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Easter Bunny Visited Nursery today...

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casawasa · 20/03/2008 20:29

....and gave all the children some chocolate bunnies and a Cadburys creme egg. Does anyone else think getting a creme egg from nursery is inappropriate? I am not opposed to treats but a creme egg is just a big ball of sugar, which my 4 year son definitely doesn't need to get him going.

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cmotdibbler · 20/03/2008 20:34

I don't think it is inappropriate per se, but at our nursery the parents get given these things so that they can decide whether to pass them on or not.

tortoiseSHELL · 20/03/2008 20:36

A creme egg also uses non fair-trade chocolate, so could have been produced by children trafficked into slavery, and battery chicken eggs.

Bramshott · 20/03/2008 20:36

DD1 got a creme egg at school today (she's 5) - I was jealous!

REIDmylips · 20/03/2008 20:38

ds (18months) had a bag of mini cream eggs put in his bag today so that i could decide whether or not to give them to him. He may get one

edam · 20/03/2008 20:40

um, I don't think there is any actual egg in creme eggs. So the battery thing doesn't make any sense. (Someone's bound to link to a list of ingredients now and prove me wrong...)

ChickenSoupDragon · 20/03/2008 20:40

You're overreacting IMO.

Aitch · 20/03/2008 20:43

dd (2) was given one today, she loved it, it went everywhere. she's very keen on the easter bunny. oh, and she made me a LOVELY card. handwriting's coming on a treat, i notice.

tortoiseSHELL · 20/03/2008 20:43

Sorry Edam!

chopchopbusybusy · 20/03/2008 20:43

Well if they'd slipped them a joint and a disposable lighter on their way out I might be tempted to agree. It is a chocolate egg

Aitch · 20/03/2008 20:45

really? there's egg in a creme egg? in the middle or is it in the chocolate? i am surprised.

ChickenSoupDragon · 20/03/2008 20:46

Aitch, BabyDragon had one today at nursery and apparently did not get a speck of chocolate anywhere! Much to the amusement of the staff. I don't think she could believe her luck and wanted to eat it before anyone tried to take it away.

nelliesmum · 20/03/2008 20:46

LOATHE the Easter Bunny...complete Americanism. Father Christmas gets all the credit for the Christmas Presents so I'm claiming responsibility for the Easter Eggs.

tortoiseSHELL · 20/03/2008 20:47

It must be the fondant I think.

Here are the ingredients...

Cadbury Cream Egg
Description: Milk Chocolate with a soft fondant centre.
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate: Milk, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fat, Emulsifiers: E442 and Soya Lecithin, Flavourings. Fondant: (48%) Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Invert Sugar Syrup, Dried Egg White, Flavouring, Colour: Sunset Yellow.

Nemoandthefishes · 20/03/2008 20:48

all DC nurseries gave them creme eggs..of course I confiscated them but let them keep the mini eggs..

Aitch · 20/03/2008 20:50

i think dd felt the same way. apparently her first attempt was just to shove the whole thing in her mouth.
we are also bribing her with two sparkling white chocolate buttons if she uses her potty. (not having much effect, so i guess she's not ready).

pinkteddy · 20/03/2008 20:50

48% sugar!! that's without the glucose syrup, sugar syrup etc etc. No wonder they are so yummy!

Aitch · 20/03/2008 20:51

mmm. fondant...

so are your nurseries all fair-trade eco etc? ours isn't i don't think. but dd only goes some afternoons so she doesn't lunch there.

ChickenSoupDragon · 20/03/2008 20:52

Pinkteddy, it's 48% fondant, not 48% sugar.

Botbot · 20/03/2008 20:54

DD got a homemade chocolate birds' nest cake made from All-Bran from her nursery.

tortoiseSHELL · 20/03/2008 20:54

Don't know about nurseries, but I have made a real effort with the kids this year to be fairtrade and eco - we made fairtrade Easter Egg nests today (fairtrade chocolate and 'Divine' Fairtrade eggs), and I'm making some ice cream now with home laid eggs (from our chickens). They like looking for the fairtrade symbol.

edam · 20/03/2008 20:59

ah, I see creme eggs do contain dried egg white. here

However, I can put my halo back on as I'm a veggie who buys free-range eggs (and I do check the ingredients in anything that contains eggs).

edam · 20/03/2008 21:00

should try reading the most recent posts before posting again, though!

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casawasa · 20/03/2008 21:03

28% sugar, I checked

Don't think I'm over reacting, my son does get chocolate and "treats" but a creme egg is so ridiculously sugary that it seems innappropriate for a nursery to give out. One day they have a visit from the local dentist telling them how to brush and giving out free toothbrushes and then creme eggs the next day.

So next time we go to the supermarket how do I get him to understand that he cant have a creme egg - if nursery give them out it makes them OK in his eyes.

I don't think they even talked about what Easter is.

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Feelingbetterslowly · 20/03/2008 21:04

I LOVE creme eggs and we get them thrown in for free with our lunch once a weeks, so I save mine for dd every second week and she loves them, feel like a bad parent now! She also loves divine bars though and flavoured mineral water ice pops. Nursery got them to colour in paper easter eggs tho-sensible!

Aitch · 20/03/2008 21:06

tell them that only nurseries get to hand out creme eggs, that'd work.

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