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Thorntons Continental Milk Chocolate Easter Egg

Suzie — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:17:54 +0000

A decorated milk chocolate egg with a chocolate box containing a selection of Thorntons Continental chocolates.

The hollow milk chocolate egg is embellished with drizzles of white chocolate and dark chocolate, creating criss-crossing horizontal lines around the centre the egg and finished off with a ribbon box.

Along side the egg is a box of twelve Thorntons Continental chocolates; inspired by European foods and recipes the Continental collection has chocolate truffles, pralines, and chocolate versions of desserts, that reflect a passion for chocolate.

You can have a message iced onto the egg, at no extra charge, creating a personalised Easter gift.

£9.99, decorated chocolate egg and a box of 12 chocolates.

Labelled: Vegetarian and Gluten Free.

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Extra Thick “Eggsibitionist” Easter Egg

Suzie — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:31:38 +0000

The Eggsibitionist extra thick Easter Egg from Hotel Chocolat, two chunky milk chocolate half shells filled with a selection of filled mini egg chocolates.

Made from Hotel Chocolat’s special, 40% cocoa house blend, milk chocolate the extra thick shells are up to three times thicker than normal Easter eggs, each half is wrapped in foil to keep them fresh.

Hiding inside the egg halves is a selection of twelve filled mini eggs, the same gorgeous little eggs as in the Easter H-Box, Seekster Easter Egg Box Selection and Chocolate Quail Eggs box, but without the alcohol. So if you missed out on those you can try them in this egg.

The egg is approximately 147mm high and weighs a hefty 400g, presented in a designer box the Hotel Chocolat’s Extra Thick Easter Eggs are at the luxury end of the Easter eggs available this year and make very impressive gifts.

£24.00, approximately 400g of rather chucky milk chocolate with truffles.

Labelled: Vegetarian, Alcohol Free and Gluten Free.

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Montezuma’s Giant Easter Chocolate Hamper

Suzie — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:13:22 +0000

The largest chocolate hamper from Montezuma’s Easter range and the biggest Easter hamper for 2011, containing a wonderful selection of chocolate Easter eggs, flavoured mini eggs, Cheeky chocolate bunnies, Montezuma’s Giant Buttons, chocolate bars and a box of chocolate truffles all in a selection of milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate.

Cheeky Bunnies – three boxes of Organic chocolate bunnies in three types of chocolate; organic Smooth Milk, Very Dark chocolate (vegan / dairy free) and Creamy White chocolate – each box contains eight chocolates.

Mini Eggs – two boxes of chocolate mini eggs; almond praline filled dark chocolate (vegan / dairy free) and milk chocolate mini eggs filled with hazelnut praline.

Giant Buttons – three bags; a bag each of milk, dark and white chocolate, of Montezuma’s very popular giant chocolate buttons.

Chocolate Bars – five 100g chocolate bars in assorted flavours.

Medium Grand Truffle Box – a 225g box of handmade chocolate truffles including; Milking Maid, Columbian Cappuccino, Moondance, Far Cape, Sweet Summertime, Secret Squirrel, Tiger Tiger and Eclipse flavours.

And finished off with three Chunky Easter Eggs, one each in white, dark and milk chocolate – all organic.

This huge selection of chocolate is presented in a picnic hamper tied with ribbon and gift tagged, a traditional wicker picnic basket – rectangular with opening lid and buckets to seal it.

£95.99

Labelled: GM Free, Additive Free, Colouring Free, Preservative Free, Vegetarian and Gluten 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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Creme Egg Goodies | Cadbury Creme Eggs

Suzie — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:08:27 +0000

Cadbury Creme Eggs one of the most sort after chocolate treats from Cadbury, as they are only in “season” for part of the year – Here Today, Goo tomorrow!

The Creme Egg Passion Hamper from Cadbury contains a variety of the gooey eggs including mini Creme Eggs, the classic three pack and the new Flying Disc egg.

£14.50, lots of Cadbury Creme Eggs all in one box.

Cadbury have a great selection of Creme Eggs gift sets, including the Giant Creme Egg Easter Egg is the largest egg from the Cadbury Easter Eggs range.

