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Hotel Chocolat Easter Egg Sandwiches

Suzie — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:22:45 +0000

Hotel Chocolat’s Easter Egg Sandwiches, four cute decorated chocolate Easter eggs in four different flavours.

These are not your normal Easter eggs but two slices of flavoured chocolate with chocolate egg shell halves squished into them, and placed back to back to create an Easter Egg Sandwich.

Four distinct flavour combinations make up the Easter Egg Sandwich range, each with a quirky sandwich name. The packaging is fun too, designed to look like sandwich boxes with a little window to show the chocolate sandwich inside.

The flavour choices:

Creamed Caramel Club Egg Sandwich – Slices of milk chocolate fused with white chocolate and studded with caramel drops are sandwiched between two caramel milk chocolate shells.
Seriously Dark Wrap Egg Sandwich – 70% cocoa dark chocolate shells decorated with stripes of piped chocolate and embedded in dark chocolate slabs blended with cocoa nibs, for extra texture, crunch and flavour. The dairy free and vegan option.
Strawberry Melt Egg Sandwich – The traditional Eton Mess as an Easter Egg, creamy white chocolate and zingy strawberry flavoured chocolate slices decorated with meringue pieces between white chocolate shells.
Smooth Praline Toasty Egg Sandwich – 40% cocoa milk chocolate shells, pressed into slices of praline-marbled milk chocolate.

Each dinky egg weighs 100g and is 10cm high and just under 7.5cm at its widest point.

The eggs decorated with bright colours use white chocolate and white chocolate coloured with natural colourings.

Fun Easter Eggs with one for everybody, packed with flavour and beautifully decorated.

£8.00 per Easter Egg Sandwich or three for £21.00.

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Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Half Easter Egg

Suzie — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:12:07 +0000

Hotel Chocolat’s Dark Chocolate Eggsposé egg, half an Extra Thick Easter egg with eight gianduja mini eggs inside.

This is the dairy free Easter egg from the Eggsposé range, one of five half eggs new for 2011.

Eggsposé a play on the word exposé, meaning to reveal or uncover, and they do live up to their name – the stylish box the eggs are presented in have windows on the front so you can see the mini eggs or chocolates inside, tempting you to try them.

The Extra Thick shell is made from Hotel Chocolat’s award winning house, 70% cocoa, dark chocolate and stands 157mm tall and is about 4mm thick, which doesn’t should very thick but is actually two or three times thicker than other eggs.

For me the real stars of the show are the gianduja mini eggs, gianduja is dark chocolate blended with finely ground hazelnuts and sugar to create a smooth paste, the eight mini eggs are in cast from same dark chocolate as the egg shell and then encrusted with sugar crystals. As you bite into the eggs the sugar adds a crunchy texture followed by the snap of the dark chocolate shell, then comes the beautiful gianduja filling, with the consistency of a very dense mousse – which is so smooth and creamy I had to check this really was a vegan egg! Absolutely beautiful.

Fine chocolate shaped into a chic egg shell and eight mini eggs, worth the price just for the gianduja mini eggs.

£14.00, 225g.

Labelled: Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Alcohol Free, Vegan and Dairy Free.

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Green & Black’s Easter Egg Collections

Suzie — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:48:57 +0000

Five Easter egg collections from Green & Black’s, each containing three Easter eggs and two chocolate bars, in different milk and dark chocolate flavour combinations.

The Maya Gold, my favourite Green & Black’s flavour, collection contains all dark chocolate eggs and bars; a Luxury Dark egg a 180g egg with two 100g chocolate bars – dark chocolate with ginger and dark chocolate with cherry, a thick shelled Maya Gold Easter 180g, a 100g box of dark chocolate mini eggs with praline centres and two mini bars, 70% dark chocolate and Maya Gold – both 35g each.

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The other four collections have the same selection of Easter eggs, mini eggs and chocolate bars.

Milk Collection:

A Luxury Milk Chocolate Easter Egg, with a butterscotch bar and a milk chocolate bar with almonds.
A Thick Shelled milk chocolate Easter egg.
Butterscotch milk chocolate mini eggs
A white chocolate mini bar and a creamy milk chocolate bar.

Dark Collection:

A Luxury Dark Chocolate Easter Egg, cherry and ginger flavoured dark chocolate bars.
A 70% cocoa, dark chocolate Thick Shelled Easter egg.
Praline centred dark chocolate mini eggs.
70% dark chocolate and Maya Gold mini chocolate bars.

