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Easter Taste Awards

We’ve tested over 60 products from 10 supermarkets

across 10 categories. Here are the winners...

Visitbbcgoodfood.com for the full results, including the products we awarded as highly commended.

FREEFROM EGG

Asda Extra Special free-from egg with vanilla

lavoured trules200g, £5In a category where

few eggs impressed us, this one shone. Free from

gluten, eggs and milk, this chocolate had the best

texture of the bunch, and the judges

liked the addition of cocoa nibs.

DARK CHOCOLATE EGG

Cocoa et Co single origin

dark chocolate teardrop

220g, £10, Sainsbury’s

For anyone who loves dark

chocolate, this luxe-looking

egg ticks all the boxes.

The chocolate has a

rich, intense and slightly

bitterlavour, as well as

a smooth, creamy texture.

MILK CHOCOLATE EGG

M&S Fudgy Easter Sundae

210g, £10 This milk chocolate egg

tastes high-quality and creamy,

but it’s the fun, splat-design

topping that makes it a winner.

Made from caramelised white

chocolate, dark chocolate, biscuit

balls, pretzels and mini fudge

pieces, it’s the perfect balance of

sweet, salty, crunchy and soft.

WHITE CHOCOLATE EGG

Moser Roth hand-decorated white

chocolate ripple egg with trules

220g, £4.99, AldiOur judges liked this

creamy white chocolate egg for its

design,lavour and the thinness of the

chocolate (very smashable!), but were

let down by the accompanying trules.

KIDS’ EGG

Tesco Easter Doug The Dinosaur milk

chocolateigure200g, £3.

A resounding winner, we couldn’t get

enough of this cute, dinosaur-shaped

chocolateigure. The milk chocolate

is silky smooth, sweet but not sickly,

and has a good thickness, too.

MINIATURE EGGS

Sainsbury’s Taste the Dierence

Swiss milk chocolate eggs

120g, £2Our judges loved the

satisfying, melt-in-mouth texture

of these moreish mini eggs. The

creamy milk chocolate tastes

premium and slightly nutty.

Best Easter eggs

TRADITIONAL

M&S 4 luxury hot cross

buns310g, £1.50These

popular hot cross buns

have it all: a soft, moist

dough, good level of

spicing and plenty of juicy

fruit. Plus, there’s just the

right amount of glaze (not

dry, and not too sticky).

Best hot cross buns

FLAVOURED

Tesco 4 Finest chocolate

& salted caramel hot cross

buns280g, £1.50, Tesco

Not a fan of dried fruit?

These brioche-style buns

have a light, buttery, enriched

dough, studded with dark

chocolate chips and pockets

of melting caramel.

GLUTENFREE

M&S 4 Made Without

hot cross buns260g, £

These buns were praised for

their texture, perfect distribution

of fruit and slightly molasses-like

taste. As with a lot of gluten-free

products, it has a slightly dusty

texture, but much less than the

others we tried.

Best Simnel cake

M&S simnel cake900g, £

A good size and beautifully

decorated, this cake is also

moist and rich with caramel

lavour, good spicing and

lots of fruit. The marzipan

is thick but not dry, and

well-lavoured, too.