Artisan chocolatiers now see Easter as an excuse to show off just how far they can push chocolate’s capabilities and the results are often truly beautiful works of edible art.
Betty's Imperial Easter Egg (Betty and Taylor's of Harrogate)
This egg is beautifully made and decorated by hand with spring flowers. It is named after the Imperial Suite in the tea rooms. The large 5kg egg costs £250
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You can see a video on how this egg is made in this link
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Golden Lattice Egg (Marks and Spencer)
There is also another giant version of the lattice egg which has more detail with a smaller lattice egg inside the larger one an decorative edging.
Photo by Andrew Crowley
Again a limited edition with 7500 eggs made. Each design is hand piped with a velvety milk chocolate into special moulds. The gold beads are added by hand. The eggs which are 1Kg in weight then have a dusting of edible gold luster colouring added. The egg costs £40.
Single Origin Cocoa Pod (Marks and Spencer)
This looks like a cocoa pod. It's flavoured with dark 70 percent Dominican chocolate. They out colouring comes from hand finishing with edible metallic luster food colouring a in red, copper and silver. There is also a selcetion of singke origin mini tasting bars including Ecuadorian dark chocolate to Javan milk chocolate, so a true chocolate connoisseur would enjoy this. The egg costs £12.99.
Photo from M&S website
The Giant Cosmic Egg (Marks and Spencer)
This is an interesting design with the unusual colour, circles and golden balls. The egg is inspired by the night sky with it's start dust, golden shimmer and golden spheres filled with dulce de leche. The glaze is made by hand spraying natural colours onto the bespoke mould. This adds to the individuality of each egg.
Photo from M&S website
The 7,500 limited edition Giant Cosmic Eggs each come with their own number. M&S Chocolate Product Developer Katy Patino says: ‘We’ve been working on perfecting this egg for years and the elaborate structure and time it takes to make it means we can only make a limited number.’ Cost £40.
http://www.marksandspencer.com/c/style-and-living/marks-and-spencers-most-exciting-luxury-easter-eggs-1984003?intid=Easter_5Instore_Offers
The Geode Chocolate Rock Egg (Artisan du Chocolat )
Picture by Andrew Crowley
Artisan du Chocolat has made a sparkling geological creation. It has an outer shell made out 100-per-cent dark Dominican Republic chocolate. Inside it has a thick layer of white chocolate. The interesting part is central layer of crunchy sugar cystals looking like crystalline gems. Price is under £20.
http://www.artisanduchocolat.com/geode-chocolate-rock-sculpture.html
The Birth of a Unicorn (Choccywoccydoodah) Very extravagant and creative trio of eggs, each for commission at a price of £25,000 each. Choccywoccydoodah is an art and design focussed chocolaterie based in Brighton. They specialise in sculptured fantasies in cake and chocolate. Their Faberge inspired creations are two sets of egg trios, one inspired by the birth of unicorns (displayed in their Brighton shop window) and the other inspired by the birth of dragons in their London store. Christine Taylorn the owner and creative director says they consider themselves to be joy makers and wanted to make something that was ridiculous but joyful.
Birth of Unicorns by Choccywoccydoodah, photo from their website
Birth of Dragons, by Choccywoccydoodah, photo from their website.
Abstract Egg (by Melt)
This limited edition egg is crafted to resemble a multicolored stained glass window. Each egg is unique and takes skilled chocolatiers many hours to make. It is filled with their customer favourite crunchy salted squares and costs £120.
Photo from Melt website
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