Easter eggs began filling the supermarket shelves on Boxing Day, so we don’t blame you if you’ve already sampled some of this year’s chocolatey offering. The temptation is just too great.
If you’ve spent any time at all in your local Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose or M&S, you will have noticed the expansive selection of egg-cellent seasonal milk, white and dark creations. From Cadbury and Nestle, to your high end artisinal labels, for 2023, our favourite chocolatiers have gone all out so that no matter your preferences or dietary requirements, you can indulge this Easter.
The market is plentiful and brimming with dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan alternatives to go alongside your classic Dairy Milk varieties. There are also sweet-filled, beauty and keepsake alternatives too - but for us, there is just something far more satisfying about finding our 4pm snack bar of choice paired alongside a shell of mouth-wateringly delicious chocolate. But where should you start?
If you are feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of Easter eggs available, you have come to the right place. We have taken it upon ourselves to rigorously test a seemingly endless quantity of the limited-edition combinations to find the ones that won’t disappoint whether you’re gifting of self-gifting. It’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it.
See below for our edit of the Easter eggs that deserve your attention in 2023.
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Toblerone The Edgy Egg Milk Chocolate Easter Egg
You need not be passing through an airport to enjoy the nutty goodness of Toblerone. The honey and almond nougat chocolate is now available in egg form, paying homage to the traditional triangular design with a geometric edged shell. Alongside the egg, you’ll find mini versions of the beloved bar.
Buy now £12.00, Tesco
Let's Toast Sourdough & Sea Salt Milk Chocolate Toast with White Chocolate Fried Egg
Not your average Full English. Playing on the signature British breakfast, Harvey Nichols is frying the chocolate egg and setting it on a piece of milk chocolate “brown” toast for a realistic but far more exciting take on the first meal of the day. The creation has been handcrafted and individually decorated in Somerset by aristanal chocolatiers using sourdough crumbs and sea salt for a crunch and a salty twist.
Buy now £20.00, Harvey Nichols
Cadbury White Chocolate Creme Eggs 5 Pack
It isn’t Easter until you’ve had at least one Cadbury’s Chocolate Creme Egg but the confectionery company is doing things a little differently this year with its first innovation in 50 years.
For 2023, you will find the classic Creme Egg given a white chocolate makeover. The cracking innovation will come welcomed to those who like their chocolate on the sweet side and you may just find yourself converted, reaching for this combination over the original milk.
Look out also for the brand new Cadbury Salted Caramel Eggs (£2).
Buy now £2.00, ASDA
Fortnum & Mason Hand-Painted Chick Easter Egg
Almost too beautiful to eat, this Easter egg features a hand painted chick design that will be followed with awe when unwrapped. Ideal for gifting, the piece of food art has been made from Colombian milk chocolate, cocoa solids and a white chocolate layer and then decorated using natural pigments by chocolatiers in Wales.
Buy now £100.00, F&M
Cutter & Squidge Funfetti Filled Easter Egg
Choosing just one of the Cutter & Squidge Easter eggs is not an easy task. From the Billionaire Filled Easter Egg with salted caramel and honeycomb digestive crumb, to the Cookies & Cream Vegan Easter egg with a dairy-free caramel ganache-filling with Oreo cookies, the drool-worthy selection is sure to tickle your taste buds.
The winner for us, however, is the Funfetti with its hundreds and thousands-covered chocolate that is the best of both worlds for the aforementioned variations containing both the Oreo as well as the caramel, honeycomb crumb and dark chocolate dreambar inside.
Buy now £21.99, Cutter & Squidge
Daylesford Easter Egg Hunt Kit
If you can’t make it down to the delightful Daylesford farm in the Cotswolds, you can create your own Easter egg hunt at home with the brand’s kit. Alongside the 35 milk chocolate eggs decorated in different coloured foil is a woven wicker basket that will serve you far beyond the seasonal celebrations. We’d pack it alongside our swimwear and cover-ups for our next beach break.
Buy now £25.00, Daylesford
Cadbury Easter Egg White Chocolate & Buttons 98G
White chocolate fans are in for a treat this Easter as the options have never been more plentiful. If you prefer the sweetness that this variation provides and are looking for something different than your traditional, go for the White Buttons that are adorned with a playful penguin design and will suit chocolate lovers of all ages. Alongside the white chocolate egg, you will find everyone’s favourite buttons in the same milky makeup.
