CADBURY has confirmed that a newly-launched Creme Egg has already sold out before Easter.
Mondelez, which owns Cadbury, has confirmed that white chocolate Creme Eggs have officially sold out.
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The Creme Egg White is now officially out of stock across a number of major supermarkets including Asda and Tesco.
Cadbury unveiled the white chocolate Creme Egg just five months ago in November 2022 and it marked the first major innovation to the chocolate treat in over 50 years.
The introduction of the new egg came to get the Christmas season off to a cracking start and Cadbury confirmed that the product would remain on the shelves all the way until Easter.
The newly-launched egg features the unique Creme Egg gooey centre which is coated in a white chocolate shell.
At the time Cadbury fans were thrilled with the news with one person posting on Twitter saying: “Giving my full banking details to the first person who brings me a white chocolate Creme Egg today.”
Others called the new Creme Egg a “game changer”, but it wasn’t to everyone’s taste.
One person posted on Twitter and said: “I’m not sure about that one” and another said: “That will taste way too sickly.”
But the overall popularity of the new Creme Egg variety has meant that Cadbury has now confirmed it’s been wiped clean off the shelves before Easter.
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A Mondelez International spokesperson said: “New for this Easter, our Cadbury Creme Egg White is a fun take on our classic Creme Egg – a creamy white chocolate shell with the same delicious gooey centre!
“Our classic Creme Eggs are purchased four times more than the average Easter product and have been an icon of the season for over half a century.
“It looks like the white version is shaping up to be just as popular as they have sold out egg-ceedingly quickly.”
Cadbury’s all-white Creme Eggs differ from the half-white, half-milk competition-based eggs that can see shoppers win £10,000.
These eggs have been randomly distributed and hidden inside regular wrappers since December 26.
Five of the eggs are worth £10,000 and four are worth £5,000.
The remaining eggs are worth between £50 and £1,000.
Shoppers have until April 9 to find one of these special Creme Eggs and their prize money must be claimed by June 9.
In other news, people are only just realising what the inside of a Creme Egg is made of and it’s not caramel or icing.
Cadbury fans were left fuming in February when The Sun revealed that it had scrapped an iconic Easter treat.
Mondelez confirmed that Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Egg ‘n’ Spoon cartons had been scrapped for good.
The firm justified the move and said that it reflects “changing tastebuds”.
But fans of the Easter treat disagree and have called the move a “crime”.
