Here I look at some Easter eggs that are targeted at children and establish their suitability.

Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons with a Monkey Soft Toy

On its own this egg with a soft toy isn't good value for money. However, if you get it in one of the larger gift hampers then it does work out to be cost-effective -especially as delivery doesn't cost too much.

Nestlé Yorkie Easter Egg with A Mug

Of course if you're buying for young children then most of the time value for money is key. The quality of the chocolate here isn't great, but you only get about 100g of it - plus two Yorkie bars.

Dorset Dinosaur Chocolate Egg

A few years ago I used to live in southern Somerset and loved popping down to Lyme Regis for a bag of chips and to sit on the beach. I’d spend hours there soaking up the sun rain and often I’d get to watch people carefully approach the cliffs looking for remnants of lifeforms that swam the seas a...

Dr Who Easter Egg

Of course it was never going to be an awesome Easter egg, but if you love Doctor Who then you don't really care what anybody else things, and nor should you.

Moshi Monsters Easter Egg

Obviously this Easter egg will never win any awards for flavour or design, but at least young kids do have an option.

Bunny Cool Egg

Artisan du Chocolat seem to get it just bang on right with every festival. This time the Bunny Cool Eggs are absolutely perfect for children with taste.