Buy now £1.25, Tesco
Cocoba Sprinkles Egg, 250g
Decorated with jazzie sprinkles all over, this is an egg that will bring out your inner childlike excitement and will have you counting down the days till Easter. Crafted in milk chocolate with a drizzle and multicoloured hundreds and thousands, it tastes as good as it looks.
Buy now £12.00, John Lewis
ALDI Dairyfine Sundaes
The ALDI Easter range is only available in store but you will find unique and novelty creations like the Dairyfine Sundaes. Taking the idea of an Easter egg and running with it, the budget supermarket has created two flavours to mimic that of an indulgent ice cream sundae.
The first, Strawberry Sundae, has a pink chocolate shell adorned with white chooclate drizzle, strawberry pieces and mini eggs. The second is the Chocolate Fudge Sundae made from milk chocolate and embellished with a caramel chocolate drizzle, mini eggs and fudge pieces. Both are then topped with glace cherry.
Buy now £8.99, ALDI
HAPPi Easter Eggs
There are three vegan, oat mi!k-based Easter eggs available from beloved free-from label HAPPi for Easter 2023. Whether you are a Salted Caramel devotee, a lover of classic Oat Mi!k, or are looking for something on the tangy spectrum with Orange, there’s an egg to suit all preference and whether you’re a big or little kid alike.
The decadent and smooth chocolate is made from single origin 47 per cent Colombian cacao and oat milk - with 35 per cent less sugar than some of the competitors on the market. You’ll also find the eggs wrapped in fully recyclable packaging.
Buy now £9.99, Amazon
Maltesers Teasers Chocolate Egg
If it’s the Maltesers Teasers bars that you reach for at your local newsagent, you’ll be pleased to hear that your favourite mid-afternoon snack comes in egg form so you can celebrate Easter with all the egg-ceptional crunchy goodness that you’ve come to know and love. This large egg is set alongside two of the fan-favourite bars.
Buy now £3.00, Tesco
M&M’s Crispy Large Chocolate Egg
The evolution of the M&M’s Crispy has forged this chocolate as one of our go-tos. The combination of the milk chocolate bar, the crunch of the exterior of the M&M’s and the crispiness of the rice centre is a match made in sugar heaven. There’s not one but two bars of it with this Easter offering alongside the egg too.
Buy now £3.00, Tesco
Celebrations Chocolate Egg
Thought Celebrations were reserved purely for Christmas? Think again. The selection box is given an Easter twist where you’ll find the Maltesers, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, Mars, Galaxy and yes, Bounty set alongside a mouth-wateringly delicious egg.
Buy now £3.00, Ocado
Smarties Orange Chocolate Egg 226G
Think Smarties but just the orange-hued counters and the chocolate has been infused with a zesty orange combination and you’ll get this very special Easter pack that stars two tubes of the chocolate with an orange flavoured egg to boot.
Buy now £3.00, Tesco
Bryn The Dragon Egg
Made from 100 per cent natural ingredients, this half-hollow, milk-chocolae egg encases an adorable baby dragon named Bryn, who is sculpted from white chocolate and a delicious caramel truffle.
Buy now £8.99, Wickedly Welsh
Lindt Gold Bunny Milk Chocolate 100g
Though not technically an Easter egg, the iconic Lindt Gold Bunny is a wonderful, chocolatey treat to be enjoyed during the season. We consider purchasing at least one Lindt bunny during the spring to be a tradition.
What’s more, this year Lindt has decided to run a campaign alongside the sale of the delicious milk chocolate bunnies. The Lindt ‘Share the Hoppiness’ campaign gives you the chance to win one of ten £5,000 prizes if you happen to come across a golden ticket within the casing of a 100g gold bunny. It’s like a modern day Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but better.
Buy now £2.75, Sainsbury's
M&S Colin and the Easter Chick
Not exactly an egg, but who doesn’t have space at the table for a seasonal Colin the Caterpillar? For Easter, he’s joined by a very strange yet delicious-looking ‘chick’. The half size cakes promise to bring laughs and appreciation to any parties you’re holding, or going to, over the long weekend.
Buy now £10.00, Ocado
Claridge's Easter Eggs
Handcrafted over a period of three days, a great deal of crafstmanship has gone into Claridge’s Easter Eggs - alongside a good helping of the finest chocolate for the shell which is filled with delicious hazelnut and almond praline gull’s eggs.
Available in milk, dark or white, each style is wrapped in stylish monochrome Art Deco foil and is encased in the hotel’s signature jade box. Decadence at its best.
Buy now £65.00, Claridge’s
