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The countdown to Easter weekend is well and truly underway.
Even if you don’t celebrate the holiday, two weeks of four-day working weeks is certainly cause to crack out the fizz, if you ask us.
The four-day long weekend, which starts on Good Friday (April 18) until Easter Monday (April 21), gives us all a break from the grind and a chance to catch up with friends, family and loved ones. Whether you’re off on a good old-fashioned Easter egg hunt or sitting down to a heaving Easter feast, a nice hamper is always a crowd-winning gift to give to your hosts.
In our experience, hampers stuffed to the brim with gourmet goodies, seasonal treats and luxurious larder essentials that can be shared or added to the table always go down a storm.
With Easter being a chocolate-heavy holiday, we’ve rounded up the best hampers full of the sweet stuff, alongside parcels heaving with baked goods and some with wine to pair with a traditional lamb lunch.
We’ve scouted options across the board to suit a variety of tastes and pockets. If you’re planning to have yours delivered, be mindful of delivery dates: with a shorter week, some companies may need extra notice to deliver your bundle of joy in time.
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Cartwright & Butler Happy Easter Hamper
Cartwright & Butler's Easter collection has surpassed itself this year. Its mini Easter eggs, which come in a lovely egg-shaped green tin, were devoured in seconds when they landed on the ES Best Shopping desk.
Happily, it is included in this hamper, alongside lemony biscuits, wafer rolls, raisins in milk chocolate and a pot of fine-cut marmalade. Oh, and there's some English Breakfast tea to wash the lot down with.
Buy now £60.00, Cartwright & Butler
Fortnums The Happy Easter basket
Drop a little luxe on their door with a hamper from the brand that does it best: Fortnums. This adorable basket comes stacked with seasonal fare: think simnel biscuits, nougat chocolate eggs, matchbox bunnies, fruity jam to slather over toasted hot cross buns and my favourite, Easter carrot treats. Surely they count as one of your five-a-day?
Buy now £70.00, F&M
Cutter & Squidge Family Easter Hamper
Baked treats supremo Cutter & Squidge loves nothing more than whipping up themed treats, and this Easter, it certainly does not disappoint. The undisputed star is a filled chocolate egg stuffed with cookie pieces and marshmallows, but there's plenty more including more cookie bites, chocolate bark, roast dinner cookie bites and a brownie box to stick on the table once Easter lunch has been and gone.
Buy now £68.99, Cutter & Squidge
Thorntons Eggstra Special Wicker Hamper
If it's chocolate you're after, Thornton's will not disappoint. Its Easter hamper is swimming with sweets, from a full-size egg to packets of toffee, fudge and truffles. There are even flat Easter bunnies for the kids and a variety box for discerning sweet toothers.
Get free delivery on orders of £15 or more using cryptic code: FREEDELIVERY.
Buy now £95.00, Thorntons
M&S Springtime Treats Hamper
Proving that good things do, indeed, come in small packages is Magic & Sparks. The high street retailer's offering focuses on spring treats, which means sweet... everything.
Contents include all-butter salted caramel oat biscuits, gelato-inspired Belgian chocolates and a heart-shaped chocolate-topped pastry. Oh, and there are two mini bottles of the store's delicious Conte Pruili Prosecco nestled within too. Time to pick your favourite person to share this with.
Buy now £32.00, M&S
Snowdonia Cheese Company Decadent Cheese Hamper
More of a cheese than a chocolate person? Point your mouse towards Amazon where you can find Snowdonia Cheese Company's decadent hamper. The line-up is full of the brand's bestsellers, including the completely delicious Black Bomber which we could quite happily snaffle all for ourselves. Chutneys, crackers and a small smattering of chocolate complete the gift.
Buy now £60.00, Amazon
British Hamper Co. Easter Chocolate Hamper
The next best thing to a Golden Wonka ticket? This hamper from The British Hamper Co. It's bursting with chocolate with dark, milk and white all in the mix, bound to satisfy any sweet tooth. Items include elegant chocolate mint creams, bean-to-bar milk and white chocolates, and family favourite chocolate honeycomb.
For freshness, the earliest delivery is made from April 15.
Buy now £70.00, British Hamper Co.
Hampers.com Easter Egg Gift Box
Want to treat them without burning a hole in your bank balance? This bumper hamper costs just £40 but is packed with treats the whole family will love from Joe & Seph's popcorn to a fantastical Monty Bojangles Flutter Scotch Easter egg and rich, butterscotch-flavoured cocoa-dusted truffles which come in a reusable tin.
Is it Easter without a packet of mini eggs? They're here too, along with mini egg white chocolate shortbread. Best to split this one, or prepare to deal with the inevitable sugar crash.
Buy now £40.00, Hampers.com
