Yahoo News The best chocolate Easter eggs for 2021, with a surprising supermarket winner
2021’s range of chocolate eggs from the high street and beyond might not have the large-scale, sculptural and adventurous designs of previous years, but the stand-out creations do the simple things well.
There are single-origin treats for lovers of good-quality milk and dark chocolate, and creamy white-chocolate numbers for those with a sweeter tooth. Layered eggs that go big on texture (with lots of rubbly nuts and freeze-dried fruit in the mix), and on flavour (some of them with impressive interpretations of classic desserts), are also among the most successful.
Whether you graze on yours over days or immediately gobble it up in minutes, there’s something for every taste below.
Waitrose chocolate pomegranate
£2.40 for 45g, Waitrose
A stocking-filler style treat. A petite shape formed of very thin white chocolate that’s flavoured with pomegranate juice powder, tart and sweet at the same time. It’s a cleverly painted moulded shell but won’t last long.
Taste test score: 2/5
Betty's milk chocolate flat egg
£10.50 for 130g, Betty's of Harrogate
The simplicity of this is instantly appealing; a smartly hand-decorated milk chocolate oval slab that has a satisfying bite, and is thicker than most hollow chocolate eggs. The simple milk chocolate is smooth and sweet; a good-sized treat for one.
Taste test score: 3/5
Morrisons The Best gold lustre egg
£8 for 275g, Morrisons
The clever design means the hollow egg halves can be shared if liked; the dark is still sugary-sweet, the outer larger egg is very milky, so has broad appeal. A fun concept, if a little basic in flavour, with layers to nibble on each day.
Taste test score: 3/5
Moser Roth white chocolate and forest fruits ripple egg
£3.99 for 200g, Aldi
A simple ribbed and painted design. For white chocolate, the taste proves to be fairly complex, with a faint gritty texture from freeze-dried blueberries, raspberries and redcurrants. The fruit however doesn’t overpower the cocoa butter flavour. One for Milky Bar fans!
Taste test score: 3/5
Rococo ruby chocolate egg
£29.99 for 360g, Selfridges
The thick shell of pink ruby chocolate is flecked, unusually, with shards of shortbread - quite a unique texture and slightly soft overall. The flavour of the egg is sweet and tangy, but it’s the chocolate-coated freeze-dried raspberries that are the best bit. Wincingly sharp, with a blast of sweetness.
Taste test score: 3/5
Majani white chocolate flat egg
£17.99 for 250g, Selfridges
A stylish approach, especially if this is to be sent in the post. It’s a large thick slab, the white chocolate smooth and silky with a soft snap, and generously coated with nuts. There’s even a cardboard stand to erect if you want to display your slab before you devour it.
Taste test score: 3/5
Waitrose no.1 hidden truffles egg
£8 for 215g, Waitrose
A thin egg but it has a rich and creamy texture and a pleasant taste, studded with rubbly almonds and a touch of salt. Quite a low-key creation, but the chocolate isn’t sickly sweet and has a good mouthfeel. The accompanying box of four truffles is smartly packaged, like petit fours at a restaurant, and is a nice touch that lifts the whole thing.
Taste test score: 3.5/5
Divine tangy orange
£5.50 for 90g, Divine
We’re in Terry’s territory here - a boldly citrus flavour sings out from the softly set chocolate shell (don’t expect a clean snap). No bells and whistles, just a nice basic egg that delivers on all its promises. Simple but successful.
Taste test score: 3.5/5
Cocoa & Co single origin dark chocolate shimmer egg
£8.50 for 260g, Sainsbury's
A chic and understated design, with elegant curves and just the suggestion of an edible gold lustre. Grown up in looks, and in taste, too: the chocolate has an excellent snap, and the dark cocoa flavour (from 60% cocoa content) lingers but isn’t too bitter.
Taste test score: 4/5
Hotel Chocolat rare and vintage extra thick egg
£30 for 390g, Hotel Chocolat
Fans of dark chocolate are well served with two halves of different cocoa content over 70%, delivering smoky, fruity flavours in thicker-than-most shells. There are hidden surprises, too: chocolate-coated raisins, cocoa-dusted almonds, and velvet-smooth bars studded with nuts. The packaging itself makes this a very special gift; the fluted metal box can be reused after its contents have been devoured.
Taste test score: 4/5
Selfridges honeycomb milk chocolate egg
£21.99 for 215g, Selfridges
The ingredients list is purer than most (cocoa beans, unrefined sugar, whole milk powder, and honeycomb, the latter sourced from Cornish black bees). The honeycomb is speckled throughout the shell, for an uneven surface, especially when you luck out on a ping-pong-ball sized chunk of comb to crunch through. Creamy chocolate for the sweet toothed.
Taste test score: 4/5
Lidl ultimate fruit and nut extra thick egg
£9.99 for 300g, Lidl
The flavour combinations are seriously impressive: panna cotta, butterscotch, black forest gateau and coffee-flavoured tiramisu. All of them distinct and delicious, if a little messy - the egg shells do shatter easily, and the abundance of chopped nuts and freeze-dried raspberries makes a fair bit of debris. But great fun and full-on flavours. A frivolous treat, just what we need.
Taste test score: 5/5
