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Murraymint Fri 23-Feb-24 14:01:10

Does anyone have a favourite Easter egg ? My son's love the peanut butter ones. I love the wispa ones and my daughter...., Anything as long as it has chocolate ! .Hubby can't have as he's diabetic. Yes I know it's weeks till Easter, but it's just something fun to talk about.

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 23-Feb-24 14:49:55

I am completely indiscriminate. My name tells you all you need to know.

keepcalmandcavachon Fri 23-Feb-24 15:18:03

The Chocolate buttons one for me. They are in the shops so it would be rude not to........

MissAdventure Fri 23-Feb-24 15:19:36

I prefer a big bar of Cadbury fruit and nut.
More chocolate for the money, I reckon.

sodapop Fri 23-Feb-24 15:33:00

I prefer ordinary chocolate to Easter Eggs as well MissA I always find the easter egg chocolate to be inferior and not value for money.

Theexwife Fri 23-Feb-24 15:49:45

Cadbury, I do not like the bars of dairy milk anymore but the Easter eggs taste different.

BlueBelle Fri 23-Feb-24 16:09:26

Don’t like chocolate not had an Easter egg since I was a kid

Kateykrunch Fri 23-Feb-24 16:11:27

Any and all….last week, I bought 10 Easter Eggs for family as they were half price, I am considering getting sponsored to NOT EAT THEM….they are sooooo calling to me!

JamesandJon33 Fri 23-Feb-24 16:15:50

Yes …. Big ones

NotSpaghetti Fri 23-Feb-24 16:16:17

I like beautiful traditional hand-wrapped eggs involving lots of fabulous papers, ribbon and flowers (best are the velvet ones) I just love looking at them but haven'tseenthem for years. In the past have been known to keep them all year.

Don't know what happened to them.
I suppose they may have them in an artisan shop somewhere.

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 23-Feb-24 16:20:28

I haven’t had one for years. I remember when I was a child some had lovely sugar icing flowers on them and were wrapped in cellophane. I usually treat myself to a little bag of Cadbury’s mini eggs.

NotSpaghetti Fri 23-Feb-24 16:20:34

This is the closest I can find:
amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/21/easter-egg-unopened-for-84-years-to-be-sold-at-auction

AGAA4 Fri 23-Feb-24 16:22:52

I can't remember the last time I had an Easter egg. I buy them for my grandchildren even though some are grown up. Favourite is Cadbury Crunchie large egg but I think any large egg would do 😊

NotSpaghetti Fri 23-Feb-24 16:24:22

Here is another old one. Aged 90.
Not as pretty but still beautiful:
www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-gran-believes-worlds-oldest-29668501.amp

Jaxjacky Fri 23-Feb-24 16:32:58

This is pretty and ££.
Another one not fussed about chocolate, so I won’t be having any.

Greyduster Fri 23-Feb-24 16:47:37

I have loved Thornton’s easter eggs all my life (we lived not far from the factory so grew up with their toffee and chocolates), but they don’t taste remotely as nice these days. I don’t even know who owns the firm anymore.

Ailidh Fri 23-Feb-24 16:59:33

I like Cadburys hollow egg with buttons. Has to be buttons. Chilled in the fridge. Eat the buttons first, then crack the egg. No chocolate tastes better than broken Easter egg chocolate.

Others' views may vary 😋

Sarnia Fri 23-Feb-24 17:03:24

Kateykrunch

Any and all….last week, I bought 10 Easter Eggs for family as they were half price, I am considering getting sponsored to NOT EAT THEM….they are sooooo calling to me!

I admire your willpower. In a weak moment I ate my grandson's Easter Egg and have had to replace it. blush

MissAdventure Fri 23-Feb-24 18:35:40

Germanshepherdsmum

I haven’t had one for years. I remember when I was a child some had lovely sugar icing flowers on them and were wrapped in cellophane. I usually treat myself to a little bag of Cadbury’s mini eggs.

My nan used to buy me those sort.
Cellophane tied with a little bit of curled ribbon at the top.

MissAdventure Fri 23-Feb-24 18:37:24

So, do people like their chocolate cold, from the fridge, so it makes a cracking sound when you break it, or all soft and bendy and melty at room temperature?

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 23-Feb-24 18:37:45

Yes. Wonderful. And the chocolate was much thicker then.

MissAdventure Fri 23-Feb-24 18:38:44

Oh yes.
The top and bottom parts were especially thick, too.

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 23-Feb-24 18:39:38

Blimey Jax, £38.50 for an M&S egg?

Jaxjacky Fri 23-Feb-24 18:42:20

It’s Bettys GSM I think they’re quite well known?

MissAdventure Fri 23-Feb-24 18:43:12

Never heard of them! grin