There's truly no such thing as a bad mini egg
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It’s actually Mini Big Egg that’s the problem.
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:16 PM on March 17 [7 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:16 PM on March 17 [7 favorites]
I love the idea of Cadbury eggs, but am always disappointed with
the filling. I wish it was marshmallow fluff-the sugar whipped whatever is so dense and yuck.
posted by atomicstone at 3:17 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
the filling. I wish it was marshmallow fluff-the sugar whipped whatever is so dense and yuck.
posted by atomicstone at 3:17 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
My God, are you confusing Mini Eggs with Creme Eggs? Is this what MeFi has come to?
posted by biffa at 3:20 PM on March 17 [52 favorites]
posted by biffa at 3:20 PM on March 17 [52 favorites]
Of all the candy holidays (Halloween, Easter, Christmas, Valentines, Arbor Day), Easter is my favorite and these eggs are why.
posted by mochapickle at 3:36 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
posted by mochapickle at 3:36 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
I always find that the creme eggs have far roo much of that filling, making them a bit sickly, so a mini version of the creme egg would be perfect, but for some reason Cadburys have n ever done them. My current favouri9tes are the Terrys chocolate orange ones, which come in white, milk and dark chocolate versions, but I still really miss the Suchard praline mini eggs, long out of production.
Unless someone here iknows where I can get them? Peers around hopefully...
posted by Fuchsoid at 3:37 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
Unless someone here iknows where I can get them? Peers around hopefully...
posted by Fuchsoid at 3:37 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
Malted milk eggs are better than solid chocolate eggs.
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:37 PM on March 17 [16 favorites]
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:37 PM on March 17 [16 favorites]
The creamy filling should be like Mallo cup filling.
posted by Czjewel at 3:42 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
posted by Czjewel at 3:42 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
a mini version of the creme egg would be perfect, but for some reason Cadburys have n ever done them.
Cadbury’s been making them since the 80’s.
posted by not just everyday big moggies at 3:44 PM on March 17 [6 favorites]
Cadbury’s been making them since the 80’s.
posted by not just everyday big moggies at 3:44 PM on March 17 [6 favorites]
From the above link;
When were the mini eggs first available?
Happy to hear form you! CADBURY CREME MINI EGGS Candy are first introduced in 1999.
posted by yyz at 3:50 PM on March 17
When were the mini eggs first available?
Happy to hear form you! CADBURY CREME MINI EGGS Candy are first introduced in 1999.
posted by yyz at 3:50 PM on March 17
I have bowed out this season as I am pre-diabetic and these come in a 1KG bag.
posted by monkeymike at 3:52 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
posted by monkeymike at 3:52 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
We’ve got two bowls of mini eggs on the go right now and a backup bag for emergencies.
posted by ashbury at 3:52 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
posted by ashbury at 3:52 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
I am sincerely glad that Faint of Butt likes malted milk eggs because now I know who to give all of those horrid soured objects to instead of the trash can.
posted by hippybear at 3:54 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 3:54 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
I'll take any of the malted milk eggs Faint of Butt doesn't. I LOVE them.
posted by misskaz at 4:00 PM on March 17 [4 favorites]
posted by misskaz at 4:00 PM on March 17 [4 favorites]
I love the idea of Cadbury eggs, but am always disappointed
i know who the easter bunny will be coming for first when wordshore opens their re-eggucation camp
posted by lalochezia at 4:04 PM on March 17 [6 favorites]
The Cadbury eggs are enchantingly speckled, which others appear to lack. The speckles make them taste better.
I am on Team Malted Milk, and would like to try some Mini Creme Eggs. I am not on Team Marshmallow anything, except Rice Krispy Treats and marshmallows at a campfire.
I love Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs because it's a better ratio of delicious sweet-salty peanut butter to waxy cheap chocolate. And I am reminded that there are likely SweeTart bunnies and eggs at stores.
