The ultimate Easter egg guide

Whoever you’re buying for this Easter – your mum, best friend or, um, yourself – we’ve got the perfect chocolate pressie…

For mum

She definitely deserves a special present, and these pretty eggs will ensure you’re in her good books for quite some time

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Pink Marc de Champagne Truffle Milk Chocolate Egg, £23.
Inside this pretty, powder-pink box is a milk chocolate egg filled with matching powder-pink truffles. The egg is thin and delicate, which makes it perfect if you want a satisfying chocolate hit without overdoing it this Easter, and the champagne-flavoured truffles are milk chocolate wrapped in a smooth white chocolate layer. With the Royal seal of approval, it’s the perfect mum-friendly egg.

Cheep and chick
Waitrose Linden Lady Luxury Hand Decorated Egg, £9.99.
This stylishly packaged milk chocolate egg is topped with white chocolate and a pretty piped green and black decoration. Handmade and gluten-free, it has a yummy sweet taste without being too cloying. Great for people who like the simple things – and you might even get away with pretending you made it!

For your boyfriend

If he thinks he’s too cool for traditional eggs, try giving him these sweet treats as a pressie

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Rococo Praline-Filled Hens’ Eggs, £13.95 for set of two
Peel off the shell of a real hen’s egg to reveal solid hazelnut praline. This luxury Easter treat has an initial sweet taste, then the silky-smooth praline melts in your mouth, leaving just a hint of hazelnut. Warm these gently in the microwave and serve at breakfast with toasted brioche soldiers for a sweet surprise. They come in a gorgeous box, and are nestled in straw for an authentic farm look.

Cheep and chick
Marks & Spencer Mini Chicks, £5 for set of six
These hollow milk-chocolate eggs with cute yellow Easter chick decorations are sweet, thick and satisfying to eat. They remind us of Crème Eggs, but without the super-sugary filling. Top marks for the cute egg box packaging too.

For kids

Keep the noisy ones happy on Easter Sunday with these playful eggs

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Thorntons Footy Fanatic Egg, or Bramble Bunny Egg, £3.49 each
Whether the little ones are mad about football or animal obsessed, these eggs will have you covered. The milk chocolate egg is decorated with a black-and-white soccer ball, and the white choc has a bunny brandishing an orange carrot on the front. Happy kids guaranteed!

Cheep and chick
Sainsbury’s Easter Basket With Chocolate Eggs, £3
Stage the cutest ever Easter egg hunt with this kitsch kit. Hide the foil-wrapped eggs, then let the kids scamper off to collect them in their plastic basket. This is handy if you’re looking to monitor their chocolate consumption too, as the thin eggs aren’t massive. A nifty way to avoid the inevitable sugar crash and tantrums later on.

For teens

Coax them out of their bedrooms with fun, tasty treats

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Marks & Spencer Eggs With Legs, £5
Quirky teens will love this hip looking package of three milk chocolate eggs – and hopefully they’ll even manage to share one with you! The chocolate is very sweet, and the overall look of the package is the big hook for this gift.

Cheep and chick
Waitrose Belgian Milk Chocolate with Chocolate Beans, £4
Retro cool and full of milk chocolate, this should satisfy even the most sugar-obsessed teen. With Smarties-esque sweets spilling out of the front, this is an egg made from smooth chocolate that comes in eye-popping packaging.

For your BFF

Show her that she’s your bezzie forever by giving her one of these pretty gifts.

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Prestat Sea Salt Caramel Easter Egg, £15
We just love this pretty packaging! Inside the pink-and-green cardboard box is pink tissue paper and a gold-foil-wrapped egg. It’s neatly wrapped in foil so the two halves come apart without showering chocolate all over your friend’s clothes, and inside it’s filled with truffles. The egg is made from 71 per cent cocoa, and gives off a really chocolatey aroma, and the truffles are filled with scrummy caramel.

Cheep and chick
Lindt Gold Milk Chocolate Bunny, 200g, £4
These classic chocolates are so cute – who can resist? They come wrapped in gold foil, and even have a little bell around their necks. And after your mate’s torn off the wrapping, the smooth, creamy chocolate is sure to wow her as well.

For the chocolate snob

Know one of those people who’s ultra picky when it comes to sweet treats? Then they’ll be dead impressed by these selections.

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Hotel Chocolat The Connoisseur, £30
A thick dark chocolate shell with truffle and chilli “egglets” (or miniature eggs to you and me) is the ultimate in dark choc indulgence. The egg comes in two halves – one is 82 per cent cocoa Hacienda chocolate from Ecuador, and the other is 66 per cent Madagascan cocoa. Both are thick and rich, but Fabulous’ favourite was the Madagascan side, as it was chunky and delivered a massive cocoa hit.

Cheap and chick
Green & Black’s Easter Tasting Collection, £14.99
This glossy egg is 70 per cent cocoa, and organic too. The egg, embossed with the Green & Black’s logo, comes with 24 mini bars in 11 different flavours, including Raisin and Hazlenut and White Chocolate, and comes with tasting notes, so you can settle down and really appreciate the different flavours. There are recipe cards too, to show you simple, creative ways of using up any leftover choc.

Last-minute finds

Forgotten to get your chocolate on the day? Never fear, here are some fab last-minute choices.

ChokaBlok The Rocky Road Of Love Egg, Tesco, £5
Packed with marshmallow, toffee, chocolate-covered shortbread, fudge and caramel, this milk chocolate covered egg shows all its fillings on the outside. It tastes great, but this one’s really all about the presentation!

The Co-operative Milk Chocolate and Butterscotch Egg, on offer for £5 (RRP £7.50)
Made from 74 per cent fair trade ingredients, this hand-decorated milk chocolate egg is a great choice if you’re concerned about the provenance of your choc. The egg itself is made from 34 per cent cocoa – which is quite high for a milk chocolate – and is studded with crunchy butterscotch all over then decorated with white and dark chocolate. The dark chocolate is also good quality, and weighs in at an impressive 54 per cent cocoa.

…And one for you!

You definitely deserve a treat too, and master chocolatier Paul A Young’s Sea Salted Caramel Filled eggs, £19.95 each, are the business. With a thick shell of 64% cocoa Madagascan chocolate and a generously filled centre of soft caramel with just a touch of sea salt to boost the sweetness you will die and go to chocolate heaven. What’s more you can use the egg cup for a boiled chucky with soldiers the next day.

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