55 of the best Easter eggs to munch your way through in 2024 (original) (raw)
Best milk chocolate Easter eggs
Best milk chocolate Easter egg
Cadbury Ultimate Crunchie Inclusion Egg 396g
Score: 85/100
This smooth chocolate egg is studded with crunchy honeycomb pieces and comes with three individually wrapped Crunchie Bits for a welcome burst of nostalgia.
Our testers loved the contrast of the mild chocolate with the sweet caramel flavour of the honeycomb. This is a winner for Cadbury lovers.
Joint runner-up and best value
ASDA Extra Special Extra Thick Fruit & Hazelnut Milk Chocolate Egg 400g
Score: 84/100
Fruit and nut enthusiasts rejoice – this may be your new favourite Easter egg. As well as the delicious flavours of roast hazelnut and raisins, our testers awarded extra points for the elegant design featuring white chocolate piping and nut speckles.
Joint runner-up
Quality Street Inclusion Easter Egg 495g
Score: 84/100
Quality Street isn’t just for Christmas, as this egg proves. Testers loved the rich, butterscotch aromas and cocoa flavours of this egg, as well as the buttery, chewy pieces of fudge embedded in its shell.
If that wasn't enough, it also comes with a bag of fudge and caramel Quality Street chocolates hidden inside.
Best luxury milk chocolate Easter egg
Melt Lotus Easter Egg
Score: 83/100
Made up of multiple different segments of solid chocolate, each with a different taste, colour and design, testers loved the variety of flavours in Melt’s Easter egg.
Highlights include the praline, which was melt-in-the-mouth and nutty, providing a great contrast to the bitterness of the dark chocolate wedge. The pistachio and tea segments have a complex, earthy flavour and the coconut was pleasantly mellow. This is a grown-up egg that would also make a special gift.
Best for nougat lovers
Toblerone The Edgy Egg
Score: 81/100
Testers enjoyed the nostalgic aromas of this rich, creamy chocolate egg, which is rich with buttery flavours and notes of vanilla. The classic crunchy, sticky Toblerone pieces added a pleasing contrast to the velvety smooth chocolate for an egg both adults and kids will love.
Best for design
Chococo Sapphire Milk Chocolate Easter Egg - 250g
Score: 80/100
This slightly geometric egg is hand decorated with colourful "paint splatters" and filled with gorgeous salted caramel gems. Our testers loved the stunning design and enjoyed the aroma of creamy sweet chocolate and mouthwatering cocoa notes.
The full flavour and smooth texture were a hit too, with the hidden gems inside combining intense caramel, dark milk chocolate, and a hint of sea salt.
Best for truffle lovers
Aldi Specially Selected Belgian Truffle Filled Egg
Score: 80/100
This good-looking half Easter egg is fringed with cocoa nibs and filled with multiple different shapes and types of truffles.
Testers enjoyed the variety of flavours, with the nutty praline truffle a firm favourite. The milk chocolate is sweet, but this was balanced by the bitterness of the cocoa nibs.
Aldi also came top among the supermarkets on the 2023 Scorecard for its work to address environmental and human rights challenges in its supply chain.
These also passed...
Lindt
- Lindt GOLD BUNNY Salted Caramel Easter Egg, £11, 79/100
- Cadbury Dairy Milk and White Marble Egg, £12, 79/100
- Love Cocoa Salted Caramel 41% Milk Chocolate Easter Egg, £15, 78/100
- Bettys Milk Chocolate Spring Flowers Easter Egg, £38.50, 78/100
- Tony's Chocolonely Chunky Egg Caramel Sea Salt, £10, 78/100
- Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Belgian Honeycomb Corn Crunch Egg 230g, £8, 77/100
- Harvey Nichols Pretzel & Caramel Milk Chocolate Easter Egg with Salted Caramel Truffles, £34, 75/100
- Waitrose Hidden Truffles Milk Chocolate Easter Egg, £12, 74/100
- Abel & Cole Cocoa Loco Marbled Chocolate Egg, £13.95, 74/100
- M&S The Marksologist Coffee and Caramel Egg-Spresso Martini Duo, £10, 74/100
Best dark chocolate eggs
Best dark chocolate Easter egg
ASDA Extra Special Cocoa Noir Easter Egg
Score: 85/100
This Easter treat combines two eggs in one, with a smaller, intricately decorated red egg inside a glossy dark chocolate shell, making it a great option for gifting (or just keeping to yourself).