The other good eggs are jelly beans, which should be fruit-flavored except for green apple and watermelon. Are those flavors cheap or something? They've totally taken over lime and cherry, which are clearly superior.
posted by theora55 at 4:35 PM on March 17 [2 favorites]
I am on Team Malted Milk, and would like to try some Mini Creme Eggs. I am not on Team Marshmallow anything, except Rice Krispy Treats and marshmallows at a campfire.
I love Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs because it's a better ratio of delicious sweet-salty peanut butter to waxy cheap chocolate. And I am reminded that there are likely SweeTart bunnies and eggs at stores.
The other good eggs are jelly beans, which should be fruit-flavored except for green apple and watermelon. Are those flavors cheap or something? They've totally taken over lime and cherry, which are clearly superior.
posted by theora55 at 4:35 PM on March 17 [2 favorites]
My dream Dante's Inferno situation is to be strapped into a chair and force to eat an eternal parade of Cadbury Creme Eggs, a la Homer and the doughnuts in the famous Simpsons episode. The demons would get so tired, and I would be so happy.
posted by cupcakeninja at 4:42 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
posted by cupcakeninja at 4:42 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
all this discussion of creme eggs on the mini eggs post is upsetting because they are not the same thing, the mini egg is a near-perfect chocolate candy and creme eggs are bleck
posted by mightygodking at 4:49 PM on March 17 [9 favorites]
posted by mightygodking at 4:49 PM on March 17 [9 favorites]
metafiter: enchantingly speckled, which others appear to lack
posted by lalochezia at 4:52 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
posted by lalochezia at 4:52 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
Who makes Cadbury in Canada? In the US it's Hershey so I wonder if Canadian Cadbury Mini Eggs taste different?
posted by fiercekitten at 5:08 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
posted by fiercekitten at 5:08 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
I just can't believe that nobody is talking about the winning brand (of course that would probably involve reading the article). I make it a point to never buy Hershey's because the chocolate is terrible, but that's the brand the Chatelaine tasters liked the best. Somehow, I'm not convinced.
The smell of mini-eggs is so enticing--that strong and sweet vanilla scent--but somehow the flavour of the eggs themselves never lives up to the aroma, and while I still eat them, I'm always disappointed.
I have no idea what brand is currently tempting me while I wait for Easter, but it's whatever Bulk Barn sells. And while those are expensive they're not quite as ridiculously high priced as some of the ones that made the article. I couldn't believe the price of the PC ones in the store the other day. Not that I would buy them, even if they were cheaper. PC chocolate is almost as bad as Hershey's.
posted by sardonyx at 5:09 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
The smell of mini-eggs is so enticing--that strong and sweet vanilla scent--but somehow the flavour of the eggs themselves never lives up to the aroma, and while I still eat them, I'm always disappointed.
I have no idea what brand is currently tempting me while I wait for Easter, but it's whatever Bulk Barn sells. And while those are expensive they're not quite as ridiculously high priced as some of the ones that made the article. I couldn't believe the price of the PC ones in the store the other day. Not that I would buy them, even if they were cheaper. PC chocolate is almost as bad as Hershey's.
posted by sardonyx at 5:09 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
All this discussion of creme eggs on the mini eggs post makes me realize that MetaFilter is truly my people.
posted by bjrubble at 5:09 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
posted by bjrubble at 5:09 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
The Hershey ones are really good. They're essentially giant m&ms.
Also good: Dr Pepper Peeps. I am not kidding, they are legit.
posted by mochapickle at 5:22 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
Also good: Dr Pepper Peeps. I am not kidding, they are legit.
posted by mochapickle at 5:22 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
Frank? The Canadian Tire house brand? Unsurprisingly "did not rank highly among testers". Everybody knows you only go to Canadian Tire for Toffifee.
posted by Ashwagandha at 5:23 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
posted by Ashwagandha at 5:23 PM on March 17 [3 favorites]
Who makes Cadbury in Canada? In the US it's Hershey so I wonder if Canadian Cadbury Mini Eggs taste different?
