We took it upon ourselves to test out some chocolate for you all this year, and how can we complain?
If the magic is still there for the Easter Bunny visiting and dropping off those extra special eggs for your minis, we have looked at all different shapes and sizes you can pick up in stores or online now.
From mini eggs you can use for those extra special egg hunts with the family, to large eggs perfect for the one you love.
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Here's a list we curated of reviews from across Reach Plc of the best chocolate brands out there.
Cadburys Chocolate Orange Mini Eggs
Cadbury has launched their new Easter range with some cracking chocolate offerings, appearances from classic favourites as well as some egg-citing new additions too. Their Easter goodies are filled with classics such as Twirl, Dairy Milk, Creme Egg and more.
Gemma Sherlock couldn't wait to try some of their latest arrivals, especially those that have an orange flavour. She said: "Their Twirl orange Easter egg, which come with two Twirl bars too, and their Dairy Milk Orange mini eggs were the one's that took my fancy straight away.
"I am partial to anything orange or strawberry flavoured when it comes to chocolate, give me a box Roses and the strawberry and orange cremes will be demolished first. I also love Mini Eggs too, the smell, the cute, pastel colours and the moreish taste, it's my go-to when it comes to chocolate, and don't get me started on Cadbury Caramel, it's my favourite and we will be here for days."
Cadbury's Easter range includes their new Dairy Milk orange mini eggs and you can get them from Tesco for £1 and One Stop stores now. They aren't currently on the Cadbury site but are available in bulk via eBay.
She added: "They are not exactly like the Mini Eggs you may know. They are bigger, made with Dairy Milk and have a smooth, orange flavoured milk chocolate centre. They are packaged like traditional sweets, although slightly bigger than your average mint humbug, and come in a 72 gram pack containing seven per pack. Cadbury's classic purple colour, as well as orange, feature on the design and the actual chocolate itself is shaped like a smaller Easter egg.
"Upon first taste, I'm instantly reminded of a Terry's Chocolate Orange, sorry Cadbury but it's hard not to ignore the resemblance. However, there are some differences too. Cadbury's Dairy Milk eggs have a truffle like texture, there's an extra layer of chocolate inside the egg which oozes orange essence.
"The orange flavour isn't as powerful as a Terry's Chocolate orange though, but it does taste similar. They are very flavourful and I couldn't help but eat one after the other, and before I knew it most of the pack was gone, woops.
"It's nice to have these if you don't want a full Easter Egg, these are smaller, pocket sized and perfect for chocolate orange lovers. I even tried popping one in a hot chocolate and the result was pure indulgence. I really hope Cadbury's make these available across more stores because honestly they are already a hit in my house."
Price: £1
Rating: 4/5
Where to buy: Tesco
Sainsburys Cookies & Cream Egg
The cheapest Easter egg in Sainsbury's was scouted out by Rebecca Astill, of Birmingham Live. She said: "The cheapest egg I found is clearly targeted at children. It is a cookies and cream egg, which is mostly hard milk chocolate with a mix of white chocolate and salted caramel coated cereal balls and cookie pieces in the middle.
"It was certainly something a bit different, I thought. My first impression when I tried to eat it was how messy it was. The middle assortment of cereals was much sweeter than the outside egg making a nice balance. This egg would be perfect for kids who just want to dig in and get messy."
Price: £4
Rating: 3/5
Where to buy: Sainsburys
Aldi Dark Milk Salted Caramel Chocolate Geometric Egg
Rebecca also headed to Aldi and picked out their cheapest egg, which looked more deluxe. She said: "The egg was geometrically shaped and was splashed in white chocolate strokes. Although quite thin and edging more towards the caramel flavour than salted, for less than £3 I think this Aldi egg is a worthwhile buy and certainly unique. I was impressed."
Price: £2.99
Rating: 4/5
Where to buy: Aldi
Cadbury's Easter 2022 range
Stacey Dutton got her hands on some of the new Cadbury's 2022 range, whose son loves the new Caramilk Buttons.
She said: "Well, as we all know it is SUCH hard work having to review chocolate, but someone's got to do it. There are plenty of gorgeous sweet treats available on the Cadbury's pages this year - including the new Caramilk Buttons (which are not in the picture above because me and my son had already devoured them!)