Butterscotch Collection:

A Luxury organic Milk Easter Egg with two 100g bars, milk chocolate with butterscotch and milk chocolate with almond.
A butterscotch Thick Shelled Easter egg.
100g of foil wrapped butterscotch mini eggs.
A white chocolate mini bar and a Creamy Milk chocolate mini bar.

Easter Egg Collection:

A Luxury Milk Easter Egg and two chocolate bars, butterscotch and almond.
A milk chocolate with butterscotch Thick Shelled Easter egg.
Milk chocolate mini eggs.
A white chocolate bar and a Creamy Milk chocolate bar, both miniature.

Each of Green & Black’s Easter egg collections are presented in a gift box tied with a ribbon.

I really like this idea, the same selection of chocolate but with different flavours combinations and a choice of milk or dark chocolate, it means you can buy the same gift for different people who different tastes and you spend exactly the same amount on them. Or the collections can be split up into three gifts with two bars leftover for you!

£25.00, 530g.

Labelled: Organic, Vegetarian, Fairtrade and Gluten Free.

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Hotel Chocolat Easter Eggs 2011

Suzie — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:57:59 +0000

The 2011 chocolate Easter egg collection, from cocoa grower and chocolatier Hotel Chocolat with some chocolate favourites from previous years and some new designs and styles for this year, Hotel Chocolat, in my opinion, offers the largest and best choice of Easter eggs.

The luxury Easter eggs come in four different sizes, the small Happy eggs, the medium sized Egg Sandwiches, the large Extra Thick eggs and the massive Ostrich eggs. Each size has a selection of different flavours and types of chocolate; this is what gives the collection such variety allowing Hotel Chocolat to produce fun eggs for kids and boozy eggs for adults, vegan and dairy free Easter eggs alongside gluten free and nut free eggs, all from the same range and giving your more choice.

Eggspose

New this year are the Eggsposé eggs, or half Easter eggs, one half of an extra thick Easter egg with a selection of chocolates inside exposed for all to see.

The eggs come in three types of chocolate, 40% milk chocolate with praline mini eggs, white chocolate with little strawberry eggs and the vegan/dairy free 70% dark chocolate with gianduja mini eggs.

Easter Eggs for Kids

Inspired by Hotel Chocolat’s children’s chocolate range are two more chunky half shell eggs, these are the same half Easter eggs as the Eggsposé but featuring Twinkle Toes the ballerina and Nibblatron the chocolate robot, all the chocolate in both eggs is 40% milk chocolate.

Also for children are the three little Happy eggs, they all come with a tub of chocolate shapes and a happy face painted on them – perfect for smiley faces this Easter.

Giant Easter Eggs

The two largest Easter eggs are the gigantic Ostrich eggs, thick chocolate shells with a two layer selection box of Hotel Chocolat chocolates.

They are £65.00 each, both well over one kilo in weight and are very very impressive, they make great gifts for a couple or family as they are so large.

Extra Thick Easter Eggs

The packaging for the extra thick Easter eggs has been redesigned for 2011, gone are the bright and boldly coloured outer sleeves, replaced by more subtle shades to match the chocolate inside and elegantly tied with ribbons round the boxes.

These, very popular, large Easter eggs are two chunky shell halves filled with an assortment of Easter chocolates inside, in a selection milk chocolate and dark chocolate.

A sixth egg has been added for Easter 2011, The Purist Extra Thick Easter Egg.

Easter Egg Sandwiches™

Two Easter egg halves have been squished into two slabs of chocolate and sandwiched back together to create the colourful, fun and tasty Easter Eggs Sandwiches.

These have also had a bit of a makeover this year with new packing and quirky new names, but with the same delicious flavours as before; milk chocolate praline, strawberry white chocolate, dark chocolate (dairy free) and milk chocolate caramel.

These are just the Easter eggs from the Hotel Chocolat Easter range, there are also mini eggs, Easter egg hunt eggs and some wonderful Easter hampers for 2011.

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Easter Chocolate Goodie Box

Suzie — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:08:10 +0000

A goodie box filled with a selection of milk chocolate and dark chocolate Easter treats from Montezuma’s.