Creme Eggs Easter Eggs

Cadbury Creme Eggs Easter eggs come in a number of sizes;

The Creme Egg Flying Disc Egg is a large chocolate egg with two Creme eggs and a frisbee. The Giant Creme Egg Easter Egg is an even bigger milk chocolate egg alongside a box of six Creme eggs.

£6.99, 277g and flying disc – £9.99, 532g.

The medium egg is part of the Creme Egg Cup Set and comes with two branded ceramic egg cups.

And the Giant Creme Egg Easter egg also comes as part of the Cadbury Creme Egg with Mr Bear set with a cute Mr Cadbury Bear soft toy.

£8.50, 178g and egg cups – £22.50, 532g and bear.

Creme Eggs in Bulk

If you are like me then just one Creme Egg is never enough, luckily you can buy the Goo filled eggs in bulk.

The Creme Egg Gift Pack is a specially designed gift box stuffed with eight little boxes of three eggs – that’s twenty four Creme Eggs in total and you get an egg cup too!

And if you need even more than that, you can get a box of forty eight eggs. Just like the boxes they have in the sweet shops.

£15.00, Gift Pack. – £20.00, Creme Egg 48 Box.

All of the Creme Egg gifts sets are available from the Cadbury Gifts Direct site, they even have a special Creme Egg page here and are all Creme Eggs are labelled vegetarian and gluten free.

Goo!

The fondant filled chocolate eggs are even more popular today, since they were first introduced in 1971, having reached iconic status in the past few years with some fantastic ad campaigns. The Cadbury Creme Eggs season is from the 1st of January until Easter, the 24th of April.

The Creme Egg site is filled with fun things, you can win “Gooey” prizes, play games, download iPhone apps (when they are ready) and even join become a fan on Facebook!

The gooiest chocolate egg – the Creme Egg from Cadbury, release the Goo!

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Booja Booja Luxury Champagne Organic Truffle Egg

Suzie — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:03:38 +0000

Twelve of the legendary Champagne flavoured Booja Booja organic chocolate truffles in a, 6” / 15cm, hand-painted and ribbon tied ornamental egg.

These extremely popular dark chocolate truffle cubes are made with 56% cocoa and a dash of Champagne and then dusted in the finest cocoa powder, creating a light and soft truffle with a bitter taste, from the outer layer, that melts away into a smooth and creamy centre with a hint of alcohol. Simple, but beautiful.

The chocolate truffles are fabulous and the eggs they come in are rather special too; handmade and intricately hand painted in the Kashmir region, the papier mâché eggs are made by different artists and families making each egg unique and collectable.

The Booja Booja Champagne Truffle Easter egg comes in two sizes, this being the large version with 12 truffles, the smaller egg has three truffles and also comes in two other flavours Espresso and Hazelnut Crunch – all three flavours are vegan, dairy free, organic, wheat & gluten free.

If you are not a fan of dark chocolate I urge you to try these, the cocoa powder does give that sharp bitter cocoa taste which tends to put people off, but the centres are divine and the Champagne is not overpowering at all – everyone who has tried these, that I know at least, have loved or enjoyed them whether they liked dark chocolate or not.

£24.95, 150g.

Labelled: Organic, Vegan / Dairy Free and Gluten Free.

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Montezuma’s Mini Eggs Easter Hamper

Suzie — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:01:10 +0000

A chocolate goodie hamper with two types of Mini Eggs and chocolate from Montezuma’s, presented in a gift boxed decorated for Easter. This Easter chocolate hamper contains a selection milk, white and dark chocolate from the normal range and the Easter range.

The Montezuma’s Mini Eggs Easter Hamper contains:

The Egg Nest – six hollow mini eggs in three different flavours, dark chocolate with ginger, white chocolate with raspberry and very dark chocolate with butterscotch. Each flavoured egg is the size of a hen’s egg, approximately 60mm tall.
Milk chocolate mini eggs – 160g of mini eggs, milk chocolate shells filled with a smooth hazelnut praline.
Chocolate truffles – A bag of, melt in the mouth, Milking Maid chocolate truffles, 43% cocoa from Venezuela blended with butter, cream and milk.
Orange and Geranium Emperor Bar – A 100g dark chocolate bar, 73% cocoa flavoured with orange and geranium oil.

