What’s not to love about Easter? A double bank holiday, quality family time and heaps and heaps of chocolate.
Well, this year, why not make sure the eggs that you give are the best of the best? Whilst you can’t go wrong with a classic Cadbury or Lindt, there’s a whole world of chocolatey goodness to explore that goes beyond the convenience store shelves.
No last minute petrol station purchases or supermarket sweep style gifting for you. No, sir. Instead, opt for eggcellent treats by the master chocolatiers Montezumas, Venchi or Rococo that are sure to guarantee smiles when April 9 rolls around - we’re not yolkin’.
From the refined packaging to the luxuriously smooth chocolate, the entire experience of these eggs is elevated to new heights. Some are packed with truffles whilst others are intricately handpainted for a design that looks more like an objet d’art than a sweet treat - either way, each will make any lucky recipient eggstatic.
So, without further ado, it’s time to crack on and invest in one of the delectable options below.
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Venchi 1879 Milk Chocolate with Hazelnuts Gourmet Egg
If you’re in the market for elegant sustenance, look no further than the Harrods food hall - which you can also shop from its website. This Venchi egg is the attention-grabbing egg you have been searching for.
With experience that dates back nearly 150 years, it’s a chocolatier that knows its way around an Easter egg. Balancing smooth milk chocolate with an inner layer of crunchy hazelnuts, it’s at once a flavour and texture explosion.
Buy now £65.00, Harrods
Montezuma’s Milk Chocolate Organic Giant Egg With Butterscotch
Established in 2000 in Brighton, Montezuma’s is a British chocolate manufacturer that offers a wide range of delicious cocoa themed goods.
Founded by husband and wife duo Helen and Simon Pattinson, they’ve stuck to their principles since its inception by creating products with its supply chain and the environment in mind.
A milk chocolate and butterscotch combo, this giant organic egg is ideal for those who have a particularly sweet tooth.
Buy now £30.00, Montezuma’s
Rococo Vegan Easter Chocolate Egg
Calling all vegans! You can get luxury plant-based chocolate, too.
Not only is the Rococo chocolate egg vegan, but each of the extra surprises inside is shaped like your favourite veggies (we’re talking carrots, spinach and sweetcorn), and is flavoured with them, too.
Your five-a-day never tasted so good.
Buy now £32.95, Amazon
Fortnum & Mason Hand-Painted Bunny Easter Egg, 500g
For an Easter treat that would look as good on your mantlepiece as it would smashed in a bowl, it’s Fortnum’s handpainted design you should be adding to your basket.
Crafted exclusively for the London-based upmarket food store by master chocolatiers in Wales, it tastes just as good as it looks.
Buy now £100.00, Fortnum & Mason
Harvey Nichols Everything’s Golden Dark Chocolate Praline-Filled Easter Egg with Praline Truffles 1kg
Praline and chocolate... name a better duo. That’s right, we can’t either.
From the praline and hazelnut filled outer shell to the melt-in-the-mouth truffles, everything about Harvey Nichols’ golden egg wins the first place award in our books. It’s no wonder considering it’s handmade in Notting Hill by an award winning confectioner.
Buy now £95.00, Harvey Nichols
Selfridges Selection Easter Treats hamper – 7 items included
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of rifling through the goodies in your own hamper - especially when it’s an Easter themed selection by none other than Selfridges.
Containing a selection of eggs, toffees and caramels, there’s no need to hunt to find your favourite confections as you’ll find them all in this wicker basket.
Buy now £100.00, Selfridges
Hotel Chocolat Extra Thick Your Eggsellency Easter Egg
A go-to for indulgent chocolate, Hotel Chocolat offers a comprehensive range from white to extra-dark.
With a dark chocolate half, one that’s milk chocolate, and an array of tipsy truffles inside, this is one for adults. The extra chunky shell will keep you going through Easter weekend and beyond.
Buy now £30.00, Hotel Chocolat
Anya Hindmarch Milk Chocolate Anya Easter Egg
The russian doll of the easter egg world, luxury womenswear label Anya Hindmarch has designed a trio of cute chocolate shells that are nestled inside one another - all of which are adorned with the brand’s signature eyes.
Our preference is the milk, but if that’s a touch too sweet for you, you can try the intense dark chocolate instead.
Buy now £45.00, Anya Hindmarch
Charbonnel Et Walker Milk chocolate egg with truffles 240g
For an egg that even the royal family would be fond of, it’s Charbonnel et Walker that should be on your list.