Handmade in the countryside of Sussex with all certified organic ingredients, and packaged in recyclable materials – this goodie box is the ethical and green Easter chocolate choice.

Montezuma’s Easter Chocolate Goodie Box contains:

Two Montezuma’s Easter Eggs:

Free Range Egg Smooth Milk, very smooth and creamy hollow docerated egg 150g
Free Range Egg Very Dark, a 150g dairy free hollow chocolate Easter Egg.

Two boxes of chocolate bunnies:

A 90g box of Cheeky Bunnies Organic Milk Chocolate
Oragnic Dark Chocolate Cheeky Bunnies, dairy free also in a 90g box.

Two boxes of chocolate mini eggs:

Milk Chocolate with Hazelnut Mini Eggs, mini egg shells filled with milk chocolate hazelnut praline 160g.
160g of dark chocolate mini eggs filled with sticky caramel.

All presented in a beautiful black gift box, tied with a yellow Montezuma’s ribbon.

£34.99

Labelled: GM Free, Additive Free, Colouring Free, Preservative Free, Vegetarian, Organic and Gluten Free.

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Oeuf Orfevre, Dark Chocolate Easter Egg

Suzie — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:51:26 +0000

A suave and elegant dark chocolate egg, the Oeuf Orfevre an Easter Egg with French sophistication and charm.

Oeuf Orfevre is French for the Goldsmith Egg and the name refers to the silver and gold leaf used to decorate the outside of this chic egg.

Made from 64% cocoa dark chocolate, this hollow egg has a rich gloss and lustre complimented by the 22 caret gold and silver leaf, adding to the overall classic and expensive look. Inside the egg are seventeen croquant dark chocolate mini eggs, also speckled with gold. This is the large version, standing approximately 15cm tall, a smaller egg is also available.

A dark chocolate Easter Egg with flair.

£25.99, 340g.

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Dairy Free Easter Egg Sandwich

Suzie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:25:19 +0000

Something a little bit different and a bit quirky an Easter Egg sandwich from Hotel Chocolat.

Two, quite thick slabs of 70% cocoa dark chocolate studded with cocoa nibs for crunch and texture, are sandwiched between two elegantly decorated Easter Egg shell halves which are also dark chocolate.

The two halves are then placed back to back in a rather ingenious box that folds out from a triangle to flat, leaving the little sandwich egg standing proudly in the middle.

The chocolate is smooth with a good rich flavour, but is not too strong or over the top, the cocoa nibs give a good soft crunch to the chocolate really add to the dark chocolate flavour.

All of Hotel Chocolat’s Sandwich Eggs are packed with flavour, are beautifully designed and have a fun element to them. The Dairy Free Easter Egg Sandwich would make a great chocolate gift for adults and children – even with the cocoa nibs.

£8.00, 100g.

Labelled: Vegetarian, Nut Free, Gluten Free, Alcohol Free, Dairy Free and Vegan.

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Green & Black’s Easter Egg Gift Bag

Suzie — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:13:00 +0000

A selection of Green & Black’s most popular Easter Eggs and miniature chocolate bar collections, in a re-useable gift bag.

Perfect for sharing and buying all of your Easter chocolate at once, the Easter Eggs and chocolate come in a gift bag is made of jute, a fibre that is natural, organic, bio-degradable and recyclable and environmentally friendly.

The Green & Black’s Easter Egg gift bag contains:

Two extra thick eggs:

1 x 180g Milk Chocolate Thick Shelled Butterscotch Egg
1 x 180g Maya Gold Dark Chocolate Thick Shelled Easter Egg

Two smaller hollow eggs:

1 x 110g Dark 70% Chocolate Egg
1 x 110g Milk Chocolate Egg

And two Green & Black’s miniature chocolate bar collections:

1x 180g Organic Milk & White Miniature Bar Collection – 12 x 15g Bars; White Chocolate, Creamy Milk Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Milk with Butterscotch and Milk with Almond
1x 180g Organic Miniature Bar Collection – 12 x 15g Bars; Dark Chocolate,, Milk Chocolate, Milk with Butterscotch and Milk with Almond, Dark with Cherry, Dark with Ginger

Available exclusively from Green & Black’s Direct.

£21.60.

Labelled: Organic.

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Hotel Chocolat Easter Chocolate Hamper

Suzie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:36:03 +0000

Adventure in Easter chocolate with a wide selection of Easter Eggs, Easter chocolate and a bottle of Prosecco from the Hotel Chocolat Easter range, presented in a chic hamper, idea for sharing or giving as a very generous gift.

