21 best luxury Easter eggs that are actual works of art, from Fortnum & Mason, Hotel Chocolat & Venchi
Luxury Easter eggs have had a decadent glow-up in 2023. Somehow, we're just dats away from Easter weekend again – and while we could feel sad and disheartened at the speedy passing of time, the quirky religious tradition of milk chocolate egg gifting (plus four days out-of-office and some hopeful sunshine) has got us looking forward to its return with glee.
Luckily, some of the country’s leading chocolatiers have been busy crafting extravagant, limited-edition Easter treats to tickle the tastebuds of every chocolate lover in town. And you can still have them delivered in time if you act quickly. Thanks, Hotel Chocolat, Fortnum & Mason and Butlers.
Our edit of the best luxury Easter eggs of the year features £100 hand-painted Easter eggs, single-origin dark chocolate eggs, huge ostrich eggs packed with chocolate treats, Easter bunnies and everything in between. The most divine egg-shaped chocolate shells flavoured in honeycomb, pistachio, sea salt and stuffed with caramel truffles, milk chocolate truffles and mini eggs are ahead. Just don't sleep on it - these luxury Easter eggs are so damn good that they're expected to sell out within days. And we'd hate for you to be left with no choice but to trek to the local petrol station for a sub-£5 number.
In a rush? The best luxury Easter eggs at a glance:
- Best milk: Milk Chocolate Decorated Easter Egg, £50, Fortnum & Mason
- Best dark: Dark Chocolate Decorated Easter Egg, £50, Fortnum & Mason
- Thickest: Extra Thick Milk Chocolate Easter Egg, £30, Hotel Chocolat
- Biggest: Classic Ostrich Easter Egg, £86, Hotel Chocolat
- Best for vegans: Cookies & Cream Vegan Easter Egg, £22.99, Cutter & Squidge
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Best filled luxury Easter egg
Billionaire Filled Easter Egg, £22.99, Cutter & Squidge
Why we love it: Available with next-day delivery (if you order by 4pm, FYI), this luxury Easter egg is handmade with 100% all-natural ingredients – with milk chocolate that's made from sustainable, traceable cocoa beans. It's extra-thick and full to the brim with the brand's salted caramel and honeycomb digestive crumb chocolate dreambar. For extra indulgence? It's topped with caramel ganache-filled eggs. Divine.
Best Champagne truffle luxury Easter egg
Why we love it: Charbonnel et Walker is one of Britain’s greatest chocolate makers, famed for the Pink Marc de Champagne Truffles and loved by the likes of Princess Diana, Princess Margaret, Wallis Simpson and Sir John Gielgud. This golden Easter egg canister not only hinges open to reveal their famous Easter egg nestled in a bed of straw, but also features a hidden compartment filled with their world-famous Pink Marc de Champagne Truffles. So. Good.
Best dark chocolate luxury Easter egg
Dark Chocolate Decorated Easter Egg, £50, Fortnum & Mason
Why we love it: Dark chocolate lovers, rejoice. Fortnum's classic Dark Chocolate Easter Egg is back, crafted from tercentenary-blend dark chocolate which has been melted, tempered and moulded by expert hands. Sugar flowers finish the shell nicely (and inside, you'll find a selection of luxuriously dark chocolates). A total joy.
Best milk chocolate luxury Easter egg
Milk Chocolate Decorated Easter Egg, £50, Fortnum & Mason
Why we love it: If milk chocolate is more your jam, Fortnum's hand-decorated milk chocolate Easter egg is the creamiest, milkiest egg we've tried. As with the dark edition, it's adorned with sugar flowers, and inside, there are a few extra chocolately treats to be enjoyed.
Best Italian luxury Easter egg
MAJANI 1832 Scorza Dark Chocolate Easter Egg, £49.99, Selfridges
Why we love it: Majani, founded in Italy in 1796, is one of the oldest and most prestigious chocolatiers in the world. With such an impressive heritage, they know a thing or two about serving impeccable chocolate treats at Easter time – and this showstopping signature chocolate egg is the start of the show. It's crafted from dark 60% chocolate and covered in glistening gold foil.
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Best hazelnut luxury Easter egg
Piedmont Hazelnut & Blonde Chocolate Easter Egg, £35, Fortnum & Mason
Why we love it: Hand-crafted for Fortnum's by a family chocolatier in heart of Tuscany, this irresistibly-creamy chocolate egg is layered with PGI-certified Piedmont whole-roasted hazelnuts – making it the ultimate treat for your foodie loved one.
Best hand-painted luxury Easter egg
Hand-Painted Chick Easter Egg, £100, Fortnum & Mason
Why we love it: For the ultimate indulgence, Fortnum's iconic hand-painted Easter eggs are back for another year. This time, adorned with an adorable Easter chick illustration. The egg is made using highly aromatic fine flavour Colombian milk chocolate with 45% minimum cocoa solids (plus a layer of creamy white chocolate with minimum 40% cocoa solids atop it).
Biggest luxury Easter egg
Classic Ostrich Easter Egg, £86, Hotel Chocolat
Why we love it: It's a case of the bigger the better with this Ostrich Easter egg from Hotel Chocolat. ICYMI: ostriches lat the largest eggs of any living bird, so the team at HC have measured a real one (yes, really) to get the dimensions for this incredible large luxury Easter egg. It's made from half 40% and half 50% milk chocolate - and packed with crunchy cookies, puffed rice, and crispy feuilletine - to satisfy those chocolate cravings, and it has a melt-in-the-mouth texture which you won't be able to get enough of. Oh, and any chocolate lover is guaranteed to appreciate the selection of 20 premium truffles, pralines, caramels, and patisserie chocolates housed alongside it. Think: elegant Mousse au Chocolate, decadent Salted Caramel Brownie chocolates and a chocolatier’s spin on a light and fruity Eton Mess.
