BEST BUY Asda Extra Special The Mint One Dark Chocolate Egg
245g, £5, asda.com
I am a massive fan of mint chocolate and this is perfect. The chocolate is perfectly thin with a great snap. The balance of mint to dark chocolate is heavenly. I feel like I’ve been searching for this Easter egg in chocolate bar form for the past few years. I could eat the whole thing after dinner in front of the TV. The no-plastic packaging is a winner too.
★★★★★

Waitrose Chocolate Spring Lemon
45g, £3, waitrose.com
This one makes me feel like I’m in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, I’m obsessed. How cute – what a brilliant, fun take on an Easter egg. I would buy this for all my white chocolate/citrus loving friends. It’s also a brilliant satisfying size, it would keep a lot of people happy for an afternoon of chocolate eating; it’s not sickly sweet either, which a lot of white chocolate can be.
★★★★★

Moser Roth White Chocolate Lovers Duo Egg
330g, £7.99, aldi.co.uk
I normally can’t stand white chocolate, but this is so special. You get two different flavours, one is fruity and refreshing, the other is deeply caramelised and salty. A real dreamy combination, this one has surprised me – I thought by looking at it that I would think it was naff. I would actually buy this for someone I genuinely like.
★★★★★

Co-op Irresistible Extra Thick Valencia Orange Crunch Egg
220g, £6, coop.co.uk
The chocolate is a bit thicker than some of the others but it’s the type of egg you can just eat mindlessly without realising you’ve finished the whole thing. It’s really addictive, sometimes orange in chocolate can be too much, but with the crunch through the chocolate this is an absolute winner. It’s another with no plastic packaging, and I feel quite sophisticated eating this.
★★★★★

Marks & Spencer Walter the Sausage Dog
135g, £5, marksandspencer.com
Really very fun. I’m impressed by how life-like the dog looks. It’s milk chocolate, almost what you expect from a milk chocolate Easter egg. It’s very sweet but I don’t mind that because the dog is just so cute. Very good for your mates who are dog mad and kids.
★★★★

Betty’s Milk Chocolate Buttons Egg
170g, £12.50, bettys.co.uk
This is divine. The milk chocolate is so creamy and smooth – it tastes a bit like that good creamy milk choc brand that we all love so much. I had it sat at my desk and hadn’t realised how much I’d ploughed through in one sitting. I would very happily bake with this chocolate or use it broken up in some cookies. A lovely gift and all-round crowd pleaser.
★★★★

Montezuma’s Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Eggs
150g, £4.50, montezumas.co.uk
These are really good if you’re a fan of peanut butter. If you don’t like peanut butter – avoid! The peanut butter is salty so it balances against the sweetness of the chocolate. I couldn’t really eat more than one. Less of an impressive Easter egg, more of a little something you pick up from the shops to say sorry. It feels like nice quality peanut butter too.
★★★

Sainsbury’s Deliciously Free From Mini Mallows Chocolate Egg
110g, £4, sainsburys.co.uk
The marshmallows taste really artificial and the chocolate really sticks to your teeth. If dairy is not your thing I get it, but I would rather just go for some dark chocolate. I had to drink a tall glass of water after this.
★★

Morrisons The Best Milk Chocolate Gold Lustre Egg
270g, £8, morrisons.com
This looks impressive and different, however the chocolate is so overly sweet and not really something I could eat a lot of. I thought the middle layer was going to compensate for the super sweet milk chocolate but it was just more of the same: quite sweet chocolate that looked dark but didn’t taste it.
★★

Fortnum & Mason Nougat Chocolate Easter Eggs
150g, £8.95, fortnumandmason.com
These feel like a fancier version of mini eggs – but they are not as good. Far too sweet. Despite this, I did keep eating them. These look nice but don’t actually taste that great so you could give them to a friend who you want to impress, visually.
★★

All items blind-tested. Ravneet Gill is the author of The Pastry Chef’s Guide (Pavilion), a judge on Junior Bake Off and regular contributor to Feast