Benjamina Ebuehi, baking queen and author, has blind-tasted 2024’s batch of high street chocolate Easter eggs, giving top marks to a budget-friendly Co-op option.
The Co-op Irresistible Fairtrade honeycomb egg, priced at £7 for 180g, earned four stars. Ebuehi praised its marbled ombre appearance, well-balanced salty chocolate, and crunchy honeycomb, though she wished it were thicker.
At the premium end, the Chococo sapphire milk chocolate egg with Dorset sea salt caramel gems (£20, 250g) was awarded a perfect five stars, described as “really pretty” with thick chocolate and delicious salty caramels.
Other standouts included the La Perla di Torino pistachio and raspberry filled egg (£12.50, 100g), which also scored five stars for its thick shell and nutty flavour, and the M&S Collection Belgian milk chocolate nutty egg (£12, 292g), praised for its texture and dark milk balance.
Among the disappointments were the Aldi Specially Selected Belgian triple chocolate and Valencian orange marble egg (£6.99), which scored just one star for being overly orangey and sweet, and the Montezuma Orloff milk chocolate speckled hen (£13.99), deemed too sweet and thin, earning two stars.
