--- description: A lawsuit brought by Hershey's is keeping British-made Rolos and Cadbury Eggs out of the U.S. title: Here's Why Americans Who Love British Chocolate Are Freaking Out image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3965044b5368bb06/69877964e20a872532a84763/94471499.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Why Americans Who Love British Chocolate Are Freaking Out by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2015 9:22 PM CUT  Cadbury's Creme Eggs move down the production line at the Cadbury's Bournville production plant Cadbury's Creme Eggs move down the production line at the Cadbury's Bournville production plantChristopher Furlong—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2015 9:22 PM CUT Thousands of Rolo, Cadbury and Toffee Crisp lovers in the U.S. have [signed a petition](http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/protest-hersheys-lawsuit "undefined") protesting a lawsuit that threatens the importation of British chocolates into the United States. As the [result of a lawsuit brought by Hershey in August](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/nyregion/after-a-deal-british-chocolates-wont-cross-the-pond.html "undefined"), Let’s Buy British Imports (LBB) has agreed to stop importing popular British chocolates into the United States. While Cadbury won’t disappear completely from American shelves, it’ll be the chocolate manufactured by Hershey, which has a licensing agreement to market products made in the U.S. under the Cadbury name. The Hershey recipe has a lower fat content, a less creamy texture and, British chocolate fans insist, an inferior taste. The news isn’t likely to affect American consumers who buy their Cadbury Creme Eggs from supermarket chains (which have sold the American recipe for years), but lovers of the British variety are incensed. “Due to legal action by the so-called chocolate maker Hershey’s, we can no longer import the real Cadbury chocolate from England,” Tea & Sympathy, a New York shop specializing in British goods, wrote on its [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TeaAndSympathyNYC/posts/10155110984185650 "undefined"). “They want us to sell their dreadful Cadbury approximation but we can’t in good conscience sell you such awful chocolate when we have made our reputation on selling you the yummy real English stuff.” The [New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/nyregion/after-a-deal-british-chocolates-wont-cross-the-pond.html "undefined") reports that various British treats will disappear altogether from American shelves because consumers may confuse them with competing American chocolates. The Toffee Crisp bar has orange packaging similar to Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and Yorkie chocolate bars allegedly infringe on York peppermint patties. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3683147/cadbury-chocolate-america-britain-hershey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3683147/cadbury-chocolate-america-britain-hershey/"},"headline":"Here's Why Americans Who Love British Chocolate Are Freaking Out","datePublished":"2015-01-26T21:22:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:15.681Z","description":"A lawsuit brought by Hershey's is keeping British-made Rolos and Cadbury Eggs out of the U.S.","url":"https://time.com/3683147/cadbury-chocolate-america-britain-hershey/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","uk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3965044b5368bb06/69877964e20a872532a84763/94471499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3965044b5368bb06/69877964e20a872532a84763/94471499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chocolate Production Continues At Cadbury During Hostile Takeover Bids","caption":"Chocolate Production Continues At Cadbury During Hostile Takeover Bids","creditText":"Christopher Furlong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3683147/cadbury-chocolate-america-britain-hershey/","name":"Here's Why Americans Who Love British Chocolate Are Freaking Out"}}]}] ```