Cadbury?
posted by Ashwagandha at 5:29 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
Cadbury?
posted by Ashwagandha at 5:29 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
They're essentially giant m&ms
I don't object to this on general principles, but it's not the experience I go to Cadbury mini-eggs for. The candy coating should be just a bit thicker and the overall flavor should be more vanilla.
I'm floored that Hershey beat out Cadbury in Canada. I haven't bought mini-eggs yet this year and now I'm slightly scared to. If Cadbury is worse than in Hershey Canada, what horrors have been visited on the US?
posted by EvaDestruction at 5:37 PM on March 17 [2 favorites]
I don't object to this on general principles, but it's not the experience I go to Cadbury mini-eggs for. The candy coating should be just a bit thicker and the overall flavor should be more vanilla.
I'm floored that Hershey beat out Cadbury in Canada. I haven't bought mini-eggs yet this year and now I'm slightly scared to. If Cadbury is worse than in Hershey Canada, what horrors have been visited on the US?
posted by EvaDestruction at 5:37 PM on March 17 [2 favorites]
Mini eggs haven't been the same since they stopped selling the ones with popping candy in them. Those were the best.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 5:37 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 5:37 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
Looking at the Bulk Barn website, the flyer is advertising Eggies by Hershey's as what they're selling and since they look identical to the ones sitting on my counter, I can honestly say the Chatelaine results are wrong. They're really not that good. As I said, they smell divine, but they taste like nothing. Maybe I'll have to wait to see if Lindt has any on sale after Easter and try those. I don't mind if they're big as long as they're good.
posted by sardonyx at 5:39 PM on March 17
posted by sardonyx at 5:39 PM on March 17
I don't live in Canada, but I have a hard time believing Hershey's made the best chocolate version of anything.
posted by kcalder at 6:15 PM on March 17 [10 favorites]
posted by kcalder at 6:15 PM on March 17 [10 favorites]
When I was younger, I liked the Hershey's mini eggs quite a bit. Never as much as Cadbury's, but they were still legit.
I haven't had the Hershey's mini eggs in years, though. Can't say for sure if they're still good. I mainly stick to the Cadbury ones (and having discovered Lindt chocolate rabbits last year, those too).
posted by May Kasahara at 6:19 PM on March 17
I haven't had the Hershey's mini eggs in years, though. Can't say for sure if they're still good. I mainly stick to the Cadbury ones (and having discovered Lindt chocolate rabbits last year, those too).
posted by May Kasahara at 6:19 PM on March 17
I feel like that viral chef, rating everything 0/10 but admitting I'd eat it.
posted by mazola at 6:26 PM on March 17 [4 favorites]
posted by mazola at 6:26 PM on March 17 [4 favorites]
Eitelbach's solid white chocolate mini-eggs were really the best, but since that chocolate/baumkuchen store closed up more than a decade ago, all I have is the memories.
posted by scruss at 6:44 PM on March 17
posted by scruss at 6:44 PM on March 17
From the above link;
When were the mini eggs first available?
Happy to hear form you! CADBURY CREME MINI EGGS Candy are first introduced in 1999.
That’s for the US market. My aunt worked for Cadbury and I have photos of them in my Easter basket in the late 80’s.
posted by not just everyday big moggies at 6:47 PM on March 17 [2 favorites]
When were the mini eggs first available?
Happy to hear form you! CADBURY CREME MINI EGGS Candy are first introduced in 1999.
That’s for the US market. My aunt worked for Cadbury and I have photos of them in my Easter basket in the late 80’s.
posted by not just everyday big moggies at 6:47 PM on March 17 [2 favorites]
The CCE Wikipedia article has an extensive listing of varieties. It’s light on citations, but Mini Creme is indeed listed as 1980s.
posted by zamboni at 7:59 PM on March 17
posted by zamboni at 7:59 PM on March 17
Cadbury Mini Royal Dark eggs are the best. This is the way.
posted by Ber at 8:24 PM on March 17 [2 favorites]
posted by Ber at 8:24 PM on March 17 [2 favorites]
And I am reminded that there are likely SweeTart bunnies and eggs at stores.
