By Type
Everybody loves something special and we all know how easy it is to find particularly average Easter eggs which only seem to be differ by what’s on the packaging. Many of the Easter eggs you’ll find in the supermarkets are of a standard size and are sold for next to nothing.Often they have very low cacao content (compared with what can be considered as good quality Easter eggs); sometimes they’ll have a gimmick such as a mug or bars of chocolate to entice you in to buy.
Supermarkets don’t generally cater for a wide range of chocolate lovers. So here as the Easter period approaches I’ll be going through all the different types of Easter eggs and trying to find good value or just plain wonderful Easter eggs that meet those criteria.
The first three are very simple to deduce and often the most well-catered for:
Everywhere will sell milk chocolate Easter eggs, but what I’ll try and do is find out the ones that are the most interesting or the ones that may be keenly-priced but still are made from good quality chocolate.
Thankfully over recent years you can now buy a variety of very good quality dark chocolate Easter eggs. Most popular, of course, are Hotel Chocolat and Green & Blacks. But there are some good, independent chocolatiers that you might like to take a look at.
I’m not a fan of white chocolate, but I know they have an ardent following. The main shops to look out for here are Thorntons and the Chocolate Trading Co.
It’s a shame that there aren’t more chocolate companies selling personalised Easter eggs. In fact the only large scale retailer that does them is Thontons.
There are only a few that I’d call giant, but I’m searching regularly to find more.
I’m just going through all the Easter egg hunt kits I can find to make it easier to find the right ones for you. Obviously they should include the eggs but hopefully also markers, signs, flags etc.
I must admit there are quite a few really boring and unadventurous Easter hampers available. I’ve been searching the internet for some of the best.