For the chocoholics among us, Easter is one of the best times of year. Indeed, the moment Valentine's Day chocolates have been scoffed, our thoughts immediately turn to the best Easter eggs.
Each year, the range of chocolate eggs exchanged on Easter weekend reaches new heights. What began as simple hollow shells have now evolved into truffle-filled ovals, intricate designs, adventurous flavoured chocolate and more. There’s now even a £90 ostrich Easter egg from Hotel Chocolat that’s made from more than a kilo of chocolate (watch this space for our review).
With the abundance comes indecision and not all chocolate is made equal. Plus with prices creeping up, finding an egg that genuinely delivers on flavour (not just packaging) and offers value for money is worth hunting for.
To make the search easier, I’ve had the very hard job of tasting, snapping, and scrutinising the best Easter eggs this year, from indulgent and luxurious treats made by independent artisanal brands to Easter classics such as Lindt bunnies and budget supermarket buys – plus everything in between.
Sounds tempting? Read on for my full review of the best Easter eggs for 2026.
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The best Easter eggs for 2026 are:
- Best overall – Chococo 'a-maize-ing' milk chocolate Easter egg with salted corn: £16.50, Chococo.co.uk
- Best budget buy – Nestle kitkat chunky milk chocolate small Easter egg: £1, Amazon.co.uk
- Best vegan option – Kakao cinder toffee Easter egg: £34.99, Kakoa.co.uk
- Best dark chocolate – M&S collection single origin dark chocolate egg: £12, Marksandspencer.com
- Best blonde chocolate – Waitrose No1 almond croissant: £15, Waitrose.com
How I tested
I tasted my way through 35 eggs from the supermarket, independent chocolate-makers, luxury department stores and farmshops, enlisting the help of other equally chocolate-obsessed testers to find the 17 best Easter eggs for every taste and budget. I was looking for high quality chocolate with good flavour, decent thickness, plastic-free packaging, and, of course, value for money.
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Chococo 'a-maize-ing' milk chocolate Easter egg with salted corn
Best: Easter egg overall
Chocolate: Milk
Weight: 175g
Why we love it
- Textural delight
- High-quality chocolate
- Sweetness is balanced
This is one of the most inventive textural takes on the Easter egg I spotted this year, and one I can’t stop thinking about. From Dorset-based Chococo, the a-maize-ing egg combines 47 per cent milk chocolate with crushed and salted corn, creating a taste and textural delight. Where biscuit pieces tend to add more sweetness in other eggs this year, the corn adds a subtle savoury element that contrasts the chocolate.
The chocolate itself is thick, not too sweet, and tastes really high quality, owing to its single-origin cocoa. Its green and diamond patterned exterior (which is hand-decorated) adds a visually cool element and makes it distinctively gifting appropriate.
Plus, as a brand that's free from palm oil and ethically traded, there’s extra peace of mind when purchasing. At £16.50 it’s one of the most expensive I tasted, but the quality, sustainability and taste justify the price tag.
Buy now £16.5, Chococo.co.uk
Nestle kitkat chunky milk chocolate small Easter egg
Best: budget Easter egg
Chocolate: Milk
Weight: 110g
Why we love it
- Great value for money
- Includes a chocolate bar
Finding your favourite chocolate bar or sweet in an Easter egg is easy these days everything from twix to smarties, fruit pastilles and more earning a themed box. These eggs offer great value for money with low and often discounted prices at supermarkets, and are a safe-bet when it comes to gifting.
I tested the Nestle Kitkat chunky easter egg, which comes with one small bar and a milk chocolate egg that’s just smaller than hand size – and for less than £2 at most supermarkets.
The chocolate is sweet and nostalgic, and while it’s not the highest quality tasting, it’s creamy and moreish. Plus the box is recyclable and has a space to write a message to the recipient.
Buy now £1, Iceland.co.uk
M&S collection single origin dark chocolate egg
Best: dark chocolate Easter egg
Chocolate: 85% dark
Weight: 200g
Why we love it
- Silky and flavoursome dark chocolate
- Good thickness
Take note
- Plastic inner
Packaged to complement the punchy aesthetic of the M&S Collection range, this 85 per cent dark chocolate egg feels every bit as premium as it looks. The egg delivers an intense chocolate experience without tipping into bitterness, despite its lofty cocoa content.
The texture is remarkably silky and there’s beautifully balanced richness, with notes of deep, ripe fruits and vibrant berries that add brightness to every bite.