Wait. There are SweeTart Bunnies?
This changes everything.
posted by zardoz at 9:56 PM on March 17
Wait. There are SweeTart Bunnies?
This changes everything.
posted by zardoz at 9:56 PM on March 17
"The best" mini eggs are the ones you can suck the dye off and crack the shell to melt the chocolate out and leave you with the fewest intact shell pieces so you can crunch them up and pretend you're a giant scavenging rodent that got into the compost bin.
According to my research the Canadian Tire ones are the best on this list, costing the least at $1.75/100g. Plus Frank brand is the one of the few examples of effective marketing to me via packaging, I love those crazy little guys.
Laura Secord's $5.93/100g, get the hell out. Who do I look like, David Fucking Thomson?
Creme eggs are foul, even when I was a kid it was like eating a hyperglycemic's post-nasal drip.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:07 PM on March 17 [4 favorites]
According to my research the Canadian Tire ones are the best on this list, costing the least at $1.75/100g. Plus Frank brand is the one of the few examples of effective marketing to me via packaging, I love those crazy little guys.
Laura Secord's $5.93/100g, get the hell out. Who do I look like, David Fucking Thomson?
Creme eggs are foul, even when I was a kid it was like eating a hyperglycemic's post-nasal drip.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:07 PM on March 17 [4 favorites]
Easter! Not as good as Christmas due to no baked goods but has some decent options:
1. Russell Stover chocolate eggs with marshmallow filling. (At Christmas it's Santas, same thing). Best.
2. Jelly Belly jelly beans? Yes and now. Other brand jelly beans? Waxy sugar pellets, yuck.
3. Hershey egg: eh, ok. Kisses are better to eat and easier to unwrap.
4. Cadbury creme: ok.
The rest are horrors only good for stomachaches and regret:
Malted milk flavor tastes vile to me, I do not understand, but I know that others feel differently.
White chocolate anything is a foul lie, begone.
They used to make these individually wrapped giant jelly bean things that were filled with some kind of sickly sweet faux marshmallow chemical fluff. Even as a kid they were not ok. Hopefully they are banned now.
And finally, giant hollow rabbits in the worst cheap chocolate, the only part I really liked were the crunchy candy eyes. But I would still eat the rest and feel gross all day.
posted by emjaybee at 11:20 PM on March 17
1. Russell Stover chocolate eggs with marshmallow filling. (At Christmas it's Santas, same thing). Best.
2. Jelly Belly jelly beans? Yes and now. Other brand jelly beans? Waxy sugar pellets, yuck.
3. Hershey egg: eh, ok. Kisses are better to eat and easier to unwrap.
4. Cadbury creme: ok.
The rest are horrors only good for stomachaches and regret:
Malted milk flavor tastes vile to me, I do not understand, but I know that others feel differently.
White chocolate anything is a foul lie, begone.
They used to make these individually wrapped giant jelly bean things that were filled with some kind of sickly sweet faux marshmallow chemical fluff. Even as a kid they were not ok. Hopefully they are banned now.
And finally, giant hollow rabbits in the worst cheap chocolate, the only part I really liked were the crunchy candy eyes. But I would still eat the rest and feel gross all day.
posted by emjaybee at 11:20 PM on March 17
Crème eggs and mini eggs were far superior when Cadburys used their dairy milk chocolate in them.
They switched to bog standard mondelez shit chocolate maybe ten years ago on the crème eggs and there was a big outcry , I have rarely eaten one since and am still bittter as they used to be one of my favourite treats which were completely ruined .
I think the mini eggs suffered the same fate a few years back as they are definitely not the same.
posted by skinnerneil at 11:23 PM on March 17 [6 favorites]
They switched to bog standard mondelez shit chocolate maybe ten years ago on the crème eggs and there was a big outcry , I have rarely eaten one since and am still bittter as they used to be one of my favourite treats which were completely ruined .
