Seven best London-made Easter eggs
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1 Easter Egg Trio gift box, Demarquette
What: six small hand painted milk chocolate eggs made using banoffee, key lime and sea salted caramels.
Taste rating: magnificent. Thick, gushing caramel; underlying flavours are noticeable but elegant.
£25, stocked in Harrods and Sourced Market; demarquette.co.uk
2 Lattice Egg, Harrods
What: an intriguing nest design handmade in Belgium where the liquid chocolate is drizzled and set several times to build up layers. It takes several days to create.
Taste rating: silky, everyday kind of chocolate and an intriguing design that encourages picking at - just to help smooth out the surfaces, of course
£29.95, 87-135 Brompton Rd, SW1X; harrods.com
3 Sunny duck egg, Artisan du Chocolat
What: crème brûlée milk chocolate shell with an adorable chick design and filled with couture chocolates, pearls, liquid salted caramels and a selection of mini eggs filled with dark and milk ganaches, macadamia coconut praline, lime coulis and Jamaican long pepper.
Taste rating: velvety with hints of honey - and a side of those glorious salted caramel balls.
£22.95, branches in Notting Hill, Chelsea, Borough, artisanduchocolat.com
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4 The Golden Egg, Paul A Young
What: chocolate egg filled with a champagne ganache.
Taste rating: sophisticated caramel and not too Champagney. The grown up’s egg.
£22.95, branches Soho, Islington, Bank, Heal’s; paulayoung.co.uk
5 Fondant-Coloured Milk Medium Egg, Melt
What: a candy-striped milk chocolate egg filled with half-moon shaped mini eggs.
Taste rating: “Looks beautiful, tastes beautiful” said a cluster of colleagues. A soft, forgiving shell.
£28.50, 59 Ledbury Road, W11; meltchocolates.com
6 Bird of Paradise eggs, Rococo
What: three types of mini eggs (each one splits in half) made with one of three fruit caramels - Kalamansi lime, passion fruit and rosemary, and mandarin tonka bean - and decorated by hand.
Taste rating: smooth, tangy caramel, a dainty shell; a touch too sweet.
£25/12 eggs, branches on Kings Road, Belgravia, Marylebone; rococochocolates.com
7 Medium chocolate egg, Cocomaya
What: milk chocolate shell hand painted with Jackson Pollock-inspired designs, and filled with soft Valrhona chocolate eggs.
Taste rating: very sweet with honey undertones; a bit cloying.
£16, branches in Marble Arch, Knightsbridge, concessions in Selfridges or Fortnum & Mason; cocomaya.co.uk
