11 vegan Easter eggs of 2023 to tuck into over the four-day weekend
Vegan Easter eggs are more popular than ever in 2023 – with those of us who are dairy-free all year-round, those who tried Veganuary and have stuck to it or those who simply like to dabble in a plant-based diet. Once upon a time, vegan Easter chocolate wasn't anything very exciting for vegans, but things have changed. Now, just because you don't eat or drink milk, doesn't mean you need to compromise on the taste of your milk chocolate Easter egg; chocolatiers have upped the ante when it comes to experimenting with flavours and ingredients to give maximum taste and creaminess. If anything, vegan Easter eggs are now in a league of their own.
There's a delicious array of vegan luxury Easter eggs on the market right now – from mint chocolate eggs to chocolate orange and white chocolate geometric beauties to Hotel Chocolat's improved vegan selection (think: vegan Ostrich eggs and extra-thick vegan milk chocolate options). And trust us when we say they're as delicious additions to your Easter egg hunt as their non-vegan counterparts are.
The best vegan Easter Eggs at a glance
- Best vegan Easter egg: Extra Thick Unbelievably Vegan* Easter Egg, £30, Hotel Chocolat
- Best luxury vegan Easter egg: Sicilian Almond & Dark Chocolate Easter Egg, £35, Fortnum & Mason
- Best vegan white chocolate Easter egg: Kakoa Vegan Iconic White Chocolate Easter Egg, £29.99, Friars
- Best alternative vegan Easter egg: Gava Leo vegan pick and mix egg, £19.99, Selfridges
- Best oat milk Easter egg: Hip Vegan Chocolate Easter Egg, £14, Anthropologie
Where can I buy vegan Easter eggs?
Of course, there are lots of award-winning independent plant-based sellers stocking organic vegan Easter eggs, but you can also pick up dairy-free Easter eggs at department stores and get them delivered direct to your door.
Selfridges, in particular, has an egg-scelent (sorry) offering of chocolate treats – with their own Selfridges' Selection Easter eggs now available as vegan, and brands like Booja Booja and Cocoba stocking their eggs in the iconic food hall.
Elsewhere, Hotel Chocolat has a growing number of vegan, luxury chocolate eggs on offer, while you can pick up H!P's oat milk Easter eggs from Anthropologie, not to mention more budget-friendly options in supermarkets like the fairtrade Moo Free range in Tesco and Amazon.
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Best luxury vegan Easter egg
Sicilian Almond & Dark Chocolate Easter Egg, £35, Fortnum & Mason
Why we love it: Exclusively hand-crafted by a family chocolatier in heart of Tuscany, when it comes to luxury vegan Easter eggs, Fortnum's Sicilian Almond & Dark Chocolate Easter Egg is knockout. Made from 71% cocoa, it's rich and decadent and we can't get enough of the plastic-free packaging.
Vegan Easter egg with truffles
BOOJA BOOJA Vegan Salted Caramel Chocolate Truffles with Hand-Painted Box, £24.99, Selfridges
Why we love it: Presented in a box that has been hand-painted by talented artists in Kashmir – almost too pretty to crack open – this vegan Easter egg is made from organic vanilla-infused dark chocolate, swirled with salted caramel to boot.
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Best mint chocolate vegan Easter egg
Mint Dark Chocolate Easter Egg, £15, Hotel Chocolat
Why we love it: For fans of mint chocolate, this vegan egg from Hotel Chocolat will tick all the boxes this Easter. It's 70% dark chocolate and perfectly balanced with cocoa butter to give it a silky texture, with Tasmanian peppermint oil and a mint éclat decoration. Apparently rhe geometric design was inspired by a trip to the Tate Modern.
Best oat milk Easter egg
Hip Vegan Chocolate Easter Egg, £14, Anthropologie
Why we love it: For those who prefer more creamier vegan chocolate, you'll love H!P. Founded by James Cadbury, the great-great-great grandson of the Mr Cadbury, they are all about reinventing dairy-free chocolate with creamy oat milk. This salty pretzel Easter egg, made with 41% cocoa, is utterly addictive.
Giant vegan Easter egg
Unbelievably Vegan* Ostrich Easter Egg, £86, Hotel Chocolat
Why we love it: Hotel Chocolat's ostrich Easter eggs are the epitome of Easter opulence, inspired by the size of a real ostrich egg and packed full of chocolate delights. They're huge, and now available in vegan form. Sign. Us. Up. This one is made from the creamiest cacao-rich Nutmilk (over a kilo of it, to be precise) and contains and array of 20 vegan truffles, caramels and pralines. Run, don't walk for this one.
Best alternative Easter egg for vegans
Gava Leo Vegan Pick and Mix Egg, £19.99, Selfridges
Why we love it: For any vegans who aren't that into chocolate, how about this alternative? Inside this gorgeous reusable leopard-print egg-shaped case is a packet of yummy vegan pick-and-mix sweets, from sour gummies to mashmallowy delights. Yes please.
Best vegan Easter egg
Extra Thick Unbelievably Vegan* Easter Egg, £30, Hotel Chocolat
Why we love it: For serious chocolate lovers, the Unbelievably Vegan* Extra Thick Chocolate Egg is back for 2023 after last year's sell-out. Made from an irresistibly creamy Nutmilk shell and filled with heavenly vegan chocolates, this is what vegan Easter dreams are made of. It also comes in a chic keepsake tin you hide all the chocolates because they will probably go walkies.
Best vegan dark chocolate Easter egg
COCOBA Vegan Easter Hot Chocolate Bombes with Marshmallows, £10.99, Selfridges
Why we love it: These are vegan chocolate Easter eggs with a twist. Filled with vegan-friendly mini marshmallows, the 55% dark Belgian chocolate eggs melt when you pour warm milk (any kind) over them, creating a creamy hot chocolate topped with fluffy mallows.
Best vegan chocolate bunny
Vegan Chocolate Rabbert Hollow with Tiddly Pot, £7.50, Hotel Chocolat
Why we love it: A chocolate bunny, but make it vegan. Rabbert is made using 45% plant-based Nutmilk (created from finely milled hazelnuts instead of milk) giving the same mellow taste and creamy texture that you’d expect from milk chocolate. You'd never guess otherwise.
Best vegan chocolate orange Easter egg
Moo Free Orange Easter Hamster, £4, Tesco
Why we love it: When only a vegan orange chocolate Easter egg will do, this one from Moo Free is just the ticket. It's dairy-free, gluten-free, soya- free and contains no palm oil and Moo Free prides itself on being an ethical business with cocoa sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms to support sustainable farming.
Best white chocolate vegan Easter egg
Kakoa Vegan Iconic White Chocolate Easter Egg, £29.99, Friars
Why we love it: White chocolate lovers will go mad for this geometric vegan Easter egg with a generous addition of vegan white chocolate truffles. It was created using rice and oat milk which gives it a rich and creamy texture, all while being dairy-free. Oh, and the trufffles are cookies & cream, champagne and pretzel-flavoured.
