--- title: Hershey's Lawsuit Bars British Chocolate Importation in US description: A lawsuit brought by Hershey's is keeping British-made Rolos and Cadbury Eggs out of the U.S. canonical: https://time.com/3683147/cadbury-chocolate-america-britain-hershey/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-26T21:22:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:15.681Z og:title: Here's Why Americans Who Love British Chocolate Are Freaking Out og:description: A Hershey's lawsuit is keeping UK Rolos and Cadbury Eggs out of the US og:url: https://time.com/3683147/cadbury-chocolate-america-britain-hershey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3965044b5368bb06/69877964e20a872532a84763/94471499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2553 og:image:height: 1436 og:image:alt: Chocolate Production Continues At Cadbury During Hostile Takeover Bids og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Why Americans Who Love British Chocolate Are Freaking Out twitter:description: A Hershey's lawsuit is keeping UK Rolos and Cadbury Eggs out of the US twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3965044b5368bb06/69877964e20a872532a84763/94471499.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Why Americans Who Love British Chocolate Are Freaking Out > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jan 26, 2015 9:22 PM UTC  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](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jan 26, 2015 9:22 PM UTC Thousands of Rolo, Cadbury and Toffee Crisp lovers in the U.S. have [signed a petition](http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/protest-hersheys-lawsuit) 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), 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). “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) reports that various British treats will disappear altogether from American shelves because consumers may confuse them with competing American chocolates. 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