The Adventure Easter Hamper is from the Room Service hampers range, luxury chocolate hampers for all occasions ranging from £50 to £500, with limited and special edition Easter chocolates alongside a bottle of Prosecco, a dry sparkling white wine.

The hamper contains:

Three Easter Eggs: (well two and a half)

The Serious Dark Fix™ Extra Thick Easter Egg, half of an extra thick 70% dark chocolate egg with dark chocolate chocolates.
Milk Scrambled Easter Egg™, a brightly decorated egg with a collection of six mellow milk chocolates.
Eton Mess Easter Egg Sandwich™, white chocolate with strawberry and meringue pieces.

Three Easter Chocolate Boxes

The Sleekster Easter Egg Box Selection, thirty flavoured mini eggs in a selection box.
Eggs & Soldiers, creamy milk chocolate egg halves with white chocolate soldiers to dip.
Sticky Toffee Easter Eggies, dark chocolate eggs with a sticky toffee filling.

Two Chocolate Treats

Caramel Drops
Milk Scrambled Egg Mini Slab

A selection of milk, dark and white chocolate in a luxury chocolate hamper for Easter.

£100.00.

Labelled: Vegetarian and Gluten Free.

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Hotel Chocolat Easter Egg Preview 2010

Suzie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:26:48 +0000

Hotel Chocolat has released a sneak preview of their wonderful chocolate Easter eggs for 2010, available from the 15th of February – but you can order them now and they will deliver them when they are in stock. So you can beat the rush and make sure you get the Easter egg you want before they all sell out.

The 2010 Easter Eggs from Hotel Chocolat have been given a fun and colourful makeover. Last years Cocoa Pod egg has been replaced with new Scrambled Eggs, but the rest of Hotel Chocolat Easter eggs, happily, remain the same.

Giant Easter Eggs

The two largest Easter eggs are the gigantic Ostrich eggs, thick chocolate shells with a two layer selection box of Hotel Chocolat chocolates.

They are £60.00 each, both well over one kilo in weight and are very impressive, they make great gifts for a couple or family as they are so large.

Extra Thick Easter Eggs

Extra thick milk chocolate and dark chocolate Easter eggs, two chunky shell halves filled with a selection of Easter chocolate treats.

Each chunky egg is £22.00 and with five to choose from, everyone will have a favourite.

Scrambled Egg Easter Eggs

New for 2010, Scrambled Eggs, very creative and stylish little chocolate Easter eggs along side six matching chocolates in a display box.

Milk Scrambled Easter Egg™
Boozy Scrambled Easter Egg™
Caramel Scrambled Easter Egg™
Dark Scrambled Easter Egg™ Vegan / Dairy Free
White Scrambled Easter Egg™

Each egg is colourfully decorated, using natural colouring, with scrambled swirls making every egg unique. Five to choose from, £15.00 each.

Easter Egg Sandwiches™

Hotel Chocolat’s flavoured Easter eggs, the Egg Sandwiches. Two slabs of flavoured chocolate sandwiched between to egg halves.

Creamed Caramel Egg Sandwich™
Chilli Combo Egg Sandwich™
Eton Mess Egg Sandwich™
Smooth Praline Egg Sandwich™
Full On Dark Egg Sandwich™ Vegan / Dairy Free

These cute eggs are £7.00 each, or any combination of four Egg Sandwiches for £24.00.

These are just the Easter Eggs from Hotel Chocolat’s Easter chocolate range, easily the best and largest chocolate selection for Easter.

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Green & Black’s Chocolate Egg Collection- Medium

Suzie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:54:08 +0000

A chocolate egg collection that features the four, medium sized, thick shelled chocolate Easter eggs from Green & Black’s.

Four beautiful chocolate Easter eggs, each the same size making this the ideal collection for sharing – without anyone getting jealous.

The Green & Black’s medium chocolate Easter egg collection contains the Maya Gold egg, made from the same chocolate the Maya Gold bar was the first UK produce to be awarded the fair trade mark from the Fairtrade Foundation. Dark chocolate infused with orange and spices.

