The Ten Best Easter Eggs

2. L’Artisan du Chocolat - £17.50
With corset lacing, this is perfect for a choco-minx. Each egg is filled with mini eggs in flavours such as salted caramel, praline, and red pepper.
www.artisanduchocolat.com;
020-7824 8365

3. Theobroma Cacao - £40
Dark chocolate on top of milk chocolate, this marbled marvel is stuffed with handmade chocolates, wrapped in tissue and finished with a ribbon.
www.theobroma-cacao.co.uk;
020-8996 0431

4. Booja Booja - £18.99
Encased in a beautiful shell handpainted by Kashmiri artists, this egg is filled with champagne truffles. It’s hard to believe they are also dairy and gluten-free.
www.goodnessdirect.co.uk;
0871 871 6611

5. The Chocolate Alchemist - £14.50
A rich, dark chocolate egg studded with preserved ginger is just the ticket for spice fans who want their taste buds tickled. It’s also organic.
www.thechocolatealchemist.co.uk;
01798 860 995

6. Green & Black’s - £4.99
The most un-put-downable egg of the clutch thanks to its butterscotch crunchiness. Scrumptiously sweet – and scrupulously ethical.
www.greenandblacksdirect.com;
0870 242 2597

7. Hope and Greenwood - £9.99
The gloriously retro confectioner has conjured up the ideal gift for fans of the beautiful game. The Football Crazy egg nestles on mini footballs.
www.hopeandgreenwood.co.uk;
0870 850 9049

8. The Chocolate Society - £15.50
Every Chocolate Society egg is hand painted. Inside this specimen’s marbled shell – made from dreamy Valrhona chocolate – nestle foiled minieggs. Available in milk or dark.
www.chocolate.co.uk

9. Chococo - £18.50
The egg is made from silk paper, but it’s what's inside that counts: it’s full of Chococo’s handmade luxury milk chocolate truffles, which melt luxuriously in the mouth.
www.chococo.co.uk;
01929 421 777

10. William Curley - £25
William Curley was voted best British chocolatier last year, and what this egg lacks in decoration it more than makes up for in taste.
www.williamcurley.co.uk;
020-7495 0302