I think the mini eggs suffered the same fate a few years back as they are definitely not the same.
posted by skinnerneil at 11:23 PM on March 17 [6 favorites]
Egg.
Can I offer anyone [a cereal bowl full of Jordan almonds] in this trying time?
posted by bartleby at 12:25 AM on March 18 [3 favorites]
Can I offer anyone [a cereal bowl full of Jordan almonds] in this trying time?
posted by bartleby at 12:25 AM on March 18 [3 favorites]
I don't understand this article. Under a giant "BEST MINI Eggs FOR EASTER 2024" heading, they immediately list President's Choice which they describe as: "This brand took last place in 2018, and again in 2024. Several testers noted "weird," "artificial" and "odd" flavours. Others commented that the chocolate wasn’t creamy enough and the candy coating tasted chalky."
...this is the start of your list of the best? Wow, your standards are low.
posted by Dysk at 1:38 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
...this is the start of your list of the best? Wow, your standards are low.
posted by Dysk at 1:38 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
Easter! Not as good as Christmas due to no baked goods
Hot cross buns?
posted by biffa at 1:41 AM on March 18 [5 favorites]
Hot cross buns?
posted by biffa at 1:41 AM on March 18 [5 favorites]
I'm of the party that the chocolate in a commodity level confection should not be the main feature, but an accent. Otherwise you get mostly a mouthful of commodity (derogatory) chocolate. If I want to taste chocolate, and mainly chocolate, I want it to be good, rich, dark chocolate, that lingers pleasantly like a kiss goodbye. See? So I am not for the mini-egg as a confection concept.
It's okay if you like them, though! I will take the peanut m&ms, the raspberry cremes, the marshmallow Santas, etc.
posted by seanmpuckett at 5:15 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
It's okay if you like them, though! I will take the peanut m&ms, the raspberry cremes, the marshmallow Santas, etc.
posted by seanmpuckett at 5:15 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
Except mini eggs used to be decent tier milk chocolate with a crunchy vanilla infused candy coating.
You could crunch the coating, let the milk chocolate melt slowly in your mouth, and then enjoy the final chocolate accented vanilla candy when finished.
The degrading of the chocolate was a sad time. Good for my wallet and waistline however.
posted by NotAYakk at 6:37 AM on March 18
You could crunch the coating, let the milk chocolate melt slowly in your mouth, and then enjoy the final chocolate accented vanilla candy when finished.
The degrading of the chocolate was a sad time. Good for my wallet and waistline however.
posted by NotAYakk at 6:37 AM on March 18
No Easter baked goods? My Polish family always makes chalka, a braided eggy bread, and placek, a bready coffee cake that is made with a mix of a yeast dough and a cake batter.
posted by misskaz at 6:45 AM on March 18 [5 favorites]
posted by misskaz at 6:45 AM on March 18 [5 favorites]
I don't understand this article. Under a giant "BEST MINI Eggs FOR EASTER 2024" heading, they immediately list President's Choice which they describe as: "This brand took last place in 2018, and again in 2024. Several testers noted "weird," "artificial" and "odd" flavours. Others commented that the chocolate wasn’t creamy enough and the candy coating tasted chalky."
...this is the start of your list of the best? Wow, your standards are low.
posted by Dysk
I'm with you on the presentation of the article. It's either the layout that is bad, or there needs to be some kind of indication they are starting the list from the worst option and ending with the best. Upon first reading, had exactly the same reaction, trying to figure out how the PC brand, which was so bad, ended up as the top pick.
I blame website analytics: got to keep those eyeballs on the screen longer, so force people to skim the full list to see the winner.
posted by sardonyx at 7:09 AM on March 18 [3 favorites]
...this is the start of your list of the best? Wow, your standards are low.
posted by Dysk
I'm with you on the presentation of the article. It's either the layout that is bad, or there needs to be some kind of indication they are starting the list from the worst option and ending with the best. Upon first reading, had exactly the same reaction, trying to figure out how the PC brand, which was so bad, ended up as the top pick.
