Maybe it was the 12 pounds of chocolate. Or the 40 pounds of sugar. Not to mention all the cream, milk and corn syrup — and the two dozen vanilla beans.

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The British candy company sells more than 220 million of the eggs in Britain each year, a testament to its broad, nostalgic appeal. But the Cadbury Creme Egg is also a candy anomaly.

A man has been convicted of stealing nearly 200,000 chocolate eggs, worth around £40,000 ($48,000), in what British police have dubbed an “eggs-travagent theft.” CNN values your feedback 1.

Cadbury's Creme Eggs move down the production line at the Cadbury's Bournville production plant on Dec. 15, 2009, in Birmingham, England. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption ...

They first appeared in their current form in 1971 and were sold alongside Fry's Creme Egg and Fry's Border Egg. Fry's, owned by Joseph Storrs Fry, was one of the three big British confectionery ...

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. Filed under.

A man has been convicted of stealing nearly 200,000 chocolate eggs, worth around £40,000 ($48,000), in what British police have dubbed an “eggs-travagent theft.” CNN values your feedback 1.