14 Egg-cellent Easter eggs
No need to go hunting - we've found the weirdest, wackiest and most wonderful Easter eggs up for grabs on the high street and locally this season.
Betty’s Imperial Easter Egg
Feel like you’re feeding the five thousand this Easter? Here, five kilos of chocolate should do it! Made with Grand Cru Swiss chocolate and delicately hand-piped, this whopper from Betty’s is only available from their Yorkshire shop (no surprises there – image putting this in the post). Luckily, there’s also a slightly more mangable version for sale at £32.
£295
Coco Chemistry Gold Flux Easter Egg
Artist sculpture or Easter snack? You decide! Pick up this eye-catching turquoise egg (complete with salted caramel truffles) from Coco Chemistry’s chocolate shop in the Westgate, Oxford).
£27.50
Harvey Nichols Eggs with Legs
It’s not often I see an Easter egg with nattier footwear than me! This hollow egg comes complete with its own hand-painted, individually decorated egg cup created by kitsch ceramic designer Mary Rose Young – but there are only 90 of each available, so snap it up quick!
£80
Coco Confectionary’s Booja Booja handpainted eggs
These are a beautiful Easter gift. Hand-painted wooden Easter eggs made by artists in Kashmir, each contains three gorgeous gorgeous @boojabooja Truffles. Egg-cellent for vegans they are dairy free and make a lovely, sustainable keepsake box afterwards. Pick one up from Coco Confectionary in Nailsworth.
From £9.99 (see instore)
M&S Harry Potter Golden Egg
Got Hogwarts fans in the family? They’ll go ga-ga for this golden egg from M&S, inspired by the fourth film. Luckily these ones don’t scream when you open them – but they do contain yummy white chocolate.
£16
Daylesford Easter Acorn
This kooky nature-imbued egg from master organic makers Daylesford will be quite the talking point on Easter Sunday. A milk and dark chocolate Easter egg with a nutty almond and cacao nib rocher, along with a tasty candied orange tail.
£40.00
Mode & Grace Floral Easter Egg
The bonkers weather might be messing with the garden, but at least this dark chocolate egg from edible flower experts Mode & Grace is in bloom! This egg is so pretty it’ll make the perfect centrepiece for your Easter table – before you scoff the whole lot, of course.
£25
Chocolate box Easter egg
This chocolate selection box inside an Easter egg (win win) is the brainchild of Broadway fail run choclatiers Hamiltons. Handmade, the egg is triple cast for extra thickness (mmm). Indulge in Belgian dark chocolate and an assortment of 13 handmade dark chocolate creams and truffles.
£22.99
The Cocktail Man Espresso Martini Chicktail Kit
Think Easter eggs are just for the kids? Think again, my friend! This clever kit from The Cocktail Man includes everything you need to whip up an espresso martini inside your milk chocolate egg – definitely worth hunting in the garden for.
£19.95
Butler’s Cheddar Cheese Egg
Don’t have a sweet tooth? Firstly, we can’t be friends – secondly, I have just the Easter egg for you. This half-egg is made entirely out of cheddar blended with soft cheese and can easily be spread on toast as part of your Easter breakfast. There’s even a blue cheese version too.
£6
Chococo Dinosaur Egg
Dorset chocolatier Chococo pays homage to its Jurassic Coast roots with this dinosaur-studded milk chocolate masterpiece. This one is a giant 400g version, but there’s also a smaller 175g version available for half the price.
£27.50
Cutter & Squidge Cookies & Cream Vegan Easter Egg
No need to miss out if you’re dairy-free – this cookie-stuffed creation is 100% vegan. It’s packed to the brim with vegan caramel and honeycomb dreambars, caramel ganache-filled eggs and crunchy Oreo cookies – I think I have a sugar rush just reading the description…
£21.99
