Cadburys Easter eggs are made at their factory in Minford, Sutton Coldfield in the Midlands, the centre of England. They have been made there since 1993. Easter eggs have been produced by Cadburys since 1875. They had no patterns or carvings on them and were made of dark chocolate and filled with sugar coated chocolate drops.
The first eggs to be decorated were decorated with chocolate piping and marzipan flowers. It didn't take long for many more products to be added to the Cadbury Easter range, and by 1893 nineteen Easter products were in the Cadbury inventory. Richard Cadbury was an artist and was inspired by French, Dutch and German designs though he did adapt his designs on his eggs to something more acceptable to the Victorians.
The first cardboard packaging - filled with assorted chocolates - first appeared in 1906. These were to have a couple of decades in the market and were also exported with great success until the 1950s. 1924 saw Cadbury run a special Easter egg service train so customers in popular resorts in Britain would get their Easter eggs on time.
In 1925 Cadbury were selling 14 Easter lines, including a large egg wrapped in foil and decorated with a bow. Cadbury merged with Fry in 1919 so in reality the product lines were even greater as Fry sold 50 lines including chocolate cream bears, lions and other animals as well as small cream eggs and hollow eggs. Cadbury Crème Eggs are a direct decedent of these and are enjoyed to this day. Cadbury remains the most popular chocolate maker in the UK.
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