Presented in a black box with a green ribbon and Easter themed tag, this chocolate hamper makes a great Easter gift and a wonderful way to explore the flavours from the Montezuma’s chocolate range.

£24.99

Labelled: GM Free, Additive Free, Colouring Free, Preservative Free, Vegetarian, Organic 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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Milk Chocolate with Hazelnut Praline Mini Eggs

Suzie — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:28:22 +0000

A little box of organic mini chocolate Easter Eggs with a delicious milk chocolate hazelnut praline filling.

The chocolate mini eggs come in a brightly coloured box, decorated with sunflowers, lady birds and butterfly’s – just right for the spring and Easter. The box also has a little window so you can see the eggs inside.

Each of the eleven mini eggs are the same, each with an organic milk chocolate shell that yields a good snap when bitten into, inside is a rather dense and very tasty hazelnut praline, the outer shell and the chocolate filling combine to give an almost chewy consistency – very pleasant and very appealing.

£4.99, 160g.

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

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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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Chocolate Easter Eggs & Soldiers

Suzie — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:00:04 +0000

Egg and soldiers with a cute Easter twist, milk praline chocolate eggs with white chocolate soldiers.

Presented in a bright and colourful eggie coloured box, white and yoke yellow, these chocolate treats make a great gift especially for kids, children and big kids!

The box has two layers, on the top layer are the five praline chocolate eggs, slim half Easter eggs decorated on one side with splats of white chocolate that look like eggs and an ornate cocoa pod design on the other.

And on the bottom layer the white chocolate soldiers, “painted” to look like they have already been dipped in yoke.

The eggs are available by themselves, and are included in the two chocolate Easter Room Service hampers; The Bunny’s Easter Basket and large Easter chocolate hamper.

£7.00, ten delicious chocolates.

Labelled: Gluten Free, Alcohol Free and Vegetarian.

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Oodles Of Eggs

Suzie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:45:51 +0000

A box of hollow, foil wrapped egg sized Easter eggs from Hotel Chocolat.

50 milk chocolate eggs, each egg is 4cm x 6cm, about the same size as a normal egg, perfect for your own Easter Egg hunts, Easter weekend events, Easter chocolate gifts and goodie bags.

Made from smooth, quality, milk chocolate and individually wrapped in silver foil, featuring the Hotel Chocolat cocoa pod design.

£35.00, 50 eggs.

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

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Easter Mini Eggs Chocolate Box

Suzie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:42:50 +0000

Fifteen, Hotel Chocolat, filled chocolate mini eggs presented as a selection box, a great alternative to an Easter egg or as a gift to share.

The luxury mini eggs have crisp outer shells made of dark, white and milk chocolate, and are filled with a gorgeous selection of smooth centres, just like egg-shaped chocolate truffles.

On the ends of the eggs are bright dots of colour, chocolate coloured with natural colouring, which correspond to the menu card tucked into the back of the box.

The Easter H-box has fifteen of the cute little eggs, in seven different flavours:

Dark Praline: A dark chocolate shell, that has a very satisfying snap when you bite into it, filled with a well-flavoured hazelnut praline enhanced by the 70% cocoa chocolate.
Advocaat Truffle: Milk chocolate ganache with a splash of Advocaat liqueur, which keep the smooth centre relaxed and adds a subtle “egg custard” flavour.
Amaretto Truffle: An elegant milk chocolate and cream ganache with a good dash of Amaretto, encased in a mellow milk shell.
Caramel Egg: Soft, mellow and extremely comforting runny caramel encased in a creamy milk chocolate shell and finished with an all-natural yellow dot.
Berry Mousse: A white chocolate whipped mousse, in a white chocolate shell, with raspberries and strawberries, which gives the mousse a fresh flavour and a wonderful texture.
Banana Split: A rich and sticky banana butter caramel, which tastes just like real caramelised bananas, in a 40% cocoa milk chocolate shell.
Milk Praline: A crisp milk chocolate egg shell with an incredibly smooth milk chocolate and hazelnut praline, simple but delicious.

