Mini Eggs
Chocolate candy produced by Cadbury
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Cadbury Mini Eggs are a milk chocolate product created and produced by Cadbury. Introduced in 1967,[citation needed] the egg is solid milk chocolate encased in a thin coating of hard candy "shell", molded to resemble a miniature egg. They are popular around Easter.[1]
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 Mini Eggs, one broken to show the chocolate interior | |
| Product type | Confectionery |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cadbury |
| Produced by | Cadbury |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Introduced | 1967 |
| Website | cadbury.co.uk/products/brands/mini-eggs |
Mini Eggs were previously produced in the Keynsham plant in Somerset, England; however, as of February 2010, production has moved to Cadbury's new plant in Bielany Wrocławskie, Poland.[2]
Variants
Over the years, Cadbury has introduced a number of variations related to the original Mini Eggs, including:
- Shimmer Mini Eggs (metallic colored shells)[citation needed]
- Dark Mini Eggs (dark chocolate, discontinued)[citation needed]
- Popping Mini Eggs ("pops" when melted in mouth)[citation needed]
- Micro Mini Eggs (even smaller variation of Mini Eggs) (introduced in 2007)[citation needed]
- White Mini Eggs (white Mini Eggs with white chocolate inside) (introduced as a Target exclusive in 2014)[citation needed]
- Orange Mini Eggs (orange flavour milk chocolate in an orange shell)[3] (This variety is exclusive to Tesco stores)[citation needed]