"Building on the incredible success of Cadbury Caramilk which launched in the UK last summer, Cadbury is now expanding the range with brand new Cadbury Caramilk Buttons. The new Caramilk Buttons were ok, but they were exactly what I was expecting (Just far too sickly for me). Tyler on the other hand (my 9 year old), absolutely loved them."
Also featured in the Cadbury's Easter 2022 range is the Cadbury Dairy Milk Fingers Inclusion Eggs.
Stacey added: "Filled with delicious Cadbury chocolate fingers, this crunchy chocolate delight is the perfect treat for you to give to someone you love this season. Tyler's face was an absolute picture when we saw this arrive. We have a weekly movie night and, much to his excitement, we got to devour this egg and he gave it an easy 5/5 rating."
Who doesn't love Chocolate fingers though?!
Price: £8
Rating: 5/5
Where to buy: In your local supermarkets or available at the Cadburygiftsdirect website.
Giant 500g Lindt Bunny
Absolutely not for sharing, Stacey is planning to keep this huge gold bunny from Lindt for herself.
She said: "The Lindt Gold Bunny is a whopping 500g of chocolatey goodness that I absolutely refuse to share with my child. He will be getting a flurry of eggs from the Easter Bunny and family so this one is for me to saviour. Lindt is my all time favourite chocolate (to the point that I can't walk past the chocolate stands at any till without picking up a bar of the red wrapper bars), so this giant bunny made my eyes pop out of my head.
"It's a remarkable 70 years since a Lindt Master Chocolatier crafted the first Lindt Bunny, so to celebrate the momentous occasion, you can pick up this exclusive 500g Bunny from Lindt stores and online."
Price: £20.00
Rating: 5/5
Where to buy: Online at the Lindt website.
Asda extra thick honeycomb, pretzel and almond egg
Asda have launched a selection of extra special eggs that weigh the same as a football. The 400g eggs are packed full of chocolate encased treats, from pretzel pieces to dried raspberries.
Manchester Evening News' Bethan Shufflebotham said: "The eggs in the extra special range cost £6 each, and offer a thick chocolate shell embedded with crunchy treats. The extra thick honeycomb, pretzel and almond egg is my favourite from the range, coating pretzel and almond with caramel infused milk chocolate."
The range also sees a white chocolate egg with raspberries and marshmallows, and an extra special peppermint and cocoa nib egg with dark chocolate.
Price: £6
Rating: 4/5
Where to buy: Asda
Morrisons Leo the Lion
This year Morrisons have launched a range of ‘best Belgian chocolate’ Easter eggs, in mlk, white and dark chocolate that have all been colourfully decorated, but it's a children's treat that's stolen the show.
Bethan said: "Morrisons has stunned shoppers with an Easter release that looks just like a doughnut - but it’s actually toffee flavoured chocolate. Not to mention, it’s the size of my head. But for me, the best of the bunch is Leo the Lion Cub - the cutest moulded chocolate treat made with toffee flavoured white and milk chocolate, with dark chocolate decorations on the eyes and nose.
"The fur looks so intricate - he’s almost too realistic to eat, and kids will love him this Spring."
Price: £5
Rating: 5/5
Where to buy: Morrisons
Marks and Spencer Extremely Chocolatey Biscuity-Egg
M&S has come up with some great Easter treats this year - its Giant Speckled Egg Bar is divine, trust me - and I was intrigued when I spotted its £8 'Extremely Chocolatey Biscuity-Egg'. The egg - ok it's not egg shaped, let's just get that out the way now - is, as the name would suggest, based on one of M&S's popular choccy biccies.
Once I opened it up it felt quite heavy and it was quite tough to crack into, but that's only a good thing because it's down to the chocolate being so incredibly thick. When it comes to taste, it's a really milky milk chocolate, very creamy and is packed with chunky biscuit pieces, which personally I loved.
It's a total winner if you like dunking chocolate biscuits into a cup of tea, because it's like you're getting the best of both worlds. If you can get over the fact that it's not an egg shaped egg, I'm pretty sure you'll love it just as much as me.
Price: £8
Rating: 4/5
Where to buy: You can buy in Marks and Spencer Food Halls or online at Ocado.
