I really think this has to be my last column on Easter eggs, don’t you? One egg had sat on my sideboard for a few weeks. I didn’t hold out much hope for it, but it was wolfed down in two sittings (not just by me) with a strong recommend from my testers to ‘write how good it is’, so here you go: Coco Chemistry’s Large Milk Honeycomb Crunch egg, £25. (A dark chocolate version is also available.) This is not a craft-chocolate egg by any stretch, but maybe that’s not what people need all the time.
Melt has two cute eggs, one is just milk and in very simple packaging with a cardboard bunny cut out. The idea is that you paint it and it comes in two sizes, from £14.50. The Breton eggs are beautiful to look at yet expensive at £69.99 each – but they are a hefty 700g and would easily satisfy a large group. We tested the pistachio and kataifi one – milk chocolate, pistachio, caramel blond chocolate and caramelised kataifi. It’s inspired by Dubai chocolate, which I’m in two minds about, but is everywhere. Testers liked it, but weren’t really sure what it was trying to be. I’d personally buy the White Lotus egg (pictured) next time, also £69.99 but for a full kilo of chocolate and 14 segments that give you seven different flavours. A not-cheap but great gift to bring to someone’s house.
I personally really liked Salcombe Dairy’s 73% organic, vegan cacao-nibs egg, £29.50, which came with two full-sized bars – one made of the same stuff as the egg and one dark chocolate with peppermint: both very good.
