This turns out to be Hershey's fault -- they licensed the creme-egg formula and name.

Of all the items that were so intently coveted by us when we were kids, these things have to be the most dreadfully disgusting to adult taste buds. A rubbery, tasteless shell of cardboard colored don't-you-dare-call-it-chocolate, filled with a toxic goo that only science could produce, and could probably fulfill all your caulking and cement needs.