After a year-long January, it’s no wonder that so many of us go full steam ahead at Easter.
The celebration not only promises a long weekend off and the start of spring, but gives us full license to enjoy as much chocolate as we can consume.
With more varieties of sumptuous seasonal eggs on the market than ever before, you need not settle come March 29. From Good Friday to Easter Monday on April 1, there is no room for hastily purchased supermarket basics.
Instead, we implore you to discover the world of milky (or plant-based) goodness from lesser-known artisanal labels to global chocolate conglomerates stepping it up a notch or 20 to bring unique creations that are unlike anything you’ve seen before and mark the holiday in a brand new way.
You only need to look to the luxury department stores for a steer on the intricate and indulgent chocolate eggs to know with the likes of Venchi, Charbonnel et Walker and the in-house showstoppers leading the way.
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.
While there will always be a place in our hearts for traditional Dairy Milk alternatives, if you’re looking to elevate the Easter proceedings this year. We have you covered with the more luxurious chocolate eggs that money can buy.
Keep scrolling to find out more.
Harvey Nichols Everything’s Golden Egg
From the Knightsbridge-based department store comes a luxury Easter offering that has been thought up by artisanal chocolatiers and made using the most premium ingredients.
The Everything’s Golden Egg opens to reveal a welcomed surprise. The dark chocolate shell is interspersed with gianduja, sea salt and chopped hazelnuts. After indulging in this delicious exterior, you will find praline truffles within for the gift that keeps giving.
Honourable mention too to the Blonde Chocolate Easter Egg with Biscuit Pieces and Honeycomb and Pretzel & Caramel Milk Chocolate.
Buy now £95.00, Harvey Nichols
Harvey Nichols Milk Chocolate Easter Egg with Pretzel Pieces and Caramel
Say hello to 300g of chocolately heaven with Harvey Nichols' egg. Presented in a cool pink and green tube, the handmade Easter egg mixes sweet and salty flavours for the ultimate sugar fix. Once you've seen to the shell, there are a further six salted caramel truffles to polish off inside.
Buy now £34.00, Harvey Nichols
Gravity Drinks The Egg Royale
Indulging in Easter treats is not just reserved for the little ones. This very adult alternative comes from the brand behind the hugely popular Christmas Globe Gin Liqueur. The glass exterior resembles a chocolate egg but inside you’ll find a rich chocolate alcoholic cream liqueur that you can serve up throughout the Bank Holiday weekend.
Enjoy over ice, in a cocktail or as the finishing touch to add flair to your seasonal desserts.
Buy now £21.54, Master of Malt
Daylesford Hive Showstopper Egg
If hosting duties are on the agenda this Easter, keep it simple with Daylesford’s centrepiece egg. The Hive Showstopper lives up to its name with an egg designed to resemble that of a beehive with adorable appliques of the pollinating insect that have been handmade.
Buy now £100.00, Daylesford
Venchi Cannolo Chocolate Egg
Venchi has brought a staple Sicilian dessert to the Easter equation for 2024. The Cannolo Chocolate Egg takes its flavour cues from that of the cannoli. In line with the iconic pastry, the creation has been crafted from orange-scented ricotta cream and biscuit crumbs. This is layered inside a dark chocolate exterior.
Buy now £62.00, Harrods
Fortnums Hand-Painted Bunny Easter Egg, 500g
Almost too beautiful to eat, this Easter egg features a hand-painted bunny design that will rack up gasps of awe when unwrapped.
Ideal for gifting, the 500g 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
Love Cocoa Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Egg
A brand founded by James Cadbury - yes, that’s right, 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 Maldon sea salted, which is made with Peruvian chocolate and garnished with hand-harvested crunchy British sea salt flakes.
Buy now £14.95, Amazon
Claridge's Easter Eggs
Handcrafted over a period of three days, a great deal of craftsmanship 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 Valrhona chocolate, 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
Connaughty Easter Egg
The Connaught’s Pastry Chef Nicolas Rouzaud has created a limited-edition collection of Easter favourites that extends to cardamom, anise and cinnamon hot cross buns, a white chocolate mousse with layers of pecan crème brulé and the show-stopper egg. The 70 per cent dark chocolate exterior is decorated with white chocolate and orange praline, the latter of which you’ll also find as you smash it open.
Buy now £70.00, The Connaught
Birley Bakery Easter
Filled with seasonal favourites, the Birley Bakery collection will delight this Easter. The Mother Hen is 120g of milk chocolate delight where the 38 per cent milk chocolate exterior houses surprises within. This is set alongside The Little Bunny, an adorable mini dark chocolate treat that is only rivalled in its cuteness by 1.2kg of milk chocolate in the form of The Laughing Rabbit.
Buy now, Birley Bakery