Crafted using responsibly sourced cocoa mass from Peruvian cocoa beans and finished with expertly made chocolate from Italy, the quality is clear from the first snap of the shell. There’s a satisfying firmness to the egg and presentation-wise, it certainly makes a luxe gift-worthy option with its prism-effect decoration across the shell.
While the inner plastic packaging feels somewhat unnecessary, it doesn’t detract too heavily from what is, ultimately, a sophisticated and deeply satisfying dark chocolate Easter egg.
Buy now £12, Ocado.com
Waitrose No1 almond croissant
Best: blonde chocolate Easter egg
Chocolate: white
Weight: 275g
Why we love it
- Almond croissant flavour is spot on
- Excellent design
Take note
- Has plastic packaging
Waitrose’s viral croissant Easter “egg” is back this year – this time with an almond twist. Last year, our tester Emma Henderson awarded the chocolate croissant egg four stars, so I was keen to see how this new version stacked up. I tried two blonde chocolate eggs from Waitrose this year – the cracking pistachio easter egg (£17, Waitrose.com) and the croissant – but it was the latter that completely won me over for its taste and ingenuity.
The almond croissant flavour is spot on (and I say that as someone who’s eaten more than a few in my time). The chocolate is thick and gloriously moreish, while the rippled design cleverly mimics flaky pastry.
It’s finished with a scattering of almond chunks on top. The only downside is that Waitrose sadly hasn’t switched up the plastic packaging that we noted last year.
Buy now £15, Waitrose.com
M&S extra thick pistachio and milk chocolate egg
Best: luxurious pistachio Easter egg
Chocolate: Milk
Weight: 485g
Why we love it
- Rich and high-quality chocolate
- Luxe gifting egg
- Thick shell
This showstopper pistachio and milk chocolate egg from M&S brings the best Easter eggs to new heights this year. It comes in a beautiful navy and lime green hat-box-like container finished with a ribbon which, after taking the lid off, reveals an elegant egg standing up like it deserves some sort of ovation. The shell is subtly carved and is adorned with the M&S logo in lime green.
The taste and texture live up to the spectacle. Firstly, it’s super heavy thanks to the ultra thick shell, which also makes it feel expensive. It's made from 40 per cent milk chocolate that tastes high quality and creamy, plus you’ll find a layer of smooth pistachio truffle inside the egg.
Rich and moreish, the taste is complemented by the whole and chopped roasted pistachios. Unlike other creations with the viral nut, the richness of the milk chocolate balances its sweetness and gives it a decadent fad-free appeal.
While it’s got a push-the-boat-out price at £20, the weight of chocolate you get actually works out pretty good value for money (£4.12 per 100g) and one that will make Easter Sunday one to remember.
Buy now £20, Ocado.com
Torres the crisp egg
Best: luxury Easter egg
Chocolate: Milk
Weight: 100g
Why we love it
- Good sweet and salty balance
- Unique flavour
Take note
- Expensive for the small size
This Easter egg is set to be the most-talked about this year – and yes that’s right, it’s from a crisp brand. The Spanish snack company Torres is known for its premium bags, which cost almost £18 for 500g, so this venture into the confectionary world is an unexpected move.
Like its savoury snacks, the Torres crisp egg comes with a luxury price tag of £12.99 for 100g – which is no surprise considering it’s only stocked at high-end department store Selfridges. But for the price tag you can expect quality; the egg is a Cornish-made milk chocolate that uses sustainable cocoa from Ghana and contains flecks of the Torres Mediterranean salt crisps.
Tasting it really begs the question, why this hasn’t been done before? The crisps are a subtle addition but add a nice salty hint to the creamy chocolate. If you like chocolate-covered salted popcorn, this is along the same lines – just a bit more polished. It comes housed in a lovely, spring yellow box, which is fully recyclable.
Read my full review of the Torres crisp Easter egg
Buy now £12.99, Selfridges.com
Sainsbury's the biscuit one XL milk and white chocolate egg
Best: biscuit chocolate egg
Chocolate: Milk
Weight: 230g
Why we love it
- Interesting, unique flavours
- Beautiful marbling
- Textural delight
Take note
- Pretty sweet
Sainsbury’s tiramisu XL Easter egg took our review’s top spot last year, so I was keen to try a different flavour from the range: this time, a white and milk chocolate marbled hollow egg with three different biscuits incorporated into the shell – a caramelised biscuit, a cocoa cookie, shortbread pieces. As you can imagine, this made for a textural delight.