Green & Black’s Easter Eggs:

1 x 180g Milk Chocolate Thick Shelled Egg
1 x 180g Maya Gold Dark Chocolate Thick Shelled Easter Egg
1 x 180g http://www.chocolate-easter-eggs.co.uk/green-blacks-organic-dark-chocolate-easter-egg-180gDark 70% Chocolate Thick Shelled Egg[/intlink]
1 x 180g http://www.chocolate-easter-eggs.co.uk/green-blacks-organic-butterscotch-milk-chocolate-easter-eggMilk Chocolate Thick Shelled Butterscotch Egg[/intlink]

The chocolate collection is finished off with a 100g carton of milk chocolate mini eggs, with a smooth milk chocolate centres.

£30.00, 820g.

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The BIG Easter Egg – Serious Dark Fix™ – Ostrich Sized Egg

Suzie — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:42:17 +0000

The biggest Easter egg for 2009! The massive Serious Dark Fix Ostrich Egg from Hotel Chocolat is just over 11inces tall (285mm) and roughly 1.5kg in weight.

Two thick shells made from 74% dark chocolate, covered in almond pieces and then coated again in even more chocolate – which gives mammoth shells a wonderful texture and a very gratifying crunch.

To accompany the giant egg is a selection of sixteen elegant truffles and chocolates including:

Orange & Lemon Sandwich: Two smooth layers of hazelnut praline – one with Valencia orange oil, the other with essential oil of lemon.
Blackcurrant & Champagne: Tangy blackcurrant compote in a light crème with a splash or two of Marc de Champagne.
Gianduja Crest: An ultra smooth blend of milk and white chocolate and finely milled hazelnuts.
Coffee Caramel: Caramel and white chocolate with finely milled hazelnuts and a dash of coffee.
Caramel & Rum Truffle: Smooth chocolate with a generous splash of warming rum.
Chunky Nut: A crunch-filled praline with roughly chopped hazelnuts, pistachios and almonds, topped with a whole hazelnut.
Gin Truffle: Extremely soft chocolate and cream ganache with a good measure of Dutch courage.
Macadamia Bite: Naturally creamy macadamia nut paste, topped with a whole macadamia.

Along with eight rather beautifully decorated mini eggs, decorated using natural colours that contrast exquisitely with the deep tones of the chocolate, each with a generous dash of alcohol: Whisky Caramel, Rum and Raisin Ganache, Pink Marc de Champagne Ganache and Grand Marnier with Vanilla.

AND as if that wasn’t enough, two of the famous Hotel Chocolat mini slabs, one each of the:

Cherry Fusion: Cherry crisps blended with white chocolate then stirred with 74% dark chocolate.
St Lucia Dark: dark chocolate cast in Hotel Chocolat’s special single origin St Lucia chocolate.

Even the box the egg is presented in is absolutely stunning, white and black with a very chic shade of purple. The shells are wrapped in silver foil, tied with a ribbon and rests in a nest of purple paper twists.

Filled to the brim with a selection of chocolates and slabs this extra large Easter egg is basically a hamper, with the shell as the edible basket.

£50.00 – Approximately 1.5kg of serious chocolate.

Labelled: Vegetarian and Gluten Free.

For those that are not dark chocolate lovers the other Ostrich sized Easter egg, the http://www.chocolate-easter-eggs.co.uk/hotel-chocolat-rocky-road-to-caramellow-ostrich-chocolate-easter-egghuge Rocky Road to Caramellow[/intlink], is mainly milk chocolate, it’s the same size but just a tiny bit lighter, so little difference you won’t even notice.

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Green & Black’s – Dark Easter Eggs Collection

Suzie — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:05:26 +0000

Green & Black’s dark chocolate Easter eggs collection, the perfect gift for the dark chocolate lover at Easter.

This beautiful Green and Black’s Easter gift collection contains dark mini eggs with smooth praline centre, the thick shelled Dark 70% Easter egg and the dark chocolate Cherry & Ginger Easter egg.

All made with bittersweet dark chocolate with 70% cocoa solids made from quality Trinitario beans.

Contents:

1 x http://www.chocolate-easter-eggs.co.uk/green-blacks-organic-thick-shelled-dark-chocolate-cherry-ginger-egg380g Dark Chocolate Cherry & Ginger Egg[/intlink]
1 x http://www.chocolate-easter-eggs.co.uk/green-blacks-organic-dark-chocolate-easter-egg-180g180g 70% Dark Chocolate Easter Egg[/intlink]
1 x 100g Dark Mini Eggs

£20.00, 660g of dark chocolate.

