If you’ve ever wanted to take your love for Cadbury Creme Eggs to the next level, now’s your chance.
Subway, the sandwich empire, is joining with them to launch a new — if perhaps strange-sounding — creation just in time for Easter.
However, not everyone is eggs-cited about it.
The 6-inch sandwich, available in the UK on Good Friday, is made on the chain’s Italian white bread and has a chocolate creme egg melted in the middle of it.
Some haters have already weighed in that it is “absolutely disgusting” or rejected it with a firm plain, “No!” while another naysayer offered a gentler appraisal: “I appreciate the creativity, but I don’t think I’ll be in line for this one.”
Only 500 of the special sandwiches will be made, and they will be available — for free, by the way — at just a few select Subway locations in England at Tottenham Court Road, central London and Central Shopping Centre, Liverpool.
“Our Italian White Bread and Cadbury Creme Eggs make the most flavorsome combination, a perfect seasonal treat,” Rusty Warren, Subway’s senior manager of new product development and innovation, touted to Jam Press.
Subway thought of the unique collaboration and reached out to Cadbury to make their idea a reality.
“When Subway approached us to create this eggs-traordinary Submelt, we simply couldn’t resist,” said Charlotte Docker, brand executive for Cadbury Creme Egg.
“The highly-anticipated Creme Egg season is in full swing and we’re so excited to launch this innovative product with Subway as a final hoorah of the season,” she continued.
Unfortunately for some, it doesn’t look like the sandwich will be making its way to the United States anytime soon, but Cadbury Creme Egg devotees can say a prayer to the chocolate gods in hopes of an appearance next year.
In the past, fans of the candy have questioned what exactly is in the middle of the gooey, sweet concoctions — and, as it turns out, the center is actually made of fondant.
About $91 million (£70 million) is spent by the company to mass-produce the sweet treats.
In other Cadbury Creme Egg news, in February, one British man tried to steal nearly 200,000 eggs — worth more than $37,000 — and is facing up to two years in prison.