Lidl Deluxe Single Origin Easter Egg
Lidl has plenty of chocolatey treats on offer this year, and interestingly, a lot them are dark chocolate. I wasn't too sure how to feel about this, because dark chocolate is probably my least favourite, but I opted for the 'Lidl Deluxe Single Origin Easter Egg' because the design was beautiful.
I couldn't get over how amazing it was aesthetically, considering this was an Easter Egg, it looked like a piece of art, so kudos to Lidl for the sheer detail of this sweet treat. The Easter egg itself was actually quite thin and crunchy, and once I took a bite, the bitterness of the dark chocolate really took over.
I chose the 'Ecuadorian' dark chocolate, with a 'slight hint of orange' on the lizard design, but 'Madagascan' dark chocolate is also available for those who'd prefer it. Despite not being a big lover of dark chocolate, there was a lot of taste to this Easter egg, it actually made a nice change not having something so sickly sweet.
For those who are big fans of dark chocolate, Lidl has got it absolutely spot on, but I'm not sure I'd personally choose a Lidl Easter egg again, purely because I prefer milk. The design of the egg was amazing and it had a nice crunch, and I really liked how different it was compared to other Easter eggs available in supermarkets.
One thing that let this egg down was the fact that I couldn't really taste the subtle hint of orange as promised, but that could be because of the overpowering bitter dark chocolate. For those who favour dark chocolate, I think this is a great option.
Price: £4.99
Rating: 3/5
Where to buy: Your local Lidl store
Tesco FreeFrom Honeycomb Crunch Choc Egg
Tesco had little to offer in the own-brand Easter egg hunt this year, I have to say. While the supermarket giant does have a huge range of eggs from Cadbury, Galaxy and other big brand names on offer, it has only a couple of Tesco branded options.
After searching a number of my local stores, I managed to find Tesco’s FreeFrom Easter eggs, which are gluten, wheat and milk free. With only a couple of options to choose from I went with the Tesco FreeFrom Honeycomb Crunch Choc Egg.
Since I’m usually a big fan of Cadbury when it comes to Easter eggs, I didn’t have big expectations. Luckily I was proven somewhat wrong once I’d actually tried it.
The egg was quite weighty and solid, so much so that I struggled to crack it open. Taste-wise the chocolate was similar to cheap advent calendar chocolate, but its saving grace was definitely the honeycomb.
The egg has chunks - big and small - of honeycomb all the way through it, so much so that it out does the chocolate and gives a sweet, crunchy flavour. While the chocolate certainly didn’t have anything on the classic Cadbury or Galaxy, the honeycomb added something different and saved the day.
Price: £4
Rating: 3/5
Where to buy: Your local Tesco store or online.
Aldi's Dairyfine Billionaire's Milk Chocolate Easter Egg
Aldi has a variety of Easter eggs on sale this year, including a selection of free-from eggs. I love all types of chocolate, but when it comes to Easter eggs, milk is my favourite. I was delighted to find there were plenty of milk eggs on sale, but it was Dairyfine's Billionaire's Milk Chocolate Easter Egg that caught my eye.
The egg looked striking in its purple box with different coloured chocolate decorations and intriguing treats stuck to the front of it. Priced at just £2.79, I couldn't resist buying it due to it looking more than just your average Easter egg.
The Dairyfine Easter egg is a hollow milk egg with a blended milk and white chocolate decoration. Melted into the chocolate on the front of the egg is white chocolate coated biscuit balls, caramel fudge pieces, chocolate fudge pieces, golden coloured honeycomb pieces and mini white chocolate coated biscuit balls.
The egg itself was quite hard to crack open due to the chocolate being thick, but I personally like Easter eggs to be thicker, so the struggle to get into it was a good sign. I popped the first piece of the egg into my mouth and I was in heaven - the milk chocolate was smooth and delicious.
As for the extra treats on the front of the egg, they were super tasty. The caramel fudge pieces are understandably quite hard, but were full of flavour. The mixture of textures and flavours with the biscuit and honeycomb pieces really added to the egg. It didn't feel like I was eating an Easter egg, as there was so much more to it. For £2.79, it's an absolute bargain.
Price: £2.79
Rating: 5/5
Where to buy: Your local Aldi store.