Labelled: Organic.

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Green & Black’s Organic 70% Dark Chocolate Easter Egg

Suzie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:25:17 +0000

There is something special about Green & Black’s 70% dark chocolate; rich dark taste, a beautifully smooth texture and a deep colour to the chocolate.

Organically produced high-quality bittersweet dark chocolate, crafted into a thick shelled Easter egg. A very popular egg, I always have one of these at Easter – even if I buy it myself. And it has my personal recommendation for anyone wanting to try dark chocolate, as it is not too bitter.

Also availible as part of the Dark Easter Eggs Collection, this is the egg (without the chocolate bars) in the http://www.chocolate-easter-eggs.co.uk/green-blacks-organic-thick-shelled-dark-chocolate-cherry-ginger-eggOrganic Thick-Shelled Dark Chocolate Cherry & Ginger Egg[/intlink].

£5.99, 180g of organic 70% dark chocolate.

Labelled: Organic and Vegetarian.

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Montezuma’s – “Lucky Dip” Free Range Easter Eggs x3

Suzie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:22:12 +0000

This is an absolutely marvellous idea – three “lucky dip” chocolate Easter eggs!

Like the Booja Booja egg gifts choose the design each one is unique – but you will always be delighted. But there is an extra twist, it’s not just a lucky dip with the design but the type and combination of chocolate too.

So when you ask “What type of Easter egg would you like?” and you get the rather vague “I don’t know” reply – this is the perfect egg choice.

Made from the award winning house blends of organic chocolate from Montezuma’s, each egg, three in total, has a minimum weight 150g and they look deliciously wonderful too!

£19.99 for a minimum weight of 450g.

Labelled: GM Free, Preservatives / Additive / Colouring Free, Soya Free, Vegetarian, Organic and Gluten Free.

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Hotel Chocolat – Full on Dark – Cocoa Pod Easter Eggs

Suzie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:55:53 +0000

Rich dark vegan chocolate Easter egg with a delightful selection of truffles and seriously dark pralines – a must for dark chocolate lovers.

Smooth 74% cocoa dark chocolate with deep rich cocoa tones, accompanied by dark chocolate house recipes including gianduja, aromatic Valencia orange and warming chilli truffles.

One of five Cocoa Pod eggs from Hotel Chocolat inspired the artistry of antique chocolate moulds creating beatiful and tactile egg shells.

£12.00 , approximately 220g.

Labelled: Vegan / Dairy Free, Vegetarian, Alcohol Free and Gluten Free.

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Thorntons – Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Egg

Suzie — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:11:06 +0000

This dairy free Easter egg is one of two eggs exclusively available online, and only from the Thorntons site, the other is a Fair Trade egg – with the same packaging but in gold foil.

The smart but universal presentation of green foil and a ribbon tied bag means this dark chocolate Easter egg is visually suitable for all ages.

This is more than just a Dairy Free dark chocolate Easter egg, “It has been made under strictly controlled conditions to prevent any cross contamination from nuts, dairy, egg and gluten.” quoted from Thorntons website.

I have taken that to mean that it is suitable for vegans and people with some food intolerances and food allergies;

Vegan, as it is dairy free and egg free.
Dairy Free, suitable for anyone with lactose intolerance.
Nut Free, for anyone with nut allergies.
Egg free, for anyone with egg allergies.
Gluten Free, suitable for anyone with a wheat allergy or Celiac/Coeliac disease.

However as the egg is not specifically labelled as any of the above, that does mean there is no guarantee. As always, it is always best to check.

Allergy UK have a useful website with information on allergies and food intolerance.

I have to say considering the “strictly controlled conditions” this egg was made in, at only £6.50 it seems rather good value for money, especially when you consider the difference in price of organic and non-organic food.

£6.50, 120g of dark dairy free chocolate.

Labelled: Vegetarian, Dairy Free and Gluten Free.

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Divine 70% Dark Chocolate Egg with Chocolate Covered Brazil Nuts

Suzie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:44:31 +0000

Fair Trade, vegan Easter egg with brazil nuts, covered in dark chocolate.

Smooth rich, 70% dark Ghanaian chocolate Easter egg 100g and 80g of Brazil Nuts covered in the same dark chocolate by Divine,

Presented in a Chic black and gold box, covered in the traditional West African Adinkra symbols, this is an ideal gift egg.