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Best luxury Easter egg multi-pack
Decorated Easter Egg Trio, £55, Fortnum & Mason
Why we love it: Because three Easter eggs are always better than one, iconic department store Fortnum & Mason have released a trio of their bestselling luxury chocolate eggs: one milk, one white and one dark. They come housed in a signature turquoise Fortnum's gift box and have each been finished with sugar flowers (and filled with a delicious surprise). We shan't spoil it.
Best extra-thick luxury Easter egg
Extra Thick Milk Chocolate Easter Egg, £30, Hotel Chocolat
Why we love it: The epitome of chocolate opulence - and the thickest luxury Easter egg in this edit - this velvety-smooth Easter egg comes housed in a reusable tin and breaks the mould of traditionally delicate shells. The egg is made from 40% and 50% milk chocolate (creamy but with deeper cacao notes), and inside, you'll find a dozen miniature chocolate delights, each crafted from high-cacao chocolate.
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Most indulgent luxury Easter egg
Patisserie Chocolate Ostrich Easter Egg, £86, Hotel Chocolat
Why we love it: Another launch from Hotel Chocolat's collection of giant Ostrich Easter eggs is the Patisserie egg, inspired by the brand's delectable Patisserie collection. For loved ones with a sweet tooth, the egg itself is extra-thick (and measured against a real ostrich egg), and inside, you’ll find an array of classic desserts, reimagined in chocolate. Think: Peanut Butter & Jelly, Chocolate Orange Pot, Salted Caramel Brownie and Cherry Bakewell.
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Best almond luxury Easter egg
VENCHI Gourmet Caramel White Chocolate and Salted Almond Egg, £65.99, Selfridges
Why we love it: Venchi milk chocolate is an Italian institution. Founded by Silviano Venchi - who was such a chocoholic that he spent his entire savings on cauldrons that he could craft his own creations in - it has a reputation of supplying royal-approved, indulgent treats to fill your Easter hampers with. This gourmet Easter egg is infused with caramel and coated completely with crunchy, salted almonds.
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Best raspberry luxury Easter egg
VENCHI White Chocolate, Raspberry and Cacao Nibs Chocolate Egg, £45.99, Selfridges
Why we love it: This raspberry luxury Easter egg is absolutely divine, crafted from velvety white chocolate and infused with tangy raspberry pieces and cacao nibs. And we'd be lying if we said the pink reusable tin didn't tickle our fancy.
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Best reduced sugar luxury Easter egg
VENCHI Reduced-Sugar Milk Chocolate Easter Egg, £34.99, Selfridges
Why we love it: For a reduced sugar option at a time which is, inescapably, all about chocolate, Venchi have come through. This luxury Easter egg is crafted by the Italian confectioner from milk chocolate which contains 70% less sugar than is found in its signature recipe. You won't even be able to tell the difference.
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Best vegan Easter egg
Cookies & Cream Vegan Easter Egg, £22.99, Cutter & Squidge
Why we love it: Easter should still be all about chocolate, even if you're vegan. And Cutter & Squidge are here to prove it with their vegan Easter eggs delivered to anywhere in the UK. Their Cookies & Cream special is dairy-free, egg-free and totally plant-based: made of creamy chocolate, edged in chocolate vermicelli and hand-decorated with vegan caramel ganache-filled eggs and crunchy Oreo cookies. It actually pips some of the non-vegan Easter eggs to the taste post.
Best luxury Easter egg with truffles
BOOJA BOOJA Organic Chocolate Champagne Truffles Easter Egg, £24.99, Selfridges
Why we love it: Another luxury Easter egg that's totally vegan, dairy and gluten free comes from Booja-Booja: a British brand that has hidden its signature champagne truffles inside a suspiciously creamy chocolate shell which has been hand-painted by traditional artists in Kashmir so that no two eggs are the same.
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Best organic Easter egg
Marbled Chocolate Egg, Organic, £13.95, Abel & Cole
Why we love it: Made from a marbled mix of white, milk and dark chocolate, this organic Easter egg by the chocolatiers at Cocoa Loco is a work of art. Inside, find deliciously creamy milk chocolate buttons.
Best oat milk luxury Easter egg
HARRODS Vegan Oat Milk Chocolate Easter Egg, £30, Harrods
Why we love it: Handcrafted with care, this Harrods vegan oat milk Easter egg is moulded from rich, single-origin dark chocolate from Santa Isabel in the Solomon Islands and filled with chocolate-coated cocoa nibs.
Best strawberries and cream luxury Easter egg
HARRODS Strawberries & Cream Easter Egg, £30, Harrods
Why we love it: As with all of the other creations found in the iconic Harrods food hall, this Strawberries & Cream luxury Easter egg is one for the friends with an extra-sweet tooth. Inside, they'll find a handful of white chocolate and strawberry ganache truffles.
Best salted pretzel luxury Easter egg
Let's Twist Again Easter Egg & Dark Chocolate Truffles, £32, Harvey Nichols
Why we love it: Crafted to evoke the quintessential tastes of that New York institution of the pretzel stand is this salty and delicious Easter egg from Harvey Nichols, moulded from dark chocolate and studded with pieces of broken pretzel and popping candy. Unique and totally delicious.
Best almond milk luxury Easter egg
MELT LONDON Almond Milk Vegan Easter Egg, £33, Harvey Nichols
Why we love it: Another of the finest plant-based Easter eggs on the market comes from Melt London, a Notting Hill-based and highly-coveted chocolatier which is family-owned and anti-artificial chemicals and high sugars. This egg is crafted using ethically sourced and Fairtrade Certified cocoa beans which gives it a subtle and delicate almond flavour you're sure to adore.
