Chocolate fans furious to discover how many Mini Eggs are in Cadbury’s new £5 tins
FURIOUS chocolate lovers have called Cadbury's new £5 Mini Eggs tins a "con" after discovering how few eggs are in each tin.
The giant tins, launched by Cadbury's alongside a similar-sized Creme Egg version, were met with great excitement by chocolate fans when they were launched this month.
But customers were perplexed that the tins were full of treat size bags of Mini Eggs rather than loose chocolate eggs.
Then, once the bags were emptied out into the tin, it was left looking rather empty.
Twitter user @Kerryccp said: “What a total con, £4.99 and this is what you get. 10 individual bags emptied out to reveal this”
A Facebook post by Tonya Clifton, which attracted almost three thousand likes showed the tin included ten small treat-sized bags of Mini Eggs, while the Crème Egg tin held eight standard Crème Eggs and another bag of smaller eggs.
Fellow Facebook user Nikki Robertson commented: "Is that what u get I thought it was a tin of the Mini Eggs.
"Think I will just get it individually in my work a bit cheaper."
The same amount contained inside the tins would normally set you back around £3.65 if bought it from the supermarkets - that leaves around £2.35 you are paying for the special edition tin.
However, that has not stopped chocolate lovers being disappointed once they have bought their tin.
A Cadbury's spokesperson told The Sun: "The Cadbury Mini Egg tins contain ten Cadbury Mini Eggs bags, while Cadbury Creme Egg tins contain eight Cadbury Creme Eggs and one bag of Cadbury Creme Egg Mini Filled.
"The tins are designed to be a fun, reusable gift for bakers, who we know love to include our eggs in their recipes whether that’s a Cream Egg tray bake or a Mini Egg topped Easter sponge.
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"The Cadbury Mini Eggs and Cadbury Creme Eggs are also kept in packets to avoid damage to the eggs."
Mini Eggs fans have previously accused Cadbury's of "messing with the taste" of their favourite treat and that the chocolate had started to taste 'cheap.'
Mini Eggs, first launched in 1967 are now produced in Poland after moving from Somerset following Kraft’s takeover of Cadbury in 2010.