I blame website analytics: got to keep those eyeballs on the screen longer, so force people to skim the full list to see the winner.
posted by sardonyx at 7:09 AM on March 18 [3 favorites]
I mean, even if you accept that the list is a countdown, it's not presented as a list of chocolate eggs, ranked. It is presented as a list of the best chocolate eggs, and so the really bad ones shouldn't be ranked on the list at all, unless you genuinely consider them among the best.
posted by Dysk at 7:28 AM on March 18 [3 favorites]
posted by Dysk at 7:28 AM on March 18 [3 favorites]
I don't understand this article. Under a giant "BEST MINI Eggs FOR EASTER 2024" heading, they immediately list President's Choice...
...Upon first reading, had exactly the same reaction, trying to figure out how the PC brand, which was so bad, ended up as the top pick...
In Canada although there are specialty stores where you can get a greater selection or a few really discount lines, this list is actually reasonably comprehensive for all mini eggs that are commonly available. The PC brand is fairly ubiquitous because is it part of the Weston Empire. This year in particular the Weston empire, which includes about 40% of Canadian grocery stores, plus Shoppers Drug Mart which has about 30% of market share, is under fire.
So basically it would be odd not to include them, and for this Canadian, the choice of mini eggs makes perfect sense, because the mini egg market is...mini. :)
That said, yes to these:
there needs to be some kind of indication they are starting the list from the worst option and ending with the best
I blame website analytics: got to keep those eyeballs on the screen longer, so force people to skim the full list to see the winner.
posted by warriorqueen at 7:31 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
...Upon first reading, had exactly the same reaction, trying to figure out how the PC brand, which was so bad, ended up as the top pick...
In Canada although there are specialty stores where you can get a greater selection or a few really discount lines, this list is actually reasonably comprehensive for all mini eggs that are commonly available. The PC brand is fairly ubiquitous because is it part of the Weston Empire. This year in particular the Weston empire, which includes about 40% of Canadian grocery stores, plus Shoppers Drug Mart which has about 30% of market share, is under fire.
So basically it would be odd not to include them, and for this Canadian, the choice of mini eggs makes perfect sense, because the mini egg market is...mini. :)
That said, yes to these:
there needs to be some kind of indication they are starting the list from the worst option and ending with the best
I blame website analytics: got to keep those eyeballs on the screen longer, so force people to skim the full list to see the winner.
posted by warriorqueen at 7:31 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
Thanks for that link Ashwagandha.
That used to be the old Neilson chocolate factory.
It's mind boggling how many mergers ,acquisitions, divestures etc took place .
That's why there's so many different dates for production of candies. etc.
Cadbury USA is not Cadbury Canada or Cadbury UK.
And no Hershey's Chocolate is not Cadbury Dairy Milk by any means.
posted by yyz at 7:43 AM on March 18 [2 favorites]
That used to be the old Neilson chocolate factory.
It's mind boggling how many mergers ,acquisitions, divestures etc took place .
That's why there's so many different dates for production of candies. etc.
Cadbury USA is not Cadbury Canada or Cadbury UK.
And no Hershey's Chocolate is not Cadbury Dairy Milk by any means.
posted by yyz at 7:43 AM on March 18 [2 favorites]
No Baked Goods? What? Search lamb cake fail for baked goods that probably taste fine, but look so goofy. We used to make cupcakes, top them with dyed green shredded coconut, and add jelly bean eggs. And the local bakery made big perfect sugar cookie eggs with lovely pastel sugar crystals. I am against icing on most cookies, sugar's okay.
posted by theora55 at 9:04 AM on March 18 [2 favorites]
posted by theora55 at 9:04 AM on March 18 [2 favorites]
Also Simnel Cake.
