I have fond childhood memories of large foil-wrapped chocolate Easter eggs, and this year I bought some for old times sake.
Here then, a brief review.
I’m a Cadbury fan from way back, and a maniac consumer of their ‘mini eggs’ so even at $7, the above was irresistible.
But as you can see, the reality was quite underwhelming. The egg contained only four mini eggs, and they were all broken! Even worse, the egg itself was awful, a criminal example of Hershey branding some of their own vomitous ‘chocolate’ as Cadbury. (Hershey licenses Cadbury brand here, and don’t use the Cadbury formula for all products they label with the name.)
In short: a terribly disappointing product and a rip-off to boot. A good amount of it went into the trash…
This was $10, a Lindt egg packaged with a generous amount of truffle eggs. The price was high (I could have bought two medium Lindt rabbits for the same money) but the packaging was lovely!
But the egg was delicious! Every bit as good as you’d expect; wonderful creamy Lindt chocolate with varying thickness depending on how it set just like I remember. I ate this like a fiend and loved every morsel. The little eggs were too rich for me, but the product was great even without them!
So a very clear winner here: the Lindt egg smashed the Cadbury one into the ground. What more needs to be said?
Well…
I also picked up the above (for $5). I was very hesitant upon opening it, recalling the evil taste of the ‘fakebury’ egg I’d cast into the trash the day before, but this rabbit was sublime.
Here it was: the beloved Cadbury taste. The best chocolate in the world in the shape of a lovely Easter bunny. Every bite was bliss, and even better it made me forget the awful egg.
So in the end Easter was saved! It was a lot of chocolate though. I may have to cut back next year 😉