Yesterday, I visited the Cadbury Creme Egg Camp at The Last Days of Shoreditch. The Cadbury Creme Egg Camp is a temporary pop-up that can be visited for a month between the 19th of January until 18th February. Tickets could be purchased for guaranteed entry or on the day. (When I visited, there was not a queue, so I am sure that walk-ins would not have to wait for long.) The timed entry per ticket is for 45 minutes, so that is enough time to have a wander around and get your Cadbury Creme Egg fireside treat.
I did not go to the Cadbury Creme Egg Camp at South Bank last year, but I did go to the first pop-up in Soho (Cadbury Creme Egg Cafe) two years ago, and that was the first year that they had the pop-up. Part of what has been made from the pop-ups goes to charity.
Upon arrival, I entered the door through a small trail in a pine forest at dusk, complete with smoke/fog and chirping birds and frogs. I arrived a couple of minutes late from my time slot, so by the time I got inside, there were queues for the treats. I actually spent more of my time in the queues instead of having the time to look around, which was a bit disappointing. We were actually told to get the treats first because the cap the number of the different types of treats per session.
Not all of the treats are sold in one place in the camp; they were in different places. I thought that I would go for the cookie, but I wish I'd had seen it first...the bloke went for the waffle. Waffles and Toasties were on offer at the campfire kitchen, but we had to wait. The cookie was a little bit naff as it was a plain cookie with half a mini Creme Egg on top, and it wasn't warmed up.
The treats are inspired after campfire favourites. Forest-top Fongoo are breadsticks and strawberries that can be dipped into melted Creme Egg. Campfire cookies are the cookies with the mini Creme Egg half placed on top (pictured above). Woodland Waffles are waffles with Creme Egg goo and chocolate drizzle (pictured above). Fire-pit Toasties are Cadbury Creme Egg sandwiches.
The other attractions at the pop-up include a giant slide, the campfire headquarters hunting lodge, and a couple of photo opportunities.
One of the photo opportunities was a canoe with a bear and fish, and the other was a Cadbury Creme Egg nest with giant Cadbury Creme Eggs. Photographs were encouraged as well as sharing on social media.
The other attraction was at the "Fondoo" area at the top of the hunting lodge. We were encouraged to tell a chocolate-inspired joke for a Creme Egg. Unfortunately Creme Eggs were not on tap and flowing like they were in the first pop-up two years ago. I actually was close to walking away with no Creme Eggs for my visit but was told about this at last minute (due to waiting in the queue) so managed to get a Creme Egg with a couple of minites to spare before the end of the slot.
There was also a campfire with a man playing the guitar, and above this area were projected stars/constellations; the area was created inside a giant tent.
Overall, this was fun but we both preferred the first Cadbury Creme Egg pop-up. The Cadbury Creme Egg Camp is open until 18th February. It is only open from Thursday to Sunday; Thursday-Friday (17:00-21:00) and Saturday-Sunday (14:00-18:00).
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