Easter biscuits.
Also, while technically not baked there are Easter chocolate nests made with either cornflakes, rice krispies or shredded wheat. All three of these require mini eggs to be adequate.
posted by biffa at 9:14 AM on March 18 [2 favorites]
Easter biscuits.
Also, while technically not baked there are Easter chocolate nests made with either cornflakes, rice krispies or shredded wheat. All three of these require mini eggs to be adequate.
posted by biffa at 9:14 AM on March 18 [2 favorites]
And bunny butt cupcakes. I might like to forget bunny butt cupcakes (frequently too marshmallowy for my taste) but they seem to have outlasted fad status at this point.
posted by EvaDestruction at 9:58 AM on March 18
posted by EvaDestruction at 9:58 AM on March 18
I would like to file a complaint with this thread for leading me to buy a bag of “m&ms eggs” from my local Poundland (Hersheys being unavailable here). I did not receive the “essentially giant m&m” experience I hoped to recreate. How the m&ms people themselves failed to make a mini egg taste like a giant m&m is unclear. How this is MetaFilter’s fault is also unclear. Now I would like to be left alone with my stomach full of disappointment and modified milk ingredients.
posted by cabbage raccoon at 10:00 AM on March 18 [7 favorites]
posted by cabbage raccoon at 10:00 AM on March 18 [7 favorites]
The entire creme discussion is my fault. But I don't feel bad. I know the difference. I just needed to get it out.
posted by atomicstone at 10:18 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
posted by atomicstone at 10:18 AM on March 18 [1 favorite]
Bunny Butt Cupcakes. v. cute, more work than I'm going to do for a holiday I don't really celebrate.
posted by theora55 at 5:25 PM on March 18
posted by theora55 at 5:25 PM on March 18
Right, so after this controversial ranking (Hershey's scoring better than Cadbury???), I picked up a pack of both last night for my own side-by-side test.
The Hershey's are about twice the volume of Cadbury, and the chocolate is significantly sweeter and somewhat softer and meltier than the Cadbury chocolate, which is waxier. They are both equally absolute shite chocolate that leave a lingering and not all that pleasant aftertaste. Personally I would choose Cadbury because they are less sweet and smaller in size, so a higher crunchy shell to chocolate ratio, but the Hershey's chocolate has a nicer texture.
My ranking -- a tied "Meh" to both. I wouldn't go out of my way to eat either of them, but they still rank well above those horrible cheap waxy chocolate foil-wrapped eggs.
I'll hand the remainder of the bags to my teenage boys tonight as they will eat anything with sugar in it.
posted by fimbulvetr at 8:01 AM on March 19 [2 favorites]
The Hershey's are about twice the volume of Cadbury, and the chocolate is significantly sweeter and somewhat softer and meltier than the Cadbury chocolate, which is waxier. They are both equally absolute shite chocolate that leave a lingering and not all that pleasant aftertaste. Personally I would choose Cadbury because they are less sweet and smaller in size, so a higher crunchy shell to chocolate ratio, but the Hershey's chocolate has a nicer texture.
My ranking -- a tied "Meh" to both. I wouldn't go out of my way to eat either of them, but they still rank well above those horrible cheap waxy chocolate foil-wrapped eggs.
I'll hand the remainder of the bags to my teenage boys tonight as they will eat anything with sugar in it.
posted by fimbulvetr at 8:01 AM on March 19 [2 favorites]
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Thank you for understanding other people's tastes, and in my case, allergy to cocoa solids. I've thrown up copiously because of one chocolate chip in a cookie. But you get to hate on what I like because you're special.
posted by scruss at 7:20 PM on March 19
White chocolate anything is a foul lie, begone.
Thank you for understanding other people's tastes, and in my case, allergy to cocoa solids. I've thrown up copiously because of one chocolate chip in a cookie. But you get to hate on what I like because you're special.
posted by scruss at 7:20 PM on March 19
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