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Tis the season…to stuff your face full of chocolate. That’s right, it’s March, meaning it’s Easter egg season and boy have we done the hard work for you, dear reader.
From Tesco and Morrisons to Hotel Chocolat, we’ve shoved far too many eggs down our gullets (nearly 30, to be precise) to find out which ones are the pick of the basket this year.
We tried milk chocolate classics, both in egg and bunny form, to the more luxe offerings and ones filled with honeycomb and mixed with mint.
Our senses were sensationalised with milk chocolate offerings and gluten and dairy-free alternatives, should milk chocolate not be in your egg hunt this year.
Prices for our picks start at only a few pounds and go to a more luxe level should you feel extra bougie.
And spoiler alert, some of the vegan alternatives have been a big hit with non-vegans, should you be interested in trying something new this year.
Please read on and start salivating.
Taste The Difference Sticky Toffee Pudding egg
While one suggested that while it’s ‘a solid milk choc’ there were ‘no sticky toffee notes’.
Another echoed those sentiments, reviewing: ‘Meant to be sticky toffee but couldn’t actually taste any sticky toffee flavour which was a disappointment. Chocolate wasn’t bad though.’
However, one staffer, who gave it 5, noted: ‘This will be like marmite to some – I loved the rich toffee taste, but appreciate it might not be everyone’s cup of tea!’
Metro rating: 3.5/5
Available from Sainsbury’s for £6 (on sale from £8)
Free From Billie the Choc Bunny
This was a polarising choice for taste testers with one compared it to ‘advent choc’ but another gave it 5 stars.
It seems the office was torn.
Metro rating: 2.5/5
Available from Sainsbury’s for £3.20 (on sale from £3.50)
Made Without Charlie Bunny
‘Disappointing bitter taste by dairy egg standards, but was impressed with how accurate the vegan chocolate was to the real deal – feel like this is a good gift for all your plant-based pals.’
Metro rating: 2/5
Wicked Kitchen Salted Caramel Flavoured Chocolate Egg (vegan)
This went down a treat with our taste tester, who is vegan.
‘The taste and texture were on point, would have liked a bit more salted caramel pieces but the sweetness of it was just right.’
Metro rating 4/5
Nomo Caramelised Biscuit Egg
One, who gave it 4/5 noted: ‘Nice caramel tinge to it and solid choc. Can’t tell it’s free from,’ while another wasn’t as big a fan, saying: ‘It’s got a really synthetic flavour, and there’s something that reminds me of liquorice in there. It’s a fancy egg you won’t actually enjoy.’
Metro rating: 3/5
Available from Sainsbury’s for £6
Curly the Puppy
‘At first glance, Curly the Puppy almost looks too good to eat: big button eyes, marbled fur and a cute little pink nose.
‘However, I am made of stronger stuff than most, and devoured the chocolate dog in about five minutes – chewing its face to pieces without even flinching.
‘At £6, Curly is a little steeper than your usual chocolate egg, but the pawfect pup is fairly sizeable for what you pay; slightly bigger that you usual Lindt bunny and twice as rich. With his fur made up of milk and white chocolate, too many chomps of Curly can become quite sickly very quickly.
‘If you’re looking for a treat for pooch-loving kids (or adults) to enjoy slowly over the Easter period, then you can’t go wrong with Curly. However, there are more indulgent options out there that aren’t so taxing on the tastebuds (or stomach) if you’re after something unique.’
Metro rating: 3/5
The Best Belgian White And Blonde Chocolate Egg
A solid pick for the team, thoughts ranged from ‘Rich, indulgent. No complaints but not a knockout’, to: ‘Like a fancy Milky Way, with tiny crispy bits. I love it in small bits, though it may be a bit too sweet for some. You can’t tell it’s vegan, the chocolate is very creamy.’
Metro rating: 4/4
Available from Morrisons for £6
The Best Free From Salted Caramel Honeycomb & Sea Salt Egg
Sadly not so much of a winner for the team: ‘The honeycomb sell sold me at first, but my excitement for a bit of crunch ended with the bitter taste of nothing but salt.’
Metro rating: 2.5/5
Available from Morrisons for £5.99
Unbelievably Vegan Egg
One remarked: ‘Delicious, really high-quality chocolate and you’d never know that this was dairy-free,’ while another staffer raved: ‘Can’t tell it’s vegan. Great, approachable dark choc.’
And then we have: ‘Hotel Chocolat is unbeatable for vegan dark chocolate – this is just perfect.’
One may have given it a rating of 2, but we’re going with wider consensus on this one.
Metro rating: 5/5
Available from Hotel Chocolat for £15
Cookie Dough and Ice Cream Egg Sandwich
This was marmite for the team, with one giving it a 2.5, another a 5/5, noting: ‘Really nice fruity milk sweetness. Unique, some will love, some will hate but the quality of ingredient is clear.’
Metro rating: 3.5/5
Available from Hotel Chocolat for £11
Free-from Lemon Cheesecake Easter Egg
Some staffers really enjoyed the lemon flavour, others weren’t so sure on the texture, describing it as ‘powdery’.
Citrus fans may still like this one.
Metro rating: 2/5
Extra Special Extra Thick Honeycomb, Pretzel & Almond Milk Chocolate Easter Egg
This was a clear winner across the board.