Testers loved the flavours, with the larger egg balanced between sweet and bitter with a sharp acidity from the cocoa beans, while the smaller egg had a sweet, nutty hazelnut flavour.
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Runner-up dark chocolate Easter egg
Waitrose & Partners Hidden Truffles Dark Chocolate Easter Egg
Score: 84/100
Our testers enjoyed the pleasing bitterness and balanced acidity here, which you’d expect from a good-quality dark chocolate. The flavour lingers on the palate and the truffles were a wonderful addition, with a rich, creamy filling.
Best orange-flavoured dark chocolate egg
Sainsbury's Belgian Chocolate Orange Giant Easter Egg, 230g
Score: 81/100
A classic dark chocolate and orange combination, testers loved the bitter, earthy chocolate, which was perfectly balanced by the acidity of the orange. The candied orange peel was a nice touch, adding additional bursts of citrus.
This egg is also one of our more sustainable picks for 2024. Sainsbury's was recognised in this year's Chocolate Scorecard for making progress on the traceability of its chocolate and ensuring a living income for its farmers.
Most unique flavoured dark chocolate Easter egg
Abel & Cole Dark Chocolate & Ginger Egg, Organic, Cocoa Loco (225g)
Score: 81/100
This glossy dark chocolate egg is embedded with large chunks of crystallised ginger. Our testers found the subtle sweetness of the ginger married perfectly with the intense and wonderfully bitter flavours of dark chocolate. One for those who have more unusual, bold tastes.
Best budget dark chocolate Easter egg
Aldi Specially Selected Dark Ripple Egg with Rich Coffee
Score: 73/100
A luxurious design at a great price, this dark, glossy egg balances the flavours of bitter chocolate with a delicious nuttiness, a well-integrated sweetness and hints of coffee that also lend a light crunch to the shell.
These also passed...
- Co-op Irresistible Fairtrade Honeycomb Egg (Good Egg), £7, 78/100
- Chococo Dark Ocean Egg, £15, 77/100
- Bettys Vegan Venezuelan Dark Chocolate Easter Egg, £25, 73/100
- Daylesford Dark Chocolate Easter Egg, £18, 73/100
- Love Cocoa Maldon Sea Salt 71% Dark Chocolate Easter Egg, £15, 73/100
- Venchi Chocoviar 75% chocolate egg, £62.50, 72/100
Best white chocolate Easter eggs
Best white chocolate Easter egg
Bettys White Chocolate Spring Lamb Flat Egg
Score: 85/100
Our winning white egg this year isn’t an egg at all – instead, it’s a 2D design from Bettys made from wonderfully creamy white chocolate with a zesty sweetness and distinctive notes of cocoa butter.
It's beautifully decorated with bluebells and a milk chocolate lamb on top, which also adds a nice flavour contrast.
Runner up best white chocolate Easter egg
Harvey Nichols Blonde Chocolate Easter Egg with Biscuit Pieces and Honeycomb 300g
Score: 82/100
Expect grown-up sweetness from this elegant blonde chocolate Easter egg. Testers loved the extra-thick, creamy shell studded with tiny crunchy biscuit pieces.
The added blonde ganache truffles, with their smooth texture and delicious butterscotch flavour, also proved a hit with our panel.
Best value white chocolate Easter egg
ASDA Extra Special Raspberry & Marshmallow White Chocolate Egg 400g
Score: 81/100
This large, glossy white chocolate egg decorated with piped icing proved a crowd-pleaser. Testers enjoyed the combination of smooth chocolate, soft marshmallow and crunchy raspberry pieces that added a pleasing acidic tang to an otherwise sweet treat.
Callum is our Food and Drink Testing Manager and has been part of the world of professional catering for 10 years, from cheffing to food manufacturing. While working in manufacturing he specialised in bespoke product and menu development for several start-ups and well-known brands such as Wrap It Up! and HOP Vietnamese. He holds the WSET Level 2 in wine, a Level 3 in spirits and has a particular interest in agave spirits.
Joanna Anastasiou is our Food and Drinks Tester, and has completed certifications in Sensory Foundation and WSET Wine Level 2 training. Prior to this she studied geography with conservation biology at the University of Exeter and trained at Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland. Through this she has developed a passion for sustainability within the food and agricultural sectors. Joanna also volunteers in kitchens with FoodCycle, as well as on multiple wildlife conservation projects, where she formed a particular love for bees!