Chocolate Egg Stuff
I have had quite a few questions about chocolate and Easter eggs, so I have put together the more asked questions with answers. If you have any questions please do feel free to drop me a message.
Cases of Easter Egg
A few people have asked about buying cases of Easter eggs and bulk buying, for parties and Easter events.
I know that the Ethical Superstore sell eggs in cases, calling it multi-buy. If you look at the Easter Gifts section, select the egg or chocolate you fancy and under the product description it says “Single item or Multi-buy” – it then gives you the price for a case of that product and the discount on bulk buying.
For example if you look at the Divine Milk Chocolate Egg it is £5.00 for one egg or £24.95 for 6 eggs (£4.16 per egg).
Largest Easter Egg
The largest eggs are the Hotel Chocolat Ostrich Easter Eggs. Huge Easter eggs with a selection of chocolates, one is dark chocolate and the other milk. The dark egg, Serious Dark Fix™, is a tiny bit heavier so that is the biggest egg. They are called Ostrich eggs because they are the size of real ostrich eggs, a massive eleven inches or 28.5cm tall.
Closely followed by Montezuma’s with the huge “Giant Egg”, Giant Egg: Costa Rica 25cm tall and 16cm round!
And lastly – not an Easter egg but defiantly worth a mention is the giant Easter Bunny from Thorntons, 1.5kg in weight.
Most Expensive Chocolate Easter Egg
The most expensive chocolate Easter egg is by melt chocolates, the luxury Notting Hill chocolate boutique. The melt – large couture egg is £59.00, a milk chocolate decorated with silver leaf and filled with 10 handpicked chocolates.
Labels
I try label all the eggs with all the information possible because – I have four vegetarian friends, two vegan, one friend who is lactose intolerant and a relation that is allergic to some nuts. So I know how hard it can be to find food and products that meet specific dietary needs, especially chocolate. Subsequently I label all the eggs on my site as best I can.
Vegetarian is probably one of the easiest to label as manufactures’ seem to understand the requirements. Vegan Easter Eggs are a bit trickier, some are labelled vegan and others simply dairy free.
I have also tried to list all gluten free Easter eggs where possible. I have made the assumption that vegan / dairy free Easter Eggs would be suitable for anyone looking for a lactose free egg.
Flavoured Easter Eggs
Blackcurrent, Blueberry, Butterscotch, Espresso, Geranium, Lemon, Marc de Champagne, Orange, Strawberry, Toffee, Vanilla, Vanilla Fudge
Easter Eggs with Nuts
Eggs that have nuts embedded in the shell or in the chocolates and the bars that come with the egg.