Unexpected Ways To Use Cadbury Creme Eggs

If you love Cadbury Creme Eggs, you probably know that the year only has two seasons: Creme Egg season and not Creme Egg season. Even if you're the type who picks up one or two as a treat and finishes them in the car on the way home, these ideas for unconventional desserts and treats starring Creme Eggs might persuade you to save them for later ... or at least pick up a few extra.

Toasties are hugely popular in Britain and Ireland, and if you've ever had a grilled cheese sandwich, you're familiar with a cheese toastie. While you're more likely to see ham and cheese toasties, a pop-up Creme Egg restaurant in Soho served up Creme Egg toasties for a limited time in 2016. It was one of four dishes available: the others were egg and soldiers, a Creme Egg tray bake that was essentially a rocky road, and a strawberries and Creme Egg dish.

This one's super easy to make at home, especially if you have a panini press. Directions (courtesy of AllRecipes UK) are simple as can be. Butter up a couple pieces of bread, pop them in the press, cut your Creme Egg in half, and smash it in the middle. You'll have a gooey treat within minutes, and it might just be your new guilty pleasure.

Anyone in Britain or Ireland can swing by the grocery store and pick up some Cadbury Creme Egg ice cream, and it's just as amazing as it sounds. Fortunately, you can also make your own.

Since you can never have too much chocolate, this recipe from Sweet ReciPEAs might just be the perfect thing to satisfy a Creme Egg craving and a chocolate one. It does require an ice cream maker, but there are plenty of options out there and if you're an ice cream fan, it's probably worth the small investment to be able to make all your favorite flavors and experiment with new ones. This non-essential piece of kitchen equipment might make for some hesitant home cooks, but the promise of this ice cream alone is enough to warrant a spur-of-the-moment purchase.

Getting hungry? What Jessica Baked Next has a recipe for a completely guilt-filled version that doesn't require any special equipment. Made with heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk, and plenty of chocolate, it's supposed to last for up to two weeks in the freezer, but once your family digs into this one, it won't last that long at all.

By the time Cadbury Creme Eggs hit the shelves each year, summer is right around the corner. Since that's the time of backyard barbecues and deviled eggs, why not usher in the season with a platter of deviled Cadbury eggs?

Cakespy has reimagined the deviled egg using only a few simple ingredients. Slicing the egg in half gives you the basics, and it doesn't take nearly as long as hard-boiling regular eggs, so that's a bonus. Leave the fondant filling where it is, and top it with a spiraled dollop of vanilla buttercream frosting colored yellow for effect. Use some red sprinkles to finish off the effect, and you'll have a sweet treat that's going to look — and taste — amazing on any holiday or party platter. Even better is just how fast this one is, and how clever you'll look when your guests see it.

Fudge might be more traditional for the winter holidays, but there's no reason it can't be a special dessert any time of the year. When you make a version with Creme Eggs, you might find it becomes a new signature dessert for any brunch.

The flavor of a Creme Egg can be pretty powerful, and pairing it with your usual chocolatey fudge could easily be too sweet and overpowering. Luckily, Fuss Free Flavours has a non-traditional light fudge made with double cream, milk, white sugar, and butter, so it's the perfect compliment to the sweet fondant eggs. For all the true chocolate lovers out there, chocolate fudge is definitely doable, and Fab Food 4 All has a version calling for dark chocolate to flavor the fudgey base decorated with mini Creme Eggs and other mini chocolate eggs. It's definitely not good for you, but you're only eating a bite-sized piece at a time, right?

Your slow cooker might be the most underrated tool in your kitchen, and if the hassle of fudge is just too much of a pain, don't fret. A Keen Cook has a foolproof method for making fudge in your slow cooker. You have literally no excuse not to. This fudge has Creme Eggs mixed in as it cooks, and since it only takes an hour in the slow cooker, this a super-simple dessert that's a win all around.

Whether doughnuts are a regular breakfast item or an occasional treat, Creme Egg doughnuts are a must for any time of the year you can get your hands on some the eggs. Cut Squash offers some great guidance on making these sweet, sweet morning treats. Assembling your doughnuts is easy, but this recipe calls for frying your doughnuts in true doughnut fashion. Baking a Mess has a more straightforward recipe that includes all you need to know from start to finish, and it's easier to do than you might think. The doughnuts only need to cook for a minute or two in the hot oil, but the setup and clean-up involved means it's a great excuse to get your money's worth, so to speak, and whip up a dozen or so at a time! And because there's no wrong way to make doughnuts, both of these recipes lend themselves to a bit of experimentation. Finish them off with a dollop of chocolate frosting, some whipped cream, or dip them in chocolate for a neat, thin chocolate shell. Yum.

This one is "the" pinata cake because it's the creation of Martha Collison, the baker who rose to fame as the youngest contestant to appear on The Great British Bake Off. It's also the answer to the question, "What's better than a cake topped with Creme Eggs?"

The more precise answer is, of course, a cake topped with Creme Eggs and filled with even more Creme Eggs. Collison's cake is a simple but delicious buttery sponge cake with a secret that's all in the assembly. After stacking it and sandwiching in some chocolate ganache, the center of the cake is removed and filled with Creme Eggs. Then the top is added, along with some more ganache and a drizzle of icing. Top that with another Creme Egg halved, centered, and covered with icing drizzle. Cutting into this one might be breaking into one of the best pinatas ever, but when the Creme Eggs start to spill out, everyone will be scrambling to snarf them up.

No matter how long it's been since you've had a Cadbury Creme Egg, it's a flavor you just don't forget. Even if it's been months, you know the taste as soon as you see them back on the shelves. If you have any doubt about how well that distinctive sweet flavor will work in an alcoholic cocktail, here are a few drinks to banish the last pieces of that fear.

Nesting with Style has perfected a Creme Egg martini, and it's made with vanilla vodka, salted caramel vodka, a white chocolate liqueur, creme de cocoa, and, of course, a Creme Egg. The gooey center of the egg is poured over the inside of the glass, and the two different types of vodka mean that it's delicious drink that can double as a complete dessert. For something even more decadent, try a Cadbury Creme Egg cocktail. It's also made with vanilla vodka but then mixed with heavy cream, white creme de cacao, and yellow Chartreuse. Garnish with chocolate and a mini egg, and you'll have another drink that's an entire dessert in itself.

If you don't keep a stocked bar, it can be tough to justify buying that many bottles for one or two drinks. That's how overstocked cabinets and expired food happen, and no one wants that. Fortunately, Food Fanatic has a brilliant recipe for a Creme Egg milkshake that's a lot less intensive. You'll need whipped cream vodka, vanilla ice cream, and whole milk. Sprinkles optional. (But seriously, get the sprinkles.)