The caramelised biscuit does the hard work flavour-wise, providing a warm and lightly spiced cinnamon hit. The cocoa cookie adds a nice richness, balanced by the addition of sea salt. Overall, it’s pretty sweet and does verge on sickly after a few snaps off the shell but for those with a sweet tooth, this is a dream.
When it comes to value for money, it’s not the cheapest supermarket Easter egg but the marbled exterior gives it a luxe feel making it gifting appropriate – plus it comes in recyclable packaging.
Buy now £10, Sainsburys.co.uk
Waitrose loaded dark chocolate orange egg
Best: chocolate orange Easter egg
Chocolate: 65% dark
Weight: 195g
Why we love it
- Rich and indulgent
- Beautifully presented
Take note
- Has plastic packaging
This is a decadent take on chocolate orange for Easter. On opening the box, the aroma of the Waitrose loaded dark chocolate orange egg is immediately striking, with deep, fragrant orange notes. The egg is made from dark chocolate (65 per cent) flavoured by candied orange pieces and orange oil, finished with freeze dried orange pieces studded in an egg shape on the exterior.
Despite its intensity, the chocolate is impressively smooth, delivering a rich, luxurious taste, rather than bitterness. Its orange flavour is mellow and persistent, lingering pleasantly on the palate without overpowering the chocolate. The freeze-dried pieces are unexpectedly soft too, and add welcome texture.
This is also a generously sized egg, and at £8.50 I think the quality and depth of flavour justify the price tag. The pastel packaging, decorated with a playful duck-legs motif, feels slightly at odds with the refined, grown-up taste of the chocolate inside, but it remains charming and unmistakably Easter-themed.
Overall, it’s an indulgent treat to those who are fans of a chocolate orange combination.
Buy now £8.5, Waitrose.com
Aldi Moser Roth dark chocolate, coffee, cacao nibs egg
Best: Easter egg for coffee lovers
Chocolate: 53% dark
Weight: 170g
Why we love it
- Great value
- Looks impressive
- Satisfyingly crunchy shell
Take note
- Not quite as premium tasting as others
This dark chocolate egg from Aldi proves you don’t have to spend a fortune to enjoy a premium-feeling Easter treat. Impressively budget-friendly, it both looks and tastes far more luxurious than its modest price tag suggests. The fully cardboard packaging is a welcome touch and opens up to reveal a slim egg with a ridged shell, dusted in a luxe-looking golden finish.
The real standout, however, is the texture. Studded with cocoa nibs and a scattering of coffee powder, the shell delivers a satisfying crunch alongside bursts of rich, aromatic coffee flavour that complement the chocolate beautifully.
With 54 per cent cocoa solids, the chocolate strikes a crowd-pleasing balance. It has enough depth to satisfy dark chocolate fans, yet it’s smooth and mellow enough to appeal to those who usually lean towards milk chocolate.
At less than £5, it offers exceptional value for money. Overall, it’s a wallet-friendly choice that doesn’t compromise on flavour, texture or presentation.
Buy now £4.99, Aldi.co.uk
Waitrose Lulu Guiness milk chocolate lips
Best: stylish Easter egg
Chocolate: Milk
Weight: 250g
Why we love it
- Eye-catching design
- High-quality chocolate
Take note
- Has plastic packaging
Fans of British accessories brand Lulu Guinness will instantly recognise the signature lips motif, splashed across everything from bags and clothing to jewellery. This year, the iconic pout has made an unexpected leap into the confectionery aisle, reimagined as a glimmering red milk chocolate in collaboration with Waitrose.
The chocolate is Fairtrade and single-origin from the Dominican Republic, and – crucially – it tastes wonderful with a creamy texture and well-judged sweetness. The shell is satisfyingly thick, and despite its glossy red shimmer (which I approached with caution), it leaves hands stain free.
It may not scream Easter, but as a gift it’s undeniably show-stopping. The only let-down is the inner plastic packaging, used to show off the admittedly spectacular design, but still, is a bit of a shame.
