to think cream eggs have shrunk?

[WestieMamma]

DH says I'm imagining it but I couldn't fit a whole one in my gob before.

Anyone else noticed?

[ilovepowerhoop]

all chocolate has shrunk so you get charged more for less chocolate

[WestieMamma]

My gob hasn't got bigger but all my teeth have fallen out from eating too many cream eggs.

[dolphinsandwhales]

Yanbu. I think they've shrunk too.

[Feminine]

Wagon wheels and Jaffa cakes have too!

YANBU.

[Bornin1984]

All chocolate has shrunk!

A twix is now gone in two bites.

[themonsteratemyspacebar]

I think they have changed the filling this year!
Used to live off them but they just have an odd taste now. Had to test 3 or 4 just to check though

[YourMaNoBraBackOfMyCar]

I swear they used to fit in my springy egg cup as a child. Now they are lost in a normal egg cup.

[thepurplepenguin]

They have definitely shrunk!

[UncleT]

Point of order - they're called creme eggs. While this might be dismissed as pedantry, it's important - somehow 'cream egg' just sounds absolutely gross, whereas somehow the correct spelling sounds and looks like the deliciousness it represents!

[aworkingmummy]

Having this conversation the other day they are definitely smaller - but as others have said so is everything else like chocolate and crisps.

[lunar1]

Cant stand the bloody things now. Whatever they have done to them they are just hideous. I would love to have a selection of cadburys products from 10 years ago to compare to the crap the sell now. There is no way it is the same.

[laregina]

Don't know if they've shrunk but I love that you tried to shove a whole one in your mouth to find out - top research method there

Although I have to say the best thing about a crème egg is carefully biting the top third off and licking out the insides, so your post has made me a little sad for you.

[WestieMamma]

I did put 'creme' eggs first but it looked wrong. Second attempt with 'creame eggs' looked worse. So I gave in and put 'cream eggs' even though I knew it was wrong and blame it all on living abroad and no longer being fluent in my native language.

[WestieMamma]

Don't worry laregina I had the other 5 to eat properly.

[ilovepowerhoop]

it also seems to depend on where you live as googling suggests they are smaller and lighter in the USA/Canada than they are in the UK. 34g in USA/Canada and 39g in the UK

[WestieMamma]

They were bought in the UK in Asda so I've checked the box to see if they are dodgy foreign imports. 39.5g each. Quick check of a 10 year old WW shopping guide gives the weight as 40g. Half a g cannot possibly account for this shrinkage. I need someone to post me some more so I can conduct further weight analysis as the cat ate all the ones I had. Honest she did. Really.

[Viviennemary]

They are tiny. In a few years they will be invisible. I have to have two now if I have one so I don't bother as trying to cut down on chocolate.

[MrsDavidBowie]

I'm sure they have.
I ate 12 last week then suffered with toothache.

[pinkdelight]

YANBU! The mini ones aren't that much smaller than a full-size one.

Wotsits have gone miniscule now too. Like Bobby's Snacks rip-off versions.

[MrsDavidBowie]

Or 12

[andsmile]

they so have, chocolate thinner too

[madhairday]

yanbu. My Grandad would be most upset if he were with us today (he invented the process of getting the creme bit in the egg, worked for cadbury's for 50 years) :) :(

All cadbury's chocolate has gone downhill since kraft took over.

It makes me very snippy when I think about it.