Cadbury Fingers
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| Type | Biscuit |
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| Owner | Cadbury plc |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Introduced | 1897[citation needed] |
| Related brands | Cadbury products |
| Markets | World |
Fingers (originally Finger) are a popular biscuit in the United Kingdom and consist of a biscuit centre covered in chocolate. They are produced and distributed by Burton's Foods under licence from Cadbury plc.
They were originally designed to resemble primate fingers (hence the name) and were sold in rectangular boxes contained in a compartmented plastic tray sealed in Cellophane. Double size boxes holding two trays are also available. Promotional boxes containing three trays are also available at times. Boxes contained an average of 24 fingers, but this was reduced to 16 in 2011.
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[edit] Varieties
According to the Burton's Foods web site, Cadbury Fingers are made in the following varieties:
- Cadbury Fingers Choc Heaven
- Cadbury Fingers Honeycomb Flavour
- Cadbury Fingers
- Cadbury Fingers Toffee Crunch - Season's Collection
- Cadbury Fingers Mini Afters
- Cadbury Fingers Mini Breaks
- Cadbury Fingers Mini's - Lorry Tin
- Cadbury Fingers Mini Treats
- Cadbury Love Fingers
- Cadbury Fingers White Chocolate
- Cadbury Season's Collection Dark Chocolate Mint Fingers
- Cadbury Fingers Giant
- Cadbury Mixed Finger Tin - 450g
- Cadbury Fingers Double Chocolate
A limited edition variety, Cadbury Toffee Crunch Fingers, was launched in March 2008.[1]
[edit] Advertising
In the 1990s adverts featured homosexual comedian Michael Barrymore singing songs about Cadbury Fingers and making note of the chocolate coating being Cadbury Dairy Milk. The packaging now displays the slogan 'one may lead to another'.
[edit] Portion Size
According to Cadburys, one serving consists of 4 fingers (also known as a fist). Each finger contains 30 calories, 1.5g of fat and 3.4g of carbohydrates.
[edit] Unusual Sales Activity
Sales of Chocolate fingers have increased 1500% in the Baggot Street area of Dublin compared to last year (FYE 12/10).
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Burton's Foods launches Cadbury Toffee Crunch Fingers". Talking Retail (Nexus Business Media Ltd). 3 March 2008. http://www.talkingretail.com/products/8920/Burtons-Foods-launches-Cadbury.ehtml. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
Ipswich based Jordan Parker holds the record for eating 36 fingers in one session whilst trying to get #howmanyfingers trending on Twitter.
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