Buy now £15, Waitrose.com
Lindt gold bunny with crispy biscuit
Best: Easter bunny chocolate
Chocolate: Milk
Weight: 100g
Why we love it
- Cute design
- Tasty chocolate
- Delicious biscuit pieces
Take note
- On the small side
The much-loved Lindt golden bunny has received a makeover for Easter. Still instantly recognisable in its iconic gold foil, the bunny is now finished with a new dotted orange ribbon with a bell, which is a nice seasonal touch.
This bunny has the same smooth Lindt milk chocolate but has been blended with crunchy biscuit pieces. Texturally, the combination works really well. Lindt chocolate can sometimes be overly sweet, but the biscuit pieces help to lift the overall flavour profile. The result is a more balanced, satisfying bite that feels a little less cloying and far more interesting.
Shaped as a classic Easter rabbit, it remains an attractive and giftable option that feels special without being over-the-top. Priced at £6, it offers good value for money, combining a familiar favourite with a clever update that makes it feel fresh for the Easter 2026.
Buy now £6.49, Selfridges.com
Asda exceptional pistachio and himalayan salt white chocolate egg
Best: white chocolate pistachio Easter egg
Chocolate: white
Weight: 200g
Why we love it
- Loaded with pistachio
- Salt somewhat balances sweetness
Take note
- Has plastic packaging
New for the supermarket this year, Asda has released a pistachio and himalayan salt white chocolate egg. While the pistachio trend may be waning (surely we’ve all had our fill by now), this Easter egg is a genuinely lovely treat.
It’s a white chocolate hollow egg with pistachio nut paste, plus has roasted chopping pistachios with himalayan salt running through the shell.
There’s no skimping on the nuts here: the shell is visibly loaded with the stuff, with the perfect amount of salt to cut through the sweet chocolate. The egg is also beautifully presented with hand-decorated lime green drizzle, though the plastic inner packaging is a let-down.
Buy now £10, Asda.com
Tesco finest double layer salted pretzel chocolate egg
Best: Easter egg for sweet-tooths
Chocolate: Milk and white
Weight: 210g
Why we love it
- Pretzel inclusion adds texture
- Attractive egg
Take note
- A touch too sweet egg
- Pricey for a supermarket egg
- Plastic packaging
Tesco has expanded its premium Finest Easter line-up this year with a double layer milk chocolate salted pretzel egg. The packaging is sleek and understated, with a recyclable inner that is a definite bonus in a season known for excess packaging.
That said, once opened, the roughly hand-sized egg itself is noticeably smaller than the outer packaging suggests, which makes the reveal feel slightly underwhelming.
Visually, the salted pretzel egg resembles an oversized Kinder-style egg, with a glossy white chocolate inside. Running through the shell are broken pretzel pieces, adding crunch and a welcome textural contrast. The pretzel inclusion stops the sweetness from becoming cloying, though only just. Flakes of salt provide a subtle savoury edge, but they’re quite restrained – a slightly heavier hand would have elevated the sweet-and-salty balance and made the flavour pop more distinctly.
Texturally, the pretzel pieces work well, offering that satisfying snap against the smooth chocolate. For me, the taste overall was a touch too rich, but among sweet-toothed friends I’ve shared it with, it was a definite crowd-pleaser.
Buy now £14, Tesco.com
Radeks almond chocolate rabbit
Best: organic Easter chocolate
Chocolate: 43% dark
Weight: 50g
Why we love it
- Smooth vegan chocolate
- Organic
Take note
- Expensive
This is a bar style rabbit-shaped Easter chocolate from Radeks, a vegan and organic chocolate maker in Bristol. It’s smaller than I expected and for almost £6 it is definitely expensive. That being said, you can really taste the high quality and organic ingredients that you’re paying for.
The bar is a rich and smooth 43 per cent chocolate that’s combined with a roasted almond paste. It's refined sugar-free – instead natural ingredients, like lucuma and coconut sugar, add sweetness.
The almond is subtle but helps to add a full-bodied flavour, which complemented by the vanilla powder. It’s vegan but you really couldn’t tell.
The cardboard packaging has a cool graphic design on the front and while it seems like it’s encased in plastic, it’s actually a compostable cellulose packet.
Buy now £5.95, Abelandcole.co.uk
Kakao cinder toffee Easter egg
Best: luxury vegan Easter egg
Chocolate: Vegan milk chocolate
Weight: 425g
Why we love it
- Has a wow-factor
- Includes 12 chocolates
Take note
- Expensive
This cinder toffee Easter egg is new this year from vegan chocolatier Kakao. I also tested the brand’s vegan creme brulee Easter egg (£22.50, Kakoa.co.uk) but the cinder egg had more of a wow-factor and better balanced the milk alternative flavour.
