Therapy Dog Annie Rose is the new Cadbury Bunny

Annie Rose is the new Cadbury Bunny

Annie Rose, a therapy dog from Ohio has been passed the torch from Betty the Frog and crowned the 2022 Cadbury Easter Egg Bunny. Betty is the 2021 winner but is still being shown in current television ads. If you have watched commercial television during the past three decades you have surely seen the humorous yet heartwarming commercials.

Annie Rose will have the honor of wearing the coveted bunny ears to promote the spring holiday season and delicious Cadbury. creme-filled chocolate eggs. Hershey held a "strenuous voting competition", and now Annie Rose will be the fourth-annual pet who will be the star in the popular spring Cadbury commercial.

Each year all kinds of animals cluck like a chickens in attempts to become the bunny who brings Cadbury creme eggs for Easter. Annie Rose won the contest because she received thousands of votes from fans all across the country. According to the Hershey company Annie Rose spends her days visiting nursing homes in Ohio, and during COVID-19 restrictions the therapy dog found a way past the no visitation rules. She gave her support by dressing up and walking past the nursing home windows so residents could see her.

Annie's owner expresses her gratitude

The beautiful snow white English Doodle ( crossbred labrador and poodleJ not only starred in the commercial that features the delicious Cadbury eggs, but also received a $5,000 prize. Annie's owner Lori R wrote the following in a Facebook post that her pet is not only a therapy dog for nursing homes adding “She is a therapy dog to all of us. God has a hand on this big fluffy girl.”

"We can't thank everyone enough for voting for our very own Annie Rose and making her the next Cadbury Bunny, especially her doodle families and friends who went over and beyond,"

The origin of the Cadbury eggs

The original Cadbury Easter commercial debuted in 1994 with an array of animals who were all auditioning for the role of the bunny who brought the eggs. Among those wearing the bunny ears who were trying out were a cat, camel, turtle, and lion.

Cadbury is actually based in the United Kingdom, where Cadbury Creme Eggs are extremely popular, even more so than in the United States. The creme-filled chocolate was created in England in 1963. In 2015 a feud began between British Cadbury importers and the American Hershey Company.

Hershey owns the rights to the Cadbury Creme Egg recipe and makes their own American version but it differs slightly from the British recipe. Hershey didn't want British importers competing with them so the British agreed to stop importing candy that would compete with Hershey and this includes Cadbury Creme Eggs. This is why consumers are unable to purchase authentic Creme Eggs in the United States.

Cadburyvcreem-filled egg ingredients

Cadbury eggs are a chocolate egg-shaped confection that originated in 1963 from the British chocolatier Fry's. It was renamed by the Cadbury company in 1971. The product contains an "enzymatically-derived sweet white and yellow filling" that resembles poured fondant ( not to be confused with fondue). The filling looks like the yolk of a soft- boiled egg and the shell is made of chocolate.

In the UK the Cadbury creme-filled egg is the biggest selling item between New Year and Easter. According to The New York Times, this was a huge disappointment, and Americans who enjoyed the original chocolates were furious. Politics aside, congratulations are in order for Annie Rose the adorable English Doodle who won the contest. Don't forget that " No bunny does Easter like the Cadbury Bunny."