You have to love any holiday that involves more sweets than you can keep track of. And no, Halloween, we’re not talking about you this time. We’ve discovered that Easter has become an occasion for truly beautiful and luxurious chocolate confections. And lots of them. We’ve curated a list of where to find 12 of the best and most beautiful luxury gourmet chocolate Easter eggs as a gift for children and adults to enjoy this year.
where are the most beautiful luxury gourmet chocolate easter eggs in the world?
In researching how to have a luxurious Easter this year, we fell down a rabbit hole. Literally. And discovered that in Europe, many grand hotels, pastry chefs and chocolatiers celebrate this holiday just as they do Christmas – with show-stopping desserts that are (almost) too pretty to eat.
12 of the best and most beautiful luxury gourmet chocolate Easter eggs for children and adults to enjoy in 2024.
High-end chocolate boutiques, confiseries (candy shops), pâtisseries, and 5-star hotels create limited-edition over-the-top Easter eggs. Some are meant to amuse, others are geared toward children and families. And some are truly works of art (with price tags to match).
In French, Easter eggs are oeufs de Pâques. And the tradition of window-shopping in Paris to admire the vast array of treats is called faire du léche-vitrine. Implying that one has to resist the urge to lick the displays.
In England, in addition to Easter hampers and other treats, there are also chic chocolate eggs.
Luxury gourmet chocolate Easter eggs for children and adults to enjoy in 2024.
At a time of renewal, forgiveness and hope, Easter seems to bring out a playful and inventive side in the world of confections. Here are 12 of the most striking, unusual, inventive and delectable Easter eggs we could find this year.
where are the most beautiful luxury easter eggs this year?
1. fortnum & mason hand painted chicken easter egg
Easter egg or work of art? Fortnum & Mason’s Hand Painted Bunny Easter Egg ($108.50) is both. Made with single origin milk chocolate from Colombia, and a layer of creamy and delicious white chocolate underneath.
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2. melt
Made up of solid chocolate and weighing 1kg, Melt’s The White Lotus Easter Egg ($75.92) is made up of all different colors and flavors. These multitude of colors and flavors is to represent the entirety of the White Lotus.
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3. claridge’s
It’s no surprise the Claridge’s milk, white and dark chocolate eggs win on style every year. Inside each of the hotel’s chic art deco wrapped Easter Eggs ($82.43) you will find a selection of praliné gull’s eggs. Pre-order now, before they are sold out.
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4. l.a. burdick
L.A. Burdick presents an entire rocher Chocolate Bird’s Nest ($45.00) meticulously hand-built. Cradled inside are three scrumptious chocolate eggs filled with hazelnut praline, banana caramel and raspberry white chocolate ganache.
BUY NOW – $42.00.
5. williams-sonoma
Available in gold, purple or teal, these hand-painted Gold Speckled Chocolate Eggs ($58.95) are inlaid with edible, 24k-gold leaf – and they eggs even “shimmer.”
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6. harrods
If you’re lucky enough to live in London, secure yourself the milk chocolate Easter Showstopper Peacock Feather Egg ($316.98) from Harrods. It’s filled with smooth bread-and-butter filling and is wrapped in a delicate speckled gold shell. But that’s not all. The nearly 4lb egg comes with 16 bon bons from the Harrods chocolaterie.
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7. chocolarder
With its unique design and bold, citrusy aroma, Chocolarder’s – Heather Honeycomb 50% Milk Easter Egg (26.56) offers the perfect balance of flavors for Easter this year.
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8. charbonnel et walker
If you love the color pink – or if you love champagne – you’re going to want to devour this Pink Chocolate Easter Egg with Champagne Truffles ($41.50). The egg is pink, the packaging is pink, the truffles are pink… even the gift box is adorned with pink.
BUY NOW – $41.50.
9. la maison du chocolate
Dipped halfway in milk chocolate and coated in crunchy roasted hazelnuts, La Maison du Chocolate’s Unhinged Dark & Milk Hazelnut Egg ($90.00) is anything but unhinged – it’s delicious.
BUY NOW – $90.00.
10. le chocolate alain ducasse: praline easter eggs
These adorable Praline Easter Eggs ($30.74) are lined with chocolate and come in four fun and delicious flavors – coconut, pistachio, almond, and hazelnut. All you need to do is peel the outer layer – just like you would with a real egg – and then they’re yours to eat. We love the fact that they come in a super-cute egg carton.
BUY NOW – $30.74.
11. dylan’s candy bar
This extra large Easter Surprise Bashegg ($62.00) from Dylan’s Candy Bar would make for the ultimate egg hunt prize. But our favorite part? The mallet that comes with it to help you crack it open and get to the chocolate covered pretzels and jelly beans.
BUY NOW – $62.00 (Available Soon)
12. li-lac chocolates giant chocolate easter egg
Finally, go big – like really, really big – with a handmade Giant Chocolate Easter Egg ($295.00) from Manhattan’s oldest chocolatier, Li-Lac Chocolates. At 24″ tall by 18″ wide, it serves 125 people.
BUY NOW – $295.00.
best luxury gourmet chocolate Easter eggs
That’s where to find 12 of the best and most beautiful luxury gourmet chocolate Easter eggs as a gift for children and adults to enjoy in 2024. We know, these are really egg-stravagant (you didn’t think we were going to pass up that one, did you?) Easter eggs from around the world. Which one’s your favorite, dear reader?
