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A Cadbury's Creme Egg is a brand of Chocolate Egg produced by Cadbury-Schweppes . The egg has a thick milk chocolate "shell", with a white and yellow Fondant filling designed to resemble the Yolk and Albumen of an egg. Creme eggs are usually sold individually, but are also available in packets of three, four, six, twelve, and in boxes of fifteen and twenty four. The Foil wrapping of the eggs is traditionally red, yellow and blue in colour in the UK, with some green incorporated into the design in the USA, and used to feature the product's mascot - the Creme Egg Chick. The brand has proven to be extremely popular worldwide, and in the UK Creme Eggs are the best selling confectionery item between January 1st and Easter with annual sales in excess of 200 million items and a brand value of approximately £45m[http://www.cadburyschweppes.com/EN/Brands/About/Confectionery/factsheet_cremeegg.htm . MANUFACTURE While filled eggs were first manufactured by the Cadbury Brothers in the early 1920s, the Creme Egg in its current form was not released until 1971 . Creme Eggs are manufactured by making a chocolate shell in a half-egg shaped Mould , which is then filled with white fondant and a dab of yellow fondant to simulate the yolk. Two mould halves are closed very quickly and cooled to allow the chocolate to set. When the moulds are opened, the eggs fall onto a conveyor which transports them, first to the foiling machines and then to the finished Packing . The eggs are manufactured at the Bournville factory in Birmingham at the rate of 1.5 million per day, and also at other Cadbury factories in countries such as New Zealand . VARIETIES
WEIGHT The weight of the standard Creme Egg has diminished since 1971.
One Creme Egg contains approximately 170 calories. {Link without Title} ADVERTISING In recent times, the creme egg has been marketed in the UK and Ireland with the question ''"How do you eat yours?"'' and in Australia with the slogan "''Don't get caught with egg on your face''". Australia has also used a variation of the UK question, using the slogan ''"How do you do it?"'' Over the years, there have been several major Cadbury's Creme Egg campaigns.
In the USA , Creme Eggs are advertised on Television with a Rabbit called the Cadbury Bunny (alluding to the Easter Bunny ) who clucks like a Chicken . The advertisements use the slogan ''"No bunny knows Easter better than him".'' EXTERNAL LINKS
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