Here returns one of my favorite religious holidays of the year. Because yes, I love the tradition of egg hunts that normally take place during this Easter period. Easter Sunday therefore falls quite early this year in 2026, on April 5th, and that allows for a 3-day weekend with the public holiday that follows on Monday. So, let it rain chocolate again and again!
During this Easter period, egg hunts are actually organized differently depending on the country: in France and Belgium, the bells bring the Easter eggs whereas in Germany and Austria, it is the rabbits that bring the eggs. As for the little English kids, they go from house to house to search for the eggs themselves. This year in this special Easter Bon Plans article, it will be a question of my beautiful selection of Easter chocolates, but also of events related to Easter such as the traditional egg hunts.
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Events in Paris, the Ile-de-France region, and France
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A la Mère de Famille egg hunt at the Jardin du Luxembourg
This year, À la Mère de Famille is once again organizing its great Easter egg hunt, but this time at the Jardin du Luxembourg. This is the eleventh edition for the oldest chocolate shop in Paris! A true treasure hunt and numerous activities await the children for a festive and cultural afternoon.
A la Mère de Famille egg hunt at the Jardin du Luxembourg
Wednesday, April 1, 2026, with 3 proposed slots: 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:00 PM
Reserved for children aged 3 to 12 accompanied by an adult / Free and mandatory registration, exclusively online, subject to availability / access to the garden is subject to standard entry rules (free access)
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Great egg hunt at the Musée de Montmartre
The great egg hunt in the Renoir Gardens is making its grand return this year at the Musée de Montmartre and will welcome children aged 2 to 12 in the Renoir Gardens. Once the bells have passed, children will be able to roam the different gardens of the Museum in search of the precious Easter eggs. Children will be able to exchange their eggs for the highly coveted chocolates! A special surprise awaits the lucky ones who find the golden egg… Workshops and coloring are also offered throughout these two days.
Egg hunt at the Musée de Montmartre
12 Rue Cortot, 75018 Paris
April 5 and 6, 2026, in the gardens from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Rates: free for those under 12 / €16 per accompanying adult / online registration mandatory
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Egg hunt at the Paris Zoological Park
For the Easter weekend, the Paris Zoological Park becomes OEufoville, an atypical village where eggologists live, inhabitants passionate about eggs! Numerous activities will be offered: the traditional egg hunt in the clearings (for children under 6), “conservation mission” activity, manual activities, Easter game, makeup workshop, and more!
Egg hunt at the Paris Zoological Park
Avenue Daumesnil, 75012 Paris
Sunday, April 5 and Monday, April 6, 2026
Event included in the entry ticket: €22 for adults / €17 for children
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Great egg hunt at Wow Safari Thoiry
In 2025, Wow Safari Thoiry (located in the Yvelines department), is organizing an Easter party with gourmet and playful activities during the Easter weekend from April 5 to 6, 2026. On the program:
- Giant egg hunts on April 5 and 6: 3 different egg hunts depending on the age of the participants (mission for little adventurers aged 3 to 6, secret investigation for great detectives aged 7-11, and 12 surprise eggs hidden in the park on foot for the older ones)
Wow Safari Thoiry
2 Rue du Pavillon de Montreuil 78770 Thoiry
April 5 and 6, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Rates: €30 for adults / €24 for children under 12
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Bercy Village organizes an egg hunt
For Easter, Bercy Village transforms into a chocolate paradise and invites gourmets, both young and old, to its traditional egg hunt. On Sunday, April 5, young investigators accompanied by their parents are invited to come and uncover the rabbits hidden in the display windows of the shops at the Cour Saint-Emilion. To find the 15 figurines and try to win an ultra-gourmet chocolate surprise, parents and children will need to pick up a game booklet at the reception desk located in front of Fnac. Thanks to their booklet, the apprentice detectives can note the location of the discovered items. Once the hunt is finished, participants who have managed to find all the eggs and rabbits must go to the reception desk to exchange their game booklet for a gourmet reward: a chocolate rabbit, offered by Bercy Village.
