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Best Easter Chocolate – What are you hoping for in your basket?
Eggs and bunnies reign supreme, but with a twist
Easter is quickly approaching! You may still be looking for Easter basket ideas, or hunting for Easter chocolate to give to your friends and family. This is the perfect year to expand your chocolate horizons beyond your local grocery or drug store and visit your local chocolatier or chocolate maker! The gold bunny is not the only game in town. Need some tips about what to look for when you're shopping? Click here to learn about looking for "real" chocolate for your little bunnies and chicks (or for the grown ups) on your list. We know that chocolate prices have gone up this year, and that is why we always emphasize quality over quantity when it comes to Easter chocolate.
We always love to see what chocolatiers and chocolate makers create for their Easter chocolate collections. Here are just a few examples of the fabulous creations we noticed as we hopped around the internet. We had a hard time narrowing down our choices because there were just so many amazing products this year. This is definitely not an exhaustive list, we didn't want to leave you reading until next Easter!
Christopher Elbow Chocolates
Chocolatier Christopher Elbow of Christopher Elbow Chocolates has created a beautiful and delicious Easter collection. We love these bunny bonbons, they would be the cutest addition to any Easter celebration.
White Pine Chocolates
Of course we can't let bunnies have all the fun! How adorable is this chocolate chick from our Ecole Chocolat graduate Wendy from White Pine Chocolates? His name is Charlie, and he's handcrafted from dark chocolate and filled with vanilla bean marshmallow.
Mindo Chocolate Makers
The Easter collection from award-winning Mindo Chocolate Maker their Starry Night Almond Toffee Chocolate Eggs! Made from 67% single origin, heirloom cacao, a buttery toffee, crunchy almonds, drizzled with more chocolate and a touch of sea salt, these eggs are sure to please the sophisticated chocolate connoisseur on your list! As a chocolate maker, Mindo Chocolate Makers makes chocolate from dried cocoa beans (not sure how that's different from a chocolatier? We have a blog post about that), so this egg goes from cocoa bean to fine chocolate all under one roof!
Ritual Chocolate
We love seeing chocolate makers get creative with their products and think outside the bar! Mellis Chocolatehas always been one of those chocolate makers, and this year, they have created these adorable bunny chocolate pops! The perfect addition to any Easter basket, they can be enjoyed on their own, or melted into a cup of hot milk for the most delicious cup of hot chocolate.
Formosa Chocolates
Our Ecole Chocolat graduate, Kimberly Yang of Formosa Chocolates. says that she has been getting requests for a higher percentage of cacao. She created this gorgeous 70% bar made with cacao from the UORPROCAE co-op in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. And each bar is hand-decorated with a gold, chrysanthemum design, perfect for Easter chocolate gifting!
Tempt York
Looking for an Easter treat for your favorite vegan? Look no further than these adorable sheep lollies from Tempt York, a plant based chocolaterie in York in the U.K. They also have many different eggs and other vegan treats in their Easter collection!
The Chocolate Lab
One of a kind, designer Easter eggs have become a big trend over the past few years, and Calgary's The Chocolate Lab has definitely taken the trend to a whole new level since they started making their eggs last year. Each egg is painted by hand with unique designs, and as you can see from the beautiful example in the photo below, Dallas and his team are incredibly talented. They are also likely nursing some serious hand cramps from all that painting!
Colorado Cocoa Pod
We love when actual eggs make an appearance in Easter collections. Made by Liane of Colorado Cocoa Pod, this fried "egg" is on top of her Giant Chocolate Egg Breakers - hand painted, filled with jelly beans, chocolate dipped and candied dried fruit, chocolate covered cookies, and more! Adults and kids alike will love smashing this egg (mini-hammer included) at your Easter celebration!
Truman Chocolates
Many chocolatiers like to release collections for spring, not just Easter. We love these beautiful bonbons from Truman Chocolates decorated with a gorgeous bluebonnet design!
Happy Easter from everyone at Ecole Chocolat!
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Photography by Jessica Washburn, Bliss Chocolatier and Ecole Chocolat
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