like you said it was cloying even chewy. I was not impressed. American chocolate is far too sweet. Boo to them for spoiling my favourite sweet.

[stroppy*cow]

I have never liked the cadbury ones, but I used to like the galaxy ones and the lindor ones. I also used to be fond of the gold bunnies and there would often be a row of bunnies in different sizes.

But, I am not supposed to indulge now.

[chickengrandma-2008]

I find all chocolate has changed for the worse over the last couple of years.  It doesn't actually taste of chocolate any more, just sweetness!

[ilove2patch]

Cadbury Roses have gone the same way. I didn't but them this christmas. I bought a smaller quantity of really good chocolate instead. I think those of you who usually buy them should boycott them.

[ginap.123]

I used to love cream eggs but not any more. They used to be made with milk chocolate but the american version is a lot more artificial & chemical tasting. The USA were the only holiday that I could go through with no chocolate as the american stuff is so disgusting.

[ilove2patch]

I agree Gina. Hersheys smells like........fertiliser.(being polite) lol

[wilsonhepple]

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@aernethril wrote:

Someone did a taste test on Radio 4, yesterday I think, and said that not only had they changed the chocolate (less cocoa solids) but that they'd sweetened it more as well so the texture and flavour was way too sweet and cloying.

Kraft apparently said all their customers who tried the new receipe love them - well perhaps in the US they do where things are so much more sweet and sickly.

Boycott them - Kraft were utterly dishonest over their acquisition of Cadbury's so hit them where their share price will feel it.

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Cadbury's cream eggs are a big favourite here in the US.

However. as mentioned, they get smaller & smaller as the years go by..

We can also buy Walnut whips here, although they too have slowly diminished in size..? 

In the past, especially at Christmas time we have been able to buy 'Quality Street' chocolates in the fancy tins..however, this year they were no where to be seen, and instead 'Thornton's' products are all over the place..??

Very curious about this...but not complaining..lol !!!

p.s.    I agree ..Hershey's chocolate is nasty...

[ilove2patch]

Thorntons is another one that has changed. Not a patch on what they used to be.

[chickengrandma-2008]

It seems the reason  that chocolate doesn't taste the same any more is that there is a shortage of cocoa.  I suppose when they're faced with changing the recipe or putting the price up they choose the former, which although I'd rather pay more for nicer chocolate, not everyone would and they'd lose out in the end.

[ginap.123]

Thorntons used to be a 'top of the range' & something a bit special but once the closed the Thorntons shops and started flogging them in Tesco the quality seemed to change

[bitsnknots]

We've still got a Thornton's shop.  Admittedly, they have moved to a much smaller unit in one of the shopping centres.