It’s one of our favourite times of year – the Cheltenham Festival, Aintree Grand National and Easter Eggcitement all round! We’ve seleggted some delectable delights and great gifts for a Happy Easter:
Prices correct at time of writing.
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SWEET TREATS
Whether you’re decorating Easter cakes or organising an egg hunt, these small but eggsuberant treats are hugely popular with chocaholics of all ages!
EGGS GALORE
Indulge in a selection of eggcellent treats including:
Chocolate Speckled Eggs – decorated to look like little birds’ eggs these crisp candy shells are filled with milk chocolate. Available in 200g (7.07oz) for £2.97; 3kg Bag for £30 (save £14.55); or in a Large Sweetshop Gift Jar (approx 2.5kg–3kg depending on the sweet) with your own PERSONALISED message, price £32.44 from A Quarter Of…
Cadbury’s Cream Egg Chocolate Gift Box – designed to fit through your letterbox, packed full with the ever popular ooey gooey eggs and the brand new Cadbury Creme Egg chocolate bars, have you tried them yet? Contains 2 x 123g Cadbury Dairy Milk Creme Egg Bars plus 14 x Mini Cadbury Creme Eggs. Price £13.99 from Candy Jollyboxes via Etsy.
Haribo Fried Eggs – for those who don’t like chocolate how about this fun alternative? Available in 200g (7.07oz) for £2.97); 0r 3kg Bag for £30.56 (save £13.99) from A Quarter Of…
Planning an Easter egg hunt? Find a fabulous selection of Easter baskets on Etsy.
HOT CHOCOLATE STIRRER, SPOONS WITH KITKAT BUNNY
These Handmade Milk Hot Chocolate Stirrers are eggsembled using top quality Belgian Chocolate with KitKat Bunny and micro Easter eggs. Each stirrer weighs around 50 grams and comes wrapped in a clear cellophane bag filled with mini marshmallows and tied with ribbon. There is also the option to add a personalised hand written card.
Price from £2.80. Available from TheChocoMangoBakery via Etsy.
PERSONALISED ROCKY LOADED EGG
This Personalised Rocky Loaded Easter egg will make an eggstra special Easter surprise! You can add a name and message of your choice up to 12 letters long – it will be written in white chocolate. Made from Belgian milk chocolate, a Maltesers Bunny®, Cadbury’s Mini Eggs®, mini mallow bunnies, and golden sugar pearls, it is a delicious Easter gift for a big or little kid.
Price £17.99 from Getting Personal.
SPECIAL SELECTIONS
Looking to spoil someone this Easter? Order up these special seleggtions for a beautifully presented and delicious surprise.
OEUF MAISONNETTE, SUPERIOR SELECTION DARK CHOCOLATE EASTER EGG
This fine dark chocolate Easter egg has a uniquely deggorated bird-house design complete with little chick. Containing a selection of four dark chocolates and presented in a gift box with wax seal and ribbon. Also available in milk chocolate.
Price £15.95 from Chocolate Trading Co.
THE HOT CROSS BUN HAMPER
Filled with delicious, Easter themed treats, this Hot Cross Bun Hamper is perfect for sharing with family or friends or can be sent to loved ones as a gift. Traditional, freshly baked hot cross buns, Cornish butter, Cornish jam, Cornish tea and Chocolate mini eggs are all included in this wonderful Easter themed box of delights.
Price £27 from Devon Hampers.
LUXURY GIFT BOX MADE WITHOUT DAIRY AND LACTOSE
Looking for a different Easter eggsperience? This Luxury Gift Box made without Dairy and Lactose contains earl grey tea that funds education projects in tea-growing regions; Dark Chocolate with Pomegranate (70%, 80g) which contributes to reforestation projects; Winter Spiced Hot Chocolate that empowers local cocoa farmers; Classic Apple Relish that helps fight food waste by using wonky apples that would otherwise go to the landfill; Apple Crisps also made from wonky apples; Blackcurrant-infused Sparkling Water made from wonky blackcurrants that would otherwise go to the landfill, helping fight food waste.
Price £35 including a personal message and free delivery, from Social Stories Club.
EASTER AT HOME
With most travel still off the cards, this year offers a great eggscuse for some Easter tweaks to your home décor.
PRESSED FLOWERS HAPPY EASTER CHICK SQUARE CUSHION
Iwantoneofthose (IWOOT) has a wide range of Easter cushion designs in soft touch fabric. Bright and cheerful, they provide an instant Easter makeover for sofas, chairs and beds – and simply slip a different cushion cover over them when Easter has eggspired… until next year! Available in sizes 40x40cm or 60x60cm.
Price from £24.99 from IWOOT.
EASTER GIFTS FROM EMMA BRIDGEWATER
As well as fabulous ceramics, Emma Bridgewater offers a range of felted wool Easter decorations including geese, bunnies and chicks. Perfect for eggshibiting in an Easter centrepiece or small enough to post with a card – see also her Wild Daffodils Set of 3 Tin Egg Decorations.
Felted decorations £9.95 each, Tin Eggs Set £10.50. Available from Emma Bridgewater.
PREMIUM WEATHERPROOF DOUBLE HANGING GARDEN EGG CHAIR – STONE GREY
Plan ahead for sunny days with this seriously eggdulgent Double Hanging Garden Egg Chair. Made from synthetic half round rattan weave finished in a stone grey, which is durable, weatherproof and UV protected. The frame is powder coated aluminium.
Price £1299 from La Redoute.
HAPPY HEALTHY EASTER
If your health and fitness regime does not eggstend to the usual chocolate offerings, how about some healthy Easter alternatives?
BEETROOT & MAQUI BERRY JUICE
This organic juice contains beetroot combined with raw cacao for an eggcersise energy boost. While the beetroot is energising, the bean from cocoa is very rich in flavinols (antioxidants that fight free radicals) which help to lower blood pressure and improve blood flow to the brain and heart (as per research from the Cleveland Clinic).
Price £60 for one month supply/pack of 30 x 30ml shots, from Britts Superfoods.
ENSURE NUTRIVIGOR SHAKE CHOCOLATE FLAVOUR – 400G
This powdered nutritional shake comes in a tasty chocolate flavour and contains a range of eggssential nutrients and vitamins to support muscles and boost energy. It helps to maintain muscle mass, normal bones and regular muscle function with Vitamin D, calcium and protein; and helps to stem fatigue and boost energy release with pantothenic acid, niacin and vitamins C, B2, B6 and B12.
Price was £17.49 from Boots.
LSW MIND CARDS: KIDS’ EDITION
Has all the chocolate given your kids a sugar rush? The LSW Mind Cards: Kids’ Edition makes it fun and easy for you to introduce the power of mindfulness, gratitude and affirmations, and help your child to keep calm, understand their feelings and focus on the present. And eggshale….
Price £12.99 from LSW Mind Cards.
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