which came first the chicken or the egg? i egged the chicken and then i ate his leg

i went cadbury mini egg hunting this weekend. it began with a creme egg. i recently realized that i have become disillusioned with the creme egg. don't get me wrong, i adore them, but i don't eat them with gusto anymore. they make my teeth hurt. i am now much more attracted to the refined, beautifully colored mini eggs (a sign of age, perhaps. i have a theory that once you hit a certain age bracket (i.e. 'old'), you acquire a taste for butter pecan and cherry vanilla...maybe you lose your taste for creme eggs too)...they're still cadbury, but just not filled with teeth rotting goo. is this a sign of the apocalypse? i mean, in college, i devoted a webpage to creme eggs. i've devoured these things every easter since i can remember. they were a precious commodity to me, even the packaging was spared: i'd meticulously open each egg so as not to tear the chick emblazoned foil.

i think i am not enamored with easter candy in general any longer. i used to anticipate the coming of spring--it meant cadbury creme eggs, peeps (no easter basket is complete without a peep, yet no one really eats those vile things), reese's eggs, you know, all that yummy goodness. consumerism has taken away the novelty of easter candy. peeps miraculously transform into ghosts and christmas trees, reese's eggs morph into hearts and gingerbread men and this year, i discovered the cadbury creme ornament. i was not pleased. you would think i would have been excited, given my love for the things. i bought one and it didn't taste the same. if they are available year round, they're not special any more. the creme egg is now on the same level as a snickers or a milky way.

anyway, i had to go to four stores to get my cadbury mini eggs. i need my cadbury fix (the fruit and nut bar just doesn't cut it). at least, to my knowledge, these have not been tainted by other holidays. since i just became smitten with these little freckled eggs, i haven't really noticed them on shelves before, so it's more than likely they've been sold under the guise of mini-ornaments in muted tones of red and green. sigh. i will not give these things up. besides, i already have an idea for next easter: i will make macaroon nests filled with mini eggs! the sheer cuteness of it all is consuming me.