You get two of each flavour and three of one, because of the odd number in the box. I had three of the Milk Praline eggs, which I was very happy about as they are one of my favourites, along with the Banana Split, Dark Praline and Berry Mousse.

All of the eggs are very moreish, but you can get refills! Each of the flavours are available in 100g pots – but only from the shops, you can find your nearest Hotel Chocolat shop on their website – www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/stores.

Ideal for Easter – or a treat!

£11.00, 185g.

Labelled: Vegetarian and Gluten Free.

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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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Diabetic Easter Egg Thorntons No Added Sugar

Suzie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:25:15 +0000

The Thorntons “No Added Sugar” Diabetic Easter Egg comes with a bag of diabetic chocolate mini eggs in foil and Happy Easter engraved into the chocolate on the front. The style and design of the Easter egg box means this egg can be for all age ranges.

£6.50 225g of milk chocolate, Easter egg and diabetic mini eggs.

Labelled: Diabetic, Vegetarian and Gluten Free.

Thorntons also have a rather large diabetic chocolate range: Thorntons No Added Sugar Chocolate Collection

Now, there is some debate about diabetic Easter eggs, well diabetic chocolate in general. Some say there is no need for diabetic chocolate, as limiting the amount of chocolate consumed has the same effect. The problem seems to be two fold; firstly that sugar in diabetic chocolate is replaced with nutritive sweeteners, in this case polyols. Guidelines state that you should have no more than 20g per day, some diabetic chocolate contains a lot more – I don’t know the exact amount in the Thorntons Diabetic Egg and secondly that people assume that items labelled ‘diabetic’ will be suitable for all diabetics and provide some benefit.

Whilst I totally agree that it can be confusing and unclear as to what you can and cannot eat as a diabetic and the term used as a label can be misleading, the range is now called “No Added Sugar Diabetic”. All the offered alternatives to diabetic chocolate seem to be small amounts of high cocoa content dark chocolate; my problem is that not everyone likes dark chocolate.

So if you do decide to treat yourself to a Thorntons Diabetic Easter Egg or buy one for someone please read the label and if you don’t understand it ask someone who does.

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Divine – Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs

Suzie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:16:10 +0000

A 200g bag of smooth and creamy Divine milk chocolate mini Easter eggs.

They may be small but they are packed with the distinctive creamy flavour of Divine chocolate from the finest Ghanaian cocoa mixed with smooth cocoa butter and a dash of real vanilla.

Wrapped in gold foil featureing the traditional West African Adinkra symbols.

You can also get these mini-eggs free when you spend £50.00 or more, on the natural collection website. See site for details.

£3.50, 200g.

Labelled: Fair Trade, Vegetarian and Gluten Free.

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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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Thorntons – Love Toffee Egg – Luxury Easter Eggs

Suzie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:46:42 +0000

Thorntons Special Toffee Egg, milk chocolate crammed with crunchy toffee pieces.

Perfect for anyone that loves Thorntons toffee, this great looking milk Easter egg comes with 2 bags of Thorntons Special Toffee.

You can also have a message iced onto the egg; see the Thorntons site for more details.

A simply irresistible Easter treat for lovers of Thorntons and toffee.

£12.00, 610g.

Labelled: Vegetarian and Gluten Free.

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Hotel Chocolat – Tiddly Pot Eggs

Suzie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:36:22 +0000

An egg that really puts a smile on your face, or makes you frown or just confuses you… The extremely cute Tiddly Pot Easter eggs from Hotel Chocolat are really irresistible.

There are three eggs, sold separately, each with its own charming personality. Happy, shown above, confused and grumpy.

Packaged in a bright and lively box, each hollow 40% milk chocolate egg also comes with a pot full of solid milk chocolate figures fun Pod Bunnies and chocolate Chirpy Chicks.

Perfect for children or big kids!

£7.00 per egg, for approximately 80g of milk chocolate – or all three for £18.00.

Labelled: Vegetarian, Gluten Free and Alcohol Free.

