From a jumbo marshmallow cookie creation to a pistachio extravaganza, here’s your last-minute guide to the tastiest Easter eggs on the High Street

From treats shaped like giant pistachio nuts to eggs that taste like tiramisu, this year’s range of Easter chocolate is more tempting than ever.

But if you haven’t yet stocked up, fear not. Not only are the shops still full of seasonal chocolate, but we’re so close to Easter Sunday that you’ll find prices slashed. 

From artisan chocolatiers to hidden gems in the supermarket, we round up the best chocolate to buy today…

FOR A SWEET TOOTH

Jumbo Marshmallow Cookie Egg, £37.99, Cutter & Squidge, London

Filled with velvety marshmallow fluff, oozy salted caramel and milk chocolate ganache, this filled half egg from London bakery Cutter & Squidge is one of the most indulgent. 

Each handcrafted milk chocolate shell is topped with white and dark chocolate caramel-filled mini eggs and cornflake clusters.

Caramel, Pretzel and Honeycomb Milk Chocolate Egg, £7.98, Asda

This has topped many an Easter taste test – and for good reason. 

Made from thick, salted caramel-flavour Belgian chocolate, it’s studded with chunky honeycomb and crunchy pretzel pieces. With £2 off the previous price, it’s a steal.

Yoghurt and Berries Breton Egg, £62.99, Melt Chocolates, London 

This whopper is the most striking on the shelves with its navy and white stripes in a French ‘Breton’ style. 

The egg is made from blueberry-flavoured dark chocolate and raspberry-and-yoghurt-flavoured white chocolate. A sleek centrepiece for your Easter table.

BEST DARK CHOCOLATE

Cox&Co Cacao Bee Pollen and Honey Dark Chocolate Egg, £13.60, Jarrolds, Norfolk

Containing 60 per cent Colombian cacao, this is made from ethically sourced chocolate and comes in plastic-free packaging. 

The egg is blended with honey and sprinkled with bee pollen – which tastes like a Crunchie. Other flavours include miso and caramel or blood-orange crunch.

Evening Star Rum and Raisin Egg, £29.50, Salcombe Dairy, Devon

Technically made from ‘dark milk’ chocolate, this showstopper comes from bean-to-bar chocolatier Salcombe Dairy, which has four locations in Devon. The egg is thick, not too sweet and dotted with booze-soaked raisins.

Dark Chocolate and Nut Flat Florentine Egg, £10, Waitrose

Part of this year’s trend for flat half eggs, this is made from Waitrose’s No 1 dark chocolate (65 per cent cocoa solids) and flecked with crunchy hazelnut praline.

BEST WHITE CHOCOLATE

Nibbly White Chocolate Egg, £22.95, Hotel Chocolate

A feast of creamy white chocolate. Made from 36 per cent cocoa solids, this egg is buttery and divine. 

It comes with six mini strawberries-and-cream eggs which add a fruity zing. Nutty granola gives it a pleasing crunch.

Salted Blonde and Milk Chocolate Caramel Double Indulgence Egg, £11.99, Aldi

This egg – a hit on social media – is a hidden treasure. It comes in two halves: one of thick blonde chocolate, which is biscuity and sweet; the other, made of smooth milk chocolate, oozes caramel.

Jenny the Sheep White Chocolate Egg, £18, Bettys, Yorkshire

With its white chocolate eggshell, hand-piped swirly chocolate fleece and dark chocolate face, this treat is made by chocolatier Jenny Mills, after whom it is named, and is inspired by the Yorkshire Dales. 

The white chocolate is mellow rather than too sweet.

BEST FOR KIDS

Milk Chocolate Unicorn Egg, £3, Thorntons

Support British chocolatier Thorntons by buying this milk chocolate unicorn egg. Its velvety texture and creamy flavour give it a quality taste. 

There are dinosaur and bunny versions available, too.

Bunny in the Bath, £12.50, La Chocolatrice, Durham

This half milk chocolate egg is filled with salted caramel fudge, marshmallows, buttery shortbread and rainbow sprinkles – plus a chocolate bunny soaking in all the sweetness. Slice and serve with ice cream.

Hot Cross Bun Chicken and Eggs Box, £11.95, Pump Street Chocolate, Suffolk

Made from single-origin Ecuadorian chocolate with hot cross bun flavouring, this is delicately spiced and fruity and sits on four chocolate eggs. 

The package is decorated with watercolour flowers.

BEST FOR VEGANS

Plant-Based Chocolate Earth Egg, £16.50, Chococo (shops in Swanage, Exeter, Winchester and Horsham)

Made from 43 per cent Colombian-origin oat milk chocolate, this egg comes in two halves, each packed with luxurious plant-based chocolate and studded with oat milk hearts and flowers.

Made Without Chickita the Chicken, £7, Marks & Spencer

Part of the supermarket’s vegan Easter range, this fun chocolate chick tastes like Lindt’s bunnies – but without the dairy, using cocoa butter instead. 

You could try Charlie the Bunny or Lucy the Lamb, too.

Beehive Yourself Dark Chocolate Honeycomb Egg, £10.50, Montezuma’s (shops in Chichester, Winchester, Guildford and Oxford)

Crafted from high-quality dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa solids), you’ll find golden nuggets of honeycomb inside. 

A portion of every sale goes to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and there’s a sunflower seed-growing kit inside.

BEST TO GIVE AS GIFTS

Chocolate Greenfinch Bird Eggs Filled With Smooth Praline, £14, Daylesford Organic, Oxfordshire

This punnet of 12 tiny speckled ‘bird’ eggs, which look real, would make a special gift. The crisp sugar shells contain velvety chocolate and a hazelnut praline centre. For ornithologists, there are also yellowhammer and common reed bunting versions.

Caramel Chocolate Filled Easter Egg, from £22.50, Hill St (shops in Saffron Walden and Cambridge)

Decorated with edible ladybirds and daisies, this comes in three sizes, each filled with ganache and caramel mini eggs, honey fingers and chocolate shapes.

Monty Bojangles Taste Adventures Easter Egg Gift Tin, £8.50, Sainsbury’s

A pink tin contains a hollow milk chocolate egg and six cocoa-dusted truffles. The flavours are unusual but delicious: a combination of dark chocolate ganache, butterscotch and raspberry.

BEST FOR SHARING

Extra-Thick Patisserie Easter Egg, £34.95, Hotel Chocolate

This mega treat is the ultimate Easter sharing platter for chocoholics. The egg is half brownie-inspired pecan milk chocolate and salted caramel milk chocolate with a hint of cheesecake – a sensational combination. Inside there are patisserie-inspired chocolates in miniature.

Maxi Pistachio Chocolate Egg Box, £9.90, Eataly, London

This box of six mini eggs – imported from Italy in a realistic-looking carton – is inspired by the viral trend for Dubai chocolate. Each one has a chocolate shell bursting with pistachio cream.

Dulce de Leche Eggs, £16.95, Rumsey’s Handmade Chocolates (shops in Thame and Wendover)

Quail-egg sized and encased in foil, these little chocolate eggs feel like a real treat. Comprising milk, dark, white and golden caramel chocolate shells, they’re filled with delicious dulce de leche – thick, toffee-like caramel.