During the past couple of weeks, I have encountered various Easter items that seem to want to be the Cadbury Creme Egg. Everybody wants to be like Mike.

A. Cadbury Carmel Egg — Totally different candy experience from the Creme Egg. The carmel inside is pure, no coloring or whatever to make it seem like a real egg filling. The carmel tastes almost smoky. I've definitely had better chocolate-covered carmels.

2. Snickers Creme Sports Eggs - Shaped like a Cadbury Egg, but sliced down the middle, producing one egg-shaped side and one flat side. Unwrap two, put them together, and you've got a whole egg. The outside is chocolate, the inside is pretty much snickers filling. Didn't taste anything like a Cadbury Egg, but it was still fantastic. Carmel, peanut-buttery flavor, and chocolate.

D. Hershey's Kisses Brand Milk Chocolates filled with Vanilla Creme - The inside reminds me of the Cadbury Creme Egg filling. It tastes a bit similar. Not quite the same, but could be a good alternative for when the store sells out of Cadbury. As an added bonus, you get a bunch of them in a single package. Once you open it, you can pop them in your mouth one after another. Since they're smaller than a typical Cadbury Egg, you might get more satisfaction by having 2 or 3.