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Alice Reynolds

Supermarkets are going pistachio crazy this Easter – here are the best eggs to buy

The trend shows no sign of waning - (Alice Reynolds/The Independent)

If there’s one viral flavour that has no risk of disappearing anytime soon, it has to be pistachio. While the nut has brought texture and taste to goodies for years, the Dubai chocolate bar (originally released by FIX Chocolatier in 2022) sent the world drooling for the bar filled with pistachio cream and knafeh pastry.

Since then, supermarkets and chocolatiers have been reworking the flavour into bars, truffles and chocolates (I’ve even spotted it in protein bars) to satisfy our craving for the stuff.

While some may well have tired of the flavour, it’s clear the trend is going nowhere, with a bountiful selection of pistachio-based Easter treats on supermarket shelves for 2026.

I’ve sampled a selection of pistachio treats while creating IndyBest’s round-up of the best Easter eggs for 2026, and out of them there are a few that are worth buying.

If you have a pistachio lover in your life, or can’t get enough of the stuff yourself, these are the best pistachio Easter eggs to buy this year at the supermarket.

Read more: I’ve taste-tested 35 Easter eggs, but these are the 17 to crack into for 2026

The best supermarket pistachio Easter eggs 2026

M&S extra thick pistachio and milk chocolate egg

This pistachio Easter egg from M&S really raises the bar this year – and not just in the nut category. It’s a silky, heavy and elegantly presented egg, and as I noted in my review “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 pistachio is sweet but well-balanced when combined with the high-quality milk chocolate. Plus, the shell is adorned with whole and chopped roasted pistachios.

Buy now £20.02, Marksandspencer.com

Asda exceptional pistachio and himalayan salt white chocolate egg

Despite expecting overly sweet things from this egg with a white chocolate shell with pistachio, I was happily proved wrong with a heavy hand taken to the Himalayan salt. The shell is truly chock-full of the nuts, with pistachio nut paste and roasted chopping pistachios bringing the flavour. The egg is also beautifully presented with hand-decorated lime green drizzle.

Buy now £10, Asda.com

Waitrose the cracking pistachio

One of the most viral pistachio Easter treats is back this year and Waitrose has upped the nut levels. The egg has a white chocolate and caramelised sugar shell, with a pistachio green inner, which cleverly peaks through like a real nut.

For those who like a super-sweet blonde chocolate, this is your egg. The shell has biscuity butterscotch notes (the addition of salt helps to lift the sweetness), while the inner pistachio egg is generously dotted with real pistachio pieces that creates a nice texture.

Buy now £17, Waitrose.com

M&S the big daddy pistachio loaded half egg

While I preferred the peanut iteration of the loaded half egg from M&S, for pistachio lovers this is the one for you. In an Easter spin of the supermarket’s viral big daddy pistachio bar, the loaded half egg pairs the nut with soft caramel, chewy caramel pieces and roasted pistachio chunks.

Compared to other pistachio treats, I didn’t find the flavour all that nutty but the textures are on point as is the creativity.

Buy now £12, Marksandspencer.com

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