Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Creme Egg in Kirkcaldy woman’s house turns 50 – but she’s never been tempted to eat it

Ainslie Peters has marked the milestone for the chocolate bought for her gran back in 1973.

Kirkcaldy woman Ainslie Peters with the 50-year-old Cadbury Creme Egg.
Kirkcaldy woman Ainslie Peters with the 50-year-old Creme Egg. Image: Neil Henderson/DC Thomson

A Kirkcaldy woman who has marked the 50th birthday of a Cadbury’s Creme Egg in her house has revealed why she has never been tempted to eat the chocolate treat.

The egg was bought as a gift for Ainslie Peters’ gran, Jean, on a first date with her future husband Dan Clark in 1973.

It was never opened and has since become a family heirloom.

Ainslie says the egg has been around nearly as long as she has.

She told The Courier: “I can’t quite believe that the egg has survived this long and now reached the ripe old age of 50.

‘Who knows how long it will last?’

“But it’s been cherished, first by my gran and now by me, so who knows how long it will last?

“Gran wouldn’t have been much older than the egg is now when she met Dan.

“Similarly, I’m 53, so the egg has been about pretty much my whole life.”

Ainslie remembers the “special egg” fondly from her childhood visits to her gran’s Glasgow home.

Ainslie's grandmother, Jean Peters.
Ainslie’s grandmother, Jean Peters. Image: Ainslie Peters

She said: “It was just something that was always there when we were kids.

“Me and my three sisters often used to ask her why she had it in a cabinet but she would always laugh it off.

“However, it must have really have held significant sentimental value for her to have kept it all those years.

“Creme Eggs were still quite a novelty back then having not long been introduced.”

The 50-year-old Creme Egg alongside a modern version.
The 50-year-old Creme Egg alongside a modern version. Image: Ainslie Peters

When Jean died in 2010 it was the only thing that Ainslie asked for, and it has been on display in her home ever since.

Creme Eggs first appeared on the shelves in 1963, produced by chocolatier Fry’s, and originally named Fry’s Creme Egg.

It was renamed and remarketed as Cadbury’s Creme Egg in 1971.

Kirkcaldy woman on why she will never eat 50-year-old Creme Egg

They remain one of Britain’s favourite sweets with more than 500 million sold every year.

But despite it sitting in her house all these years, Ainslie has never been tempted to peel back the foil.

She added: “Believe it or not I don’t like Creme Eggs.

“The fondant filling is just too sweet for me so it’ll remain on display in my own cabinet.”

Conversation