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?

I remember when crème eggs were 6p.

I can't buy chocolate bars anymore. I'm always expecting 1987 prices and then have to stop myself from blurting How Much?? and completing the process of turning into my mother.

I'm not sure this is right so I'd better conduct my own test pronto.

I may be some time.

Make your own enormous egg.

Yes, they have shrunk, and so have Twix and Marathon.

Aaaagh, Mavis! There's no such accent on the first e of 'creme'. Stop getting creme eggs wrong!

It wasn't me UncleT honest. My laptop thinks it's fancy and continental.

I know how to spell creme eggs....

Figgypuddings I think I love you.

have you seen the size of party rings too these days?

Have mcdonalds got the creme egg mcflurries yet?

I went and tracked this down for you OP. PROOF!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=uhtGOBt1V2g

Oh no I want a Creme Egg now!!

And WHY are chocolate products smaller now..?

It's a conspiracy.

Hmmm just had a thought. Does this mean I have to eat 2 to get the same nutritional value as the old ones?

that clip is from 2007 and we know the USA eggs were made smaller cos it was on Wikipedia! (so must be true ). I bet they have less chocolate now but more goo in the middle.

Personally, I like the newer, smaller (American) size better...better crème to chocolate ratio. We also have mini crème eggs...don't know if you have those there but they are all kinds of wrong.

madhairday, that is wonderful! That's a brilliant family connection to have. This can't equal it in any way, but the nearest town to where I grew up has a maltings factory from which (allegedly) all the the malt in all the Malteasers in the world comes from. or so my parents told me when I was young and naive

I think they're the same size as small hen's eggs. Twenty years ago shops sold small, medium and large eggs; now they sell medium, large, XL and sometimes XXL.

Ooooo look! My computer thinks it's fancy and continental too!

...since kraft took over

This might explain why their chocolate tastes yuk these days too - I tried their new Ritz/Lu bars and they're so greasy/fatty I couldn't eat them. Once upon a time I would have sold my first born for some Cadbury's but now (with the very strange exception of a large Golden Crisp which I can still inhale in seconds) I really am not a fan at all. Give me Lindt 70% instead!

They have. So have freddos. And fudge's. And I was amazed when my charge was eating a wagon wheel the other day at how small it was and proceeded to take it off of my charge for 5 minutes examining it to his protests

That guy on the video is amazing!

All hail madhairdays Grandad! We have a lot to thank him for!

I saw some in Co op last week and said this to my son, I am sure they used to be bigger.

For giving me the idea of stashing eggs and proving a point... should have put that in the last post before I reflexively clicked "post message"

HoVis yes it's something the dc love hearing about, they never met him sadly but we always tell all the stories, my nan worked there as well and mum has old photos of her and all the other ladies working on the production lines in the 1930s. I get all nostalgic. Grandad used to take us to 'the chocolate shop' which was basically a room where Cadbury's sold a load of 'seconds' off to staff for mad prices, so we were always knee deep in chocolate. I really do hate Kraft because it is destroying the great institution Cadbury's once was - you can tell I feel strongly - it's deep in my blood!

Flakes and Twirls are still OK, apparently because they are made in ireland and don't come under Kraft? So don't have all the grease/soya milk which has ruined Dairy Milk etc.

Creme eggs will always be my favourite but there's nothing to them thesedays!

I prefer Hotel Chocolat chocs these days, so delicious! And because they are made from real ingredients, they often have them on sale cos they go off!