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Montezuma’s – Milk Chocolate Easter Egg and Truffles

Suzie — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:10:09 +0000

A gorgeous egg and a truffle fix at the same time, the luxury milk chocolate Easter egg with a selection of the most popular Montezuma’s truffles.

Thick, milk chocolate, hollow shell drizzled in the same milk chocolate to create a visually stunning and tactile decorative effect.

The truffles with the egg are from the Grand Truffle Collection, the most popular truffle collection by Montezuma’s.

The collection includes:

Venezuela: Milking Maid: Creamy milk chocolate truffle made with Venezuelan cocoa
Dominican Republic: Eclipse Simple dark truffle made with 73% cocoa
Sweet Summertime: Raspberries with white chocolate
Cherry Can: Cherry and dark chocolate

Please note these may not be the truffles that actually come with the egg, they are truffles from the collection that may be included.

And for the dark chocolate lover, the Truffle Egg: Dark.

£16.99 for 400g of milk chocolate and truffles.

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

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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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Montezuma’s Creamy White Chocolate, Free Range Easter Egg

Suzie — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:34:20 +0000

This beautiful egg is from the “Free Range” eggs from Montezuma’s, the chocolatiers at Monty’s were given free range to design this years range.

There are three eggs in the Free Range collection, this stunning white creation, a milk chocolate egg and a deeply dark egg, which is vegan. The patterns on the shell of the eggs, in this case organic white chocolate, are hand piped and unique to each and egg.

The egg comes wrapped in cellophane, which has the Montezuma’s logo printed on, and tied with a bright yellow bow. They also have a little stand, inside the packaging, so that they are free standing – so you can admire them first!

£12.95, 280g of skilfully crafted chocolate.

Labelled: GM Free, Preservatives / Additive / Colouring Free, Vegetarian, Organic 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 – Pure White Chocolate – Cocoa Pod Easter Eggs

Suzie — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:21:53 +0000

“Pure White” Hotel Chocolat white chocolate, engraved cocoa pod Easter egg, simple heavenly. This is the luxury white chocolate Easter egg option for the white chocolate lover.

Creamy chocolate egg with a selection of the most delightful praline and butter creams recipes, including my favourite combination of lemon and white chocolate, in separate box.

This elegant white Easter egg is one of five from the Engraved Cocoa Pod Easter Eggs by Hotel Chocolat.

Of the rather limited amount of white chocolate Easter eggs, this would be my “top pick” not only because it is a Hotel Chocolat egg, but also the way its looks and the way it is presented.

225g of white chocolate Easter egg and milk and white chocolate chocolates for £12.00.

Labelled: Vegetarian, Gluten Free and Alcohol 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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Booja Booja Organic Around Midnight Espresso Easter Egg

Suzie — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:46:08 +0000

Booja Booja – Organic “Around Midnight Espresso” Easter egg, a stunningly beautiful gift egg containing three Booja Booja delicious truffles, flavoured with freshly roasted organic coffee – perfect for that Espresso hit.

Booja Booja Easter eggs do not have a chocolate shell; the outer egg is papier mâché and hand painted in Kashmir, inside is velvet-lined and then tied with ribbon.

Compared to other eggs, this may seem quite expensive – however Booja Booja truffles are a sheer delight. Well worth trying. Chocolate Trading Company Easter range

35g of organic coffee flavoured truffles in a keepsake egg £9.95.

Labelled: Organic, Vegan / Dairy 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.

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Thorntons – Love Fudge – Luxury Easter Eggs

Suzie — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:39:25 +0000

I do love Thorntons fudge, especially the vanilla and this luxury Easter egg has bits of fudge in the shell of the egg!

This milk chocolate eggs also comes with two bags of Thorntons vanilla fudge as well, so if you know anyone that loves fudge the “Love Fudge” Easter egg would be perfect.

The Easter egg comes in a rather nicely designed clear box, so you can see the Easter egg inside, with an orange, brown and beige pattern on it. You can also have a message iced onto the egg; see the Thorntons site for more details.

£12.00 for 635g milk chocolate Easter egg, I presume the weight includes the bags of fudge.

Labelled: Vegetarian and Gluten Free.