Easter is relegated to the back (Picture: Alamy)

People are getting very upset about Cadbury leaving the word ‘Easter’ off the front of their eggs.

Chocolate eggs from the company have been in supermarkets since January (that’s a whole other thing to complain about) but it’s just now that people are really getting worked up.

Presumably this is because of the traditional last minute egg-dash before Easter Sunday tomorrow.

We have contacted Cadbury to ask if anything has changed for 2016 or if the word ‘Easter’ has always been on the back.


Either way, people are extremely angry and have threatened to boycott the chocolate…

@CadburyUK my Dad is so enraged we are living in #England

Thankfully i do not like chocolate

No #EasterEggs from you — Martin J Holdcroft (@MartinHoldcroft) March 26, 2016

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@CadburyUK @francesmcghee91 may be, but @CadburyUK has made millions from Easter eggs and now takes the piss by removing Easter from it — iain (@iaintoon) March 26, 2016

The person running Cadbury’s PR account has had to rebuff dozens of people worried they have removed the word Easter altogether:



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Is this POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD?

@CadburyUK Is it true that you are banning the word Easter from your Easter eggs because it offends other religions? — Marcie Lindsay (@marciepeil) March 24, 2016

Is it an example of the iniquity of Kraft’s hostile takeover of a British institution?

Or are you not that bothered?

Lots of other people piled in on the outrage, but mainly to take the mick.

I take it everyone who is complaining to Cadbury's about the lack of 'Easter' from the packaging will be going to church this Sunday ? — mnrrnt (@Mnrrnt) March 26, 2016

@mrdavidwhitley Jesus died for those eggs — Monkeymanbob (@Monkeymanb0b) March 26, 2016

@iaintoon @CadburyUK @francesmcghee91 too late mate, I am outside Cadburys demanding they keep Isis out of our chocolate eggs #BrokenBritain — Ben (@benny5bellys) March 26, 2016