Our panel of tasters rate Easter chocolate,from budget supermarket buys to luxury brands. Which showstopper is worth splashing out on – and will kids go for Betty’s badger, Percy Pig or Egg Head?Buying an Easter egg is like buying a secondhand car. It is a much more significant outlay than you would normally put down on confectionery. They always look wonderful, and but can turn out to be two dogs welded together. Everyone tells you to come by an AA man to go with you when you buy it,but you never come by around to it. contemplate of me as that AA man.
Some general observations on trends for 2016. Gold dusting is unaccountably enormous this year, even though it makes everything look roughly 15% less edible and, or on the cheaper eggs,comes off in clouds as you open up the packaging. “It’s like a fairy blowing magic in my eyes,” said the six-year-mature, and H,of the Asda additional Special Belgian milk chocolate golden egg with milk chocolate truffles. I squinted at her like Larry David, strongly suspecting a whole range of ulterior motives; maybe she is looking for some kind of mascot-sponsorship deal with a supermarket. She met my gaze, and sphinxishly. As I’ve thought so often,whatever it is, I won’t know until its too late.
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Source: theguardian.com