Easter is just two weeks away leaving little time left to stock up on chocolate eggs to share with loved ones.
With so many on offer ranging from supermarket collections to major brands, it’s hard to know which ones taste as good as they look.
Express.co.uk sampled new and exciting products from several brands, including Cadbury and Nestle, to find the sweet treats worth buying.
Prices for the luxury Easter eggs range from £3 to £12 depending on the brand.
A panel sampled the Easter eggs and noted the taste and value for money before rating it out of 10. The ratings below are averages.
Cadbury Caramilk Easter Egg
This 183g Easter treat comprises a hollow white chocolate egg infused with caramelised milk powder to create the signature Caramilk flavour. Sold exclusively in Tesco stores, the delicious egg comes with a Caramilk bar too, all for the low price of just £3.
Despite being a hollow egg, the thick chocolate makes up for it, as does the super-sweet flavour. While it’s a must-have for Caramilk fans, Express.co.uk taste testers branded it a little too sweet for their liking – even those who like caramel chocolate. That said, it scored well for its overall flavour and extremely affordable price tag.
Rating: 7/10
Kit Kat Chunky with Lotus Biscoff Milk Chocolate Easter Egg
This whopping great egg is not short on chocolate at all, with the extra-large size making it the ultimate Easter treat. Weighing 233g, the packaging is filled with a hollow Nestle milk chocolate egg and accompanied by not one but two KitKat Chunky Lotus Biscoff bars.
Fans of the Biscoff biscuit flavour are spoilt with this egg as it retails for a mere £5, or an even cheaper price of £3.50 for Tesco Clubcard holders. It garnered an impressive nine rating from taste testers, who noted the generous addition of two snack bars, but found the egg was “nothing special”.
Rating: 8/10
Rowntree’s Randoms Incredible Egg
As the most expensive of the collection at £10-£12, this new flavour has a lot going on. Unlike the other Easter eggs, the hollow eggshell is blended with marshmallows and mixed fruit-flavour jelly pieces which cut through the thick chocolate.
Included in the Incredible Egg is one sharing bag of Rowntree’s Randoms sweets to make up the hefty 540g weight. While it ticks all the boxes for being a “fun” and unique addition to the 2024 Easter egg lineup, Express.co.uk taste testers agreed that the blend of sweets and chocolate is too sickly.
It did regain marks for the sizeable egg and overall value for money but ranked lowly on its overall taste. However, it was agreed that fans of Cadbury Marvellous Creations would probably enjoy this Easter treat.
The egg is available at Asda, Iceland, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s for £10, or £12 at Ocado and Tesco. Bargain hunters can get it for even less, at £9.99 in Lidl.
Rating: 5/10
Milkybar
Delivering for white chocolate fans this Easter is Nestle with their brand new Milkbar Easter Egg. The gold foil-wrapped treat comes with the addition of new Milkybar mini eggs, which have a crunch like no other.
The extra large 230g product retails for £5 in Tesco, or £3.50 for Clubcard customers. While the white chocolate egg is as simple as a standard Milkybar, the mini eggs that come with it are a nice addition, complete with a crisp sugar shell.
However, the Express.co.uk panel agreed that they were a little too crunchy, and had an almost metallic flavour from the concentration of white chocolate. That said, this is a great option for Milkybar fans seeking a taste of the confectionary on a giant scale.
Rating: 6/10
Orange Mini Eggs
Classic Cadbury Mini Eggs are the epitome of Easter in the UK, and they’ve been given a new look for 2024. A new orange version of the shell-coated chocolate eggs has landed on supermarket shelves in 80g packets. Sold exclusively in Tesco stores, the bite-size treats are available for £1.50 a go.
While they’re incomparable to full-size eggs, taste testers agreed they’re a nice idea to rival existing products like Terry’s Chocolate Orange minis. However, they’re not too revolutionary. There was an overwhelming feeling that they tasted just like Nestle orange Smarties, which is perhaps down to their crisp sugar shell or distinctly artificial orange flavour.
Rating: 8/10