‘My favourite of the bunch, lovely chocolate and big chunks of honeycomb, like eating a giant Crunchie bar. I want to legally marry this Easter egg.’
Metro rating: 5/5
The Best Belgian Dark Chocolate & Raspberry Egg
It’s the flavour of this one that won over the team, with one saying that although the chocolate is ‘unremarkable’ the ‘raspberry hit grows over time’.
Metro rating 4/5
Available from Morrisons for £6
Belgian Milk Chocolate layered Egg
One big fan wrote: ‘Praline truffle in thick, silken layers – the Queen of eggs,’ while another wasn’t so sold, chiming in: ‘Tasty praline bomb. Good but rich. Would be hard to finish.’
Another noted: ‘Each layer melts in your mouth, and is decadently rich, but not sickly. It’s not the cleanest of bites, with it melting on your hands easily…still worth it.’
Metro rating: 4/5
23 Carrot Gold Egg
This is one aesthetically-pleasing egg (even though it’s shaped like a carrot) but was described as ‘really, really sweet’ by expert taste testers.
Delicious in small amounts.
Metro rating: 4/5
Chickita The Chicken
Despite struggling to break poor Chickita The Chicken in order to grab some chocolate goodness, this appeared to be a winner with the team and was quickly finished off.
Described as ‘melt in your mouth’, which can only be a good thing.
Metro rating: 4/5
Available from M&S for £6 (sadly currently sold out on Ocado)
Extremely Chocolately Dark Chocolate, Peanut and Pretzel egg
‘I love dark chocolate and pretzels but this was pretty average overall, would have liked to have had more of a sweet-salty balance with the pretzel/peanut and chocolate flavours.’
Metro rating: 2/5
Available from M&S – currently sold out online
Extremely Chocolatey Biscuity Egg
With a 4-star rating, one critic critiqued: ‘Basically the best biscuit ever but in giant form. Minus a point though because it’s not egg-shaped in any way?’
Bringing some paradox into the mix, another felt it ‘tastes smooth and crunchy at the same time’ and thought that was worthy of 5 stars.
Metro rating: 4.5/5
Available from M&S via Ocado for £9
Walter The Puppy
‘Walter looks unassuming and simple to the naked eye, but that’s where it’s a winner. A tastebud charmer.
‘He’s both tasty and great as a sweet treat for the kids on Easter Sunday as something a little more special than an egg.’
Metro rating: 4/5
Available from M&S via Ocado for £6
Milk Chocolate Egg
Perhaps not surprisingly, seeing as other Asda offerings have been so well received from the team, the classic egg is another winner.
From the taste (just like a milk chocolate egg – which is the aim of the game) to the presentation (perfect for the egg hunt) you really can’t go wrong.
It also breaks up in perfect chunks without leaving too many crumbs. This is important.
Metro rating: 5/5
Extra Special Peppermint & Cocoa Nib Dark Chocolate Easter Egg
‘This is perfect for mint lovers.’
Say no more. This was the first one to be gobbled up by the team, leaving no trace.
Metro rating: 5/5
Extra Thick Rocky Road to Caramel Easter Egg
This Easter egg reviewer felt it was ‘a touch too milky at 40%, which undermines the quality of of the choc’.
Metro rating: 3/5
Available from Hotel Chocolat for £30
Rocky Road Drizzle Egg
A short but sweet: ‘Delicious but not very easter-y.’
Metro rating: 4/5
Moser Roth Milk Chocolate With Luxurious truffles
‘Love Aldi so much I would smash the chocolate egg with my forehead and do a victory screech. However, I hadn’t noticed the egg had Aldi logo before I had some – so luckily I got to taste it without bias.
‘The chocolate milk egg was creamy yet light (did my BF and I had it all in one 15 min sitting? Yes). It was a pleasant surprise since I feel most chocolate around festive seasons tends to taste a bit plasticky. The creamy choc truffles on the side were a lovely added bonus for extended enjoyment!’
Metro rating: 5/5
Special Selection Exquisite Wildflower Egg
Inhaled faster than any review could be written and hidden in the office so no one else could try it. It’s that good.
Metro rating: 5/5
Available from Aldi for £12.99
Cluckie the White Choc Chick
‘It’s hard to get a vegan, gluten-free, wheat-free and milk-free white chocolate to taste like the familiar melt-in-your-mouth Easter offerings (even if it’s in the shape of an adorable lil chick) but Tesco does its best with this one.
‘A solid attempt, but it’s just not creamy enough unfortunately.’
Metro rating: 3/5
Available from Tesco for £3.50
And the one that’s not chocolate at all:
Gåva Easter Ägg
For something different, we tried this nod to the long-held tradition in Sweden, where every family member in a typical Swedish household has their own Ägg that gets brought out year after year and filled with something special. This is a beautifully designed option.
This tester said: ‘Not going to lie, while we do love a bit of chocolate, the sweets in the tin egg I tried are incredibly moreish and I love that you can now go and fill it with something else and continue to re-use. We do love a sustainable egg hun!
‘Also the perfect alternative to the chocolate overdose – sometimes you just want a sweet lolly.’
Metro rating: 5/5
Available from Gava Gifting for £12
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