'Tis the season to dye eggs blue and green, hide them in the yard and send eager kids out to find them before they crack.
But why should kids have all the fun? This year, it's our turn!
We embarked on our own #SheSpeaksEggHunt in search of the best chocolate egg. There were a crazy amount of choices, but we persisted, testing various eggs in all flavors and sizes. Forget that diet, we had a serious job to do!
We won't argue that M&M's Eggs, Twix Eggs, York Peppermint Patties Eggs, Nestle's Crunch Eggs and Butterfinger Eggs are not delicious. Because they are. But they are basically just the regular candies shaped into egg form. Yes, we'd eat them, but they just aren't unique enough to win any awards.
So many brands make a peanut butter egg nowadays. But Reese's is still the classic. The flat chocolate egg is like a Reese's peanut butter cup without the brown wrapper. And their Reese's Pieces eggs may even taste better than the regular Reese's Pieces, which we can't get enough of. This year, they came out with a candy called the Reese's Peanut Butter Creme Egg. We had high hopes for this new version but nothing beats the original.
Lots of companies take their classic candy and turn it into endless varieties. The tastes are really just a personal preference. For example: Russell Stover. Yes, we enjoy the classic Marshmallow Egg covered in Milk Chocolate. But they now make egss in more than 25 flavors, everything from Vanilla Creme to Cookie Dough to Mango Whip. There were so many choices, we couldn't try them all. (We'd rather do that with their giant heart sampler on Valentine's Day!)
We tried a few of the adult-targeted eggs, made from higher end chocolate brands like Ghirardelli and Lindt. We could definitely taste a difference. The chocolate filling in the Lindt Lindor egg was rich and creamy. The Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Toffee Eggs were crispy and flavorful. And the Hazlenut Ferraro eggs were a sophisticated blend of crispy with a creamy hazelnut filling. We enjoyed these candies immensely - they were more appropriate to savor with a glass of red wine than to give our kids a sugar high.
Yes, Cadbury gets a category all it's own, thanks to perennial favorites which come out only once a year. While the Creme Egg is somewhat divisive, we love it for the balance of chocolate and sweet. It's gooey but fun to eat. We also appreciate the Mini Cadbury Creme Eggs since they are less messy and taste just as delicious. You also can't go wrong with Cadbury's Mini Eggs, which are like bigger, crispier M&Ms. We can down a whole bag in one sitting. But we didn't love their other egg varieties: Oreo, Chocolate Creme or Caramel, which were too sweet for us, and let's face it, can not compete with the original.
It was supremely hard to decide on our favorite chocolate egg, but we have to pick the Cadbury Creme Egg for it's delicious chocolate-sweet balance and the memories it evokes. Plus, it's the only egg we would could find with a yolk! The Lindt Lindor MIlk Chocolate egg was a surprising runner-up - even our kids could appreciate the high quality of this one.
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My favorite holiday treat is 100% reese's eggs!
Boy would I love some of these treats!
mini eggs are my favorite!
I love Reese's peanut butter eggs. The chocolate/peanut butter combination is so yummy.
My favorite is Cadbury Crème Egg.
Lindt is by far the best of any of these options! Their chocolate is to die for!
Nothing beats the Reese's smooth peanut butter and chocolate egg combo! My kids look forward to it every year! (as do I!)
Cadbury creme eggs are so good! love them!
I love the Reeses eggs the most!
Cadbury Creme', but they need an adult version. How about Cadbury Cognac Creme'?!
Lindor is good but I love the Justin's dark chocolate peanut butter cups, organic:)
Cadbury Creme Eggs are the best i love them,
My FAVORITE egg is Definitely the cadbury cream egg. Every year after Easter I always go to Walgreens or other places and they always have them for 50% or 75% off and I stock up lol they are my favorite ! I even freeze them :)
I like any coconut eggs, hazelnut eggs and the all favorite chocolate covered marshmallow eggs.
I'm not going to lie, Reese's eggs are my favorite. I choose them over the fancy stuff every time. BUT have you tried the chocolate chick truffles from Godiva???? Now those are good :)