The Ultimate Easter Egg Guide 2017

When they say colossal, they mean it. This beauty weighs in at a whopping 1.4kg. That bulk is made up of 5 different eggs inside ranging from milk chocolate caramel to Mitcham Mint to Rose and Violet, which is Fortnum & Mason’s signature flavour.

Ostriches lay the biggest eggs of any bird alive – and Hotel Chocolat has used a real egg to form the mould for this 1kg dark chocolate behemoth.

This Splendid egg is eye-poppingly extravagant – presented in jewellery case, featuring edible gold leaf and packed with strawberry and champagne truffles. It’s relatively small at 360g but if you’re keen to impress it’s an unbeatable package.

A richly indulgent mix of a large, dark chocolate egg (64% cocoa) with crushed almonds and a clutch of dark mini eggs inside. Doubly dark and delightful.

This dark chocolate egg weighs in at 525g and includes 24 miniature ‘tasting’ bars of Green & Black’s chocolate in milk, white and dark varieties. A great choice for someone who isn’t that bothered about eggs but still loves chocolate.

Dark chocolate and ginger is one of our all-time favourite taste combinations, and that’s exactly what is delivered by this vegan-friendly egg from Hotel Chocolat. It comes with the company’s ever lovely Hazelnut & Ginger Crunches for some texture too, for extra Easter enticement.

If the lucky recipient of your Easter favours is more interested in art than confectionery, M&S has got you covered. It has an exclusive on hand painted milk chocolate ‘Artist’ eggs. The chocolate quality may be unexceptional, but at least the egg will be truly unique.