This egg is labelled vegetarian on some sites and vegan on others, so I contacted Divine and they say this egg is a possible choice for vegans, but they cannot guarantee these products are totally dairy free, as milk is used elsewhere in the factory. I have labelled it vegan, so that it can be found on my site and to give you some more choice.

£4.99 for 180g of Divine dark chocolate.

Labelled: Fair Trade, Vegetarian, Vegan / Dairy Free and Gluten Free.

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Green & Black’s – Organic Thick-Shelled Dark Chocolate Cherry & Ginger Egg

Suzie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:26:16 +0000

180g of thick shelled dark chocolate egg with two Green & Black’s 100g bars. A total 380g of Easter joy in one box.

The organic egg is 70% cocoa solids, made from quality Trinitario beans, giving the signature dark and rich taste Green & Black’s are known for.

The Ginger bar: Crystallised pieces of organic ginger give the chocolate warmth that lifts the flavour notes of the cocoa.

The Cherry bar: Voted the Best New Organic Product at the Natural products Show 2004, in contrast to the ginger bar, the sharp tang of cherries complement the flavour of the gives the 60% dark chocolate.

The combination of the plain egg and the two flavoured bars highlights the complexity of dark chocolate and shows how adding other quality ingredients can change the chocolate flavour. This egg is also part of the Dark Easter Eggs Collection by Green & Black’s.

£10.99 380g

Labelled: Organic, Vegetarian and Gluten Free.

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Hotel Chocolat – Your Eggsellency – Extra Thick Easter Eggs

Suzie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:08:38 +0000

I love milk chocolate and dark chocolate, not just one or the other and so do a lot of people. You can always get a milk chocolate Easter egg or a dark chocolate Easter egg – its not that often that you can treat yourself, oops I mean buy someone else, a half dark and half milk chocolate Easter egg. So I was delighted to find one!

This delicious looking egg “Your Eggsellency” is by Hotel Chocolat and is part of this year’s Extra Thick Easter Eggs collection. The contrast in colour between the milk and dark chocolate shells is rather beautiful and really sets of the mini eggs, which I haven’t even mentioned yet, inside.

The milk chocolate half is 40% cocoa solids and the dark chocolate is a wonderfully rich 74%, inside the extra thick shell are ten mini truffle eggs hand finished in bright colours and individually flavoured.

I am planning on getting this egg for two of my freinds that are a couple, it’s perfect for sharing.

£20.00 for 380g of distinguished chocolate.

Labelled: Vegetarian and Gluten Free.

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Hotel Chocolat – Blueberry – Easter Egg Sandwiches

Suzie — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:30:10 +0000

I have converted the Hotel Chocolat Blueberry Easter Egg Sandwich since it was first released, it looks exquisite – I’m just too scared to buy one in case I never eat at and just stare at it, and that would just be a total waste of chocolate!

A heavenly fusion of dark chocolate and blueberry flavoured white chocolate, sandwiched between two halves of a hollow dark chocolate Easter egg, with a purple dot on it.

The Blueberry Easter egg is one of five Hotel Chocolat Easter Egg Sandwiches, each a different flavour. And Hotel Chocolat have a multi-buy offer for them – £20 for any combination of 4 Egg Sandwiches.

£6.00 for 100g of edible art with a blueberry flavour.

Labelled: Vegetarian, Alcohol Free and Gluten Free.

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Montezuma’s – Handmade Vegan Orange & Geranium Mini Easter Eggs

Suzie — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:04:44 +0000

Looking for a vegan Easter egg? How about a box full of vegan mini eggs, delicately flavoured with orange and geranium. You get roughly 11 dark chocolate eggs per box.

Organic dark chocolate is blended with citrus and floral oils and then hand crafted into solid mini Easter eggs. Geranium and orange is a very popular flavour at Montezuma’s and features in a selection of their chocolate.

£4.95 for 160g of British handmade dark chocolate mini Easter eggs.

Montezuma’s do two other vegan Easter eggs the Giant Egg: Costa Rica and the Dark Free Range Egg, and also have a vegan truffle collection.

Labelled: GM Free, Preservatives / Additive / Colouring Free, Soya Free, Vegetarian, Vegan / Dairy Free, Organic, Gluten Free.