The cinder egg comes in a recyclable triangle box, but the egg inside, wrapped in a dramatic black foil, is actually oval. Hidden between the ultra thick shells of chocolate are 12 vegan chocolates and truffles ,which are beautifully decorated and deliciously flavoured – think a mini peanut butter egg and dark chocolate and orange truffles.
The shell is made from oat and rice milk, which as a dairy milk drinker is discernible, but it still works to give it a creamy flavour. It has a subtle design that’s reminiscent of a real egg’s pattern, plus the cinder toffee pieces give it a toasted spice taste.
At almost £35, it’s a definite splash out treat, but is the best Easter egg for vegans. Plus, Kakao donates five per cent of every purchase to planting seagrass meadows.
Buy now £34.99, Kakoa.co.uk
Aldi jammy wheel biscuit egg
Best: novelty Easter egg
Chocolate: white
Weight: 325g
Why we love it
- Fun play on the classic biscuit
- Thick chocolate
Take note
- Artificial tasting filling
- Plastic in packaging
One of the most creative creations this year, Aldi has released a jammy dodger-style “egg” that resembles the biscuit in its shape and detailed design. It’s a hollow white chocolate with a thin layer of raspberry flavour, and white chocolate and biscuit pieces in the shell. The taste is ultra sweet, verging on sickly for me, but would be a dream for white chocolate lovers.
I would have liked bigger biscuit chunks to break up the texture and, as the the raspberry layer is not made with real fruit, is a little synthetic tasting. However it’s good value for money for a hefty and ingenious chocolate creation.
Buy now £8.99, Aldi.co.uk
Morrisons the best Belgian blonde chocolate egg
Best: caramel Easter egg
Chocolate: Blonde
Weight: 240g
Why we love it
- Delicious caramel flavour
- Intricate, eye-catching shell design
Take note
- Could do with more saltiness
From Morrisons’ ‘The Best’ premium range, this is a blonde chocolate Easter egg that’s pretty generously studded with caramel, pretzel and honeycomb pieces. It has one of the most attractive shells I’ve seen, with line drawings of cocoa pods engraved into the chocolate, making it feel gift worthy.
I also tested Morrisons the best milk chocolate with latte crunch Easter egg (£10, Groceries.morrisons.com) and Morrisons the best 70% cocoa Belgian dark chocolate with sea salt (£10, Groceries.morrisons.com), but the blonde egg delivered the most distinctive flavour.
The blonde chocolate is expectedly sweet and nutty with a subtle toasted depth. The caramel, pretzels and honeycomb pieces add a welcome texture and complexity to the flavour, especially the honeycomb which almost fizzes on bite. While I’d readily welcome a punchier salt hit to balance the sweetness, as a caramel egg there’s nothing not to like.
The cherry on top? I was delighted to see that the box is fully recyclable, including the inner packaging.
Buy now £10, Groceries.morrisons.com
What are the best Easter eggs?
Every year Easter eggs get increasingly exciting and surprising, with many reinventions of the humble chocolate egg. Choosing just one is no easy task but, after eating many, many chocolate eggs, the Chococo 'a-maize-ing' milk chocolate Easter egg with salted corn came up top for me as the best Easter for 2026. The sweetness is perfectly balanced and the texture hit from the corn is one that I would never have thought would work so well.
Other standouts I really rated was the M&S extra thick pistachio and milk chocolate egg and M&S collection single origin dark chocolate egg for their quality ingredients and great taste. There’s some great value for money out there too – like the Aldi Moser Roth dark chocolate, coffee, cacao nibs egg that offers a luxe egg for less, or chocolate bar classics such as the Nestle kitkat chunky milk chocolate Easter egg.
How the best easter eggs were tested
I tested a huge range of Easter eggs, spanning high and low price tags and chocolate flavours. When testing all the Easter egg options for 2026 I was looking for:
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Alice Reynolds is a writer and production journalist at IndyBest. A self-confessed foodie, she has covered food and drink launches and reviews including the best supermarket pizza, best supermarket Christmas sandwiches, and best creatine supplements. Beyond food, sustainability is one of Alice’s interests. For this review, she taste-tested a range of Easter treats, while noting how the chocolate was sourced and scrutinising the choice of packaging.
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