Egg hunt at Bercy Village
Free activity, Sunday, April 5, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Duration of the game: approximately 30 min
Game reserved for children aged 4 to 10, accompanied by an adult. Groups of more than 5 children are not accepted
Subject to availability (maximum: 1200 participants)No pre-registration via email or phone
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Find the Easter eggs at Gamescape
Gamescape, an address that offers escape game rooms and which I have already told you about in my article on the subject, organizes a game on its website during the Easter period. To participate, you must find eggs that seem to have found refuge on their website www.gamescape.fr, and when you find these eggs, it will allow you to unlock -10% on your sessions, valid for 1 month.
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Easter at the Auteuil Hippodrome
On Sunday, March 31, 2026, the Auteuil Hippodrome will host an exceptional day to celebrate Easter with the family. This special event offers a series of free activities and horse races on the magnificent green spaces of the racecourse. For the occasion, a distribution of 7,000 chocolate eggs will be organized for children, offering a gourmet moment to share as a family.
Auteuil Hippodrome
Sunday, March 31, 2026
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France’s largest egg hunt returns to Campings Paradis
After the success met in 2025, the Vacances Camping Paradis network is renewing its flagship Easter operation: the largest egg hunt in France. A new feature this year: the event will run for the entire duration of the school holidays, from April 4 to May 3, 2026, across all zones. In each Camping Paradis, a Golden Egg will be hidden. The vacationer who discovers it becomes a finalist in the grand national draw, gathering all the winners across the network. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Camping Paradis series, numerous surprises will set the pace for the 2026 season in the network. This great egg hunt marks the kickoff, with several prizes to be won: an exclusive invitation to the filming of the Camping Paradis series; a €100 gift voucher; exclusive Camping Paradis goodies.
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The Easter basket at Deliveroo
For Easter, Deliveroo is offering a festive and playful operation with 3 chocolatiers and pastry shops available exclusively on Deliveroo in Paris and Lyon. In Paris, find the Easter basket at Michalak and also Chez Meunier, a Parisian baker and pastry chef. In Lyon, the basket can be discovered at Nicolas Hennemann, an artisan chocolatier. From March 30 to April 6, 2026, for any order placed with one of these three participating partners in Paris and Lyon, a small braided palm basket, decorated with a hand-embroidered wool rabbit, will be offered by Deliveroo (while stocks last) with the orders.
Selection of chocolates and delicacies for Easter
Here is my small selection (non-exhaustive, obviously) of chocolatey delights to devour (or savor, depending on whether you are a foodie or a gourmet) for this Easter period, for all tastes and all budgets.
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François Doucet
In 2026, this creator confectioner from Provence unveils a gourmet limited-edition Easter collection that celebrates spring with creations as colorful as they are crunchy. On the program this year: multicolored flaky eggs, a crunchy heart coated in dark and white chocolate (€9.90); crousti’Folie, a bite with a crunchy, gluten-free heart (€8.90); nougatine lentils, a combination of almond, caramel, and chocolate (€9.90); gourmet crackers to share, with teddy bears and sweet surprises (€5.50).
Easter François Doucet
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Jean-Paul Hévin
Jean-Paul Hévin invites us to discover his 2026 Easter collection “Dreams and Cocoa Beans“, which marks his passion for cocoa and rare beans. Included are the battered hen (€68), the egg of the day (starting at €65 / 360g), the couture egg (starting at €18), the dreamy owl (€37), Pascal the Squirrel (€34), Pascalito (starting at €15), or even the catch of the day (€29), as well as a multitude of pralines (fry, small eggs, and seafood).
Jean-Paul Hévin Easter collection
Link to the brand’s website
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Pierre Chauvet Chocolatier
For Easter, the chocolatier Pierre Chauvet has imagined original and gourmet creations around the theme of the funfair. We notably tested the Easter Collection Box (€15) with an assortment of 9 marshmallow candies of 3 types and colors (vanilla marshmallow, red fruit pulp, dark chocolate coating / vanilla marshmallow, exotic fruit pulp, milk chocolate coating / vanilla marshmallow, hazelnut praline, dark chocolate coating).
