You can kill off our beloved Wispa and we’ll take it on the chin.
You can jack up the price of a 10p Freddo as much as you want and we’ll still buy it through gritted teeth.
But don’t you dare think about messing with our Cadbury’s Creme Eggs. Don’t. You. Dare.
The chocolate company, now American-owned, appears to have gone too far this time.
Reports say the company ditched the delicious Cadbury’s chocolate shell in favour of a cheaper alternative exactly a year ago.
But the people of Britain know their choc and it appears the decision to toy with the recipe appears to have led to a £6million slump in sales, according to the Daily Mirror.
No wonder they’ve been ramming the Easter treat down our throats in every shop in England since Boxing Day.
But Cadbury’s, which is now owned by Kraft spin-off Mondelez, defended the recipe change and said it was not responsible a slump in sales in a cut throat Easter egg market.
“The fundamentals of Cadbury Creme Egg remain exactly the same, Cadbury’s marketing manager Claire Low told The Grocer magazine.
British egg lovers aren’t convinced…
https://twitter.com/xiuccimane/status/686896619019747329
Well @CadburyUK can suck a dick if they think I'm buying a Creme Egg again, anytime soon. #changeitback
— Alice 🍉 (@alicespake) January 12, 2016
@RunnersKnees https://t.co/TR9ZDwkhEq going down bitches. Ruin my Cadbury Cream egg with your US Dog chocolate and we just don’t buy them.
— Runners Knees (@RunnersKnees) January 12, 2016
Well… we did say it ….you shouldn't have changed the recipe! https://t.co/7C4RrrlgzU #cremeegg pic.twitter.com/F9LEjopzLH
— Michelle Gill 💫 (@michellemaygill) January 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/WaynesWorldAuto/status/686889142416994304
Slump in crème egg sales after recipe change…The stupid Cadbury's takeover is going well! Never should have been allowed to happen!
— Philip (@republic1) January 12, 2016
My only serious resolution for 2016… https://t.co/ubEU79h2yR pic.twitter.com/nW5odMqoJe
— Chris Lake (@lakey) January 12, 2016
The yanks have fully fucked over the creme egg! How dare they ruin the one true love of my childhood!
— DAISY (@daisjess) January 12, 2016