The royal warrant holders have this decadent egg in its line-up. Within a beautifully decorated box beneath a layer of straw, you’ll find a milk chocolate egg alongside a tray of the brand’s delectable truffles. What more could you want?
Buy now £35.99, Selfridges
Butlers White Medium Wrapped Egg 310g
No Easter egg round up is complete without a white chocolate option - and this Butlers iteration fits the bill nicely.
Once you unwrap the crinkly packaging, you’ll discover a super smooth egg that’s full to the brim with individually wrapped eggs inside.
Buy now £17.99, Fenwick
Love Cocoa Salted Caramel Marbled Milk Chocolate Easter Egg With Caramel Truffles
A brand founded by James Cadbury - yes, that’s right, the the great-great-great grandson of the original Mr Cadbury himself - Love Cocoa most definitely delivers on the confectionery front.
Unlike his ancestor’s mass produced chocolate, Love Cocoa is a small luxury brand that boasts many eco-friendly credentials - it’s palm oil free, sustainably sourced and every purchase plants a tree in East Kenya.
Our favourite egg is the salted caramel, which is marbled with white chocolate for a sumptuous finish - and, as an extra treat, it’s paired with the brand’s best-selling truffles, too.
Buy now £25.00, Love Cocoa
Prestat Dark Sea Salt Caramel Easter Egg
For those of you who like a touch of savoury with their sugar confectionery, Prestat’s dark option is infused with sea salt caramel for the perfect balance of flavours.
From the 62 per cent cocoa shell to the 73 per cent truffles that are filled with a sweet and salty caramel filling, it’s bitter, sweet and salty all at once.
Buy now £32.50, Prestat
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
Parker’s Tavern at The University Arms Easter Eggs
Is there anything that says luxury like a gold-coated Ferrero Rocher-inspired egg?
With delicious caramel on the inner shell and five tempting hazelnut praline truffles waiting to be discovered inside, it’s a masterclass in extravagence - and all for £20.
Hand-tempered by the expert in-house patisserie chefs at the Cambridge-based Parker’s Tavern, it can also be personalised, making it the perfect gift this Easter.
To get your hands on one, you can order online, or even head to The Parker’s Tavern (52-42 Regent St, Cambridge, CB2 1AD) from 12 - 5pm on March 30 – April 2 and April 6 – 9.
Buy now £20.00, Parker’s Tavern
Gleneagles Easter Eggs
The moment we’ve all been waiting for - the iconic Scotland hotel Gleneagles has released its annual Easter offering - and it looks as decadent as ever.
Handmade and painted by the hotel’s in-house pastry team, each flavour is expertly designed. From the white chocolate shell that’s bursting with vanilla and filled with strawberry truffles, to the milk egg that’s hiding delicious chocolate orange treats inside - and there’s even an adults-only dark option bursting with whisky truffles using the Gleneagles x Glenturret 11 Year Old Single Malt.
All available to purchase online or in-person at Gleneagles, each egg costs £45.
Buy now £45.00, Gleneagles
Hôtel De Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel Butterfly Easter Egg
The easter egg of fairytales, you’d expect nothing less from luxury hotel, Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel. With a buterfly seemingly suspended between the edges of the chocolate shell, which is filled with a red quinoa praline and coated with organic caramelized puffed white quinoa - this is not just an egg, this is a Rosewood Hotels egg.
Buy now £85.00, Rosewood Hotels
Trio of eggs - Birley Bakery
This year, Chelsea-based Birley Bakery has created a trio of artisan eggs.
There’s a golden egg that’s made using 80 per cent dark chocolate with candy-coated almonds on the inside and edible gold leaf on the outer shell (£100), a milk chocolate egg with a cutout Easter Bunny (£60), and the Sunny Bunny, which is a smaller 60 per cent dark chocolate option egg alongside a chocolate bunny figure (£40) - and all of them sit atop one of the bakery’s signature chocolate bars.
Head to 28-30 Cale Street in SW3 to see for yourself.
Buy now, Birley Bakery
Great Scotland Yard Hotel Easter Eggs
For an entirely unique Easter Egg, it’s Great Scotland Yard Hotel in Embankment that should be on your list.
With a selection of hand decorated designs, no egg will be exactly the same - but they all retail at £35 and are crafted using 55 per cent dark chocolate from Valrhona. Even better, there’s an unknown surprise in each one, whether it’s mini eggs or fudge.
The only catch - you need to buy them in person from the lobby or The Parlour of the hotel.
Buy now, Great Scotland Yard Hotel