Based in Aubenas (Ardèche) and Valence (Drôme), Maison Pierre Chauvet cultivates an artisanal approach to chocolate, pastries, and ice creams, with an attachment to beautiful products and the precision of flavors.
Pierre Chauvet Chocolatier
Available in the shops in Aubenas and Valence
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Edwart Chocolatier
This year, the chocolate world of Edwart Chocolatier (Edwin Yansané) and his Easter creations takes us into a bucolic setting, where farm animals become artists and savor the beautiful days. In this theme called The La Fontaine Farm, we find Francis Bacon, Vincent Van Boeuf, Jean de la Souris, and even Léonard Lapinci. And we tasted the soft-boiled Egg filled with praline, which was to die for (price €24)!
Edwart Chocolatier
Easter creations available in milk chocolate and dark chocolate versions (between €21 and €54)
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La Maison Le Roux
Maison Le Roux, located in Brittany, has been renowned for its chocolates and caramels since 1977. This year, the Easter Collection, orchestrated by its creative director, the MOF David Wesmaël, is inspired by color with a Very Pop Easter. Notably, it includes a trilogy of eggs (pink, black, and green) with 3 different flavors (€32) and also a “Very Pop Egg” that explores color as a living material (€45).
Easter Maison Le Roux
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La Vie Claire
To celebrate Easter and also its 80 years of commitment to organic and responsible food, the organic stores La Vie Claire offer an organic and gourmet range, 100% sourced from organic farming. From traditional chocolate molds to more original pieces, there will be something for everyone! Made from milk chocolate, white chocolate, or dark chocolate, you can find classics in-store such as the rabbit, the egg, the bell, or even the hen. All La Vie Claire molds can be found in the group’s stores.
We tasted: the organic striped milk chocolate egg (€9.99 / 200g).
La Vie Claire
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La Chocolaterie Puyricard
La Chocolaterie de Puyricard, an artisan chocolatier since 1967, combines wonder and indulgence for this 2026 Easter collection around the festive theme of the circus. On the program, the egg collection: praline eggs filled with a hazelnut praline (bag of praline eggs €23.40); and flaky Easter eggs in milk, blond, or dark chocolate (starting at €17). Also a collection of molds with meticulous designs: lamb, rabbits, cats, eggs, unicorns, fish (available in dark or milk, in small or large mold versions, starting at €12.50), the Easter hen (starting at €32), and exclusively in 2026, a nougatine rabbit (€28). Without forgetting the bag of Easter fry or even the addictive chocolate popcorn (€16.80).
Puyricard Easter collection
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Léonidas
Leonidas promises an unforgettable egg hunt this year with no fewer than 22 small chocolate eggs (which in 2026 have a new design with an “L” on each egg as well as a black, brown, or white logo indicating the color of the egg’s chocolate shell!), figurines featuring the most iconic Easter characters, and finally, a vast assortment of charming floral packaging. This year, a new flavor joins the range: the small almond egg (milk chocolate shell and filling with almond cream and caramelized hazelnuts). With its range of no fewer than 22 small eggs made with Belgian, sustainable, and palm-oil-free chocolate, Leonidas has plenty to color the much-anticipated egg hunts as desired.
Léonidas Easter Collection
The oval box (320g): €24.50
Tray filled with 12 small eggs: €7.90
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Yannick Alléno
For Easter 2026, Les Chocolats de Yannick Alléno draw directly from the culinary world. Chef’s hats, saucepans, and spoons become chocolate creations, inspired by the utensils that accompany Chef Yannick Alléno‘s daily life. I notably discovered the 6 Hat Eggs (€60), filled with different pralines and other Gianduja…
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Chocolaterie Chapon
For over 30 years, Chapon has been imagining its Easter chocolates from carefully selected beans then processed in its workshops. And in 2026, 4 new characters, landed from the Kingdom of Chaponie, take young and old on an extraordinary hunt.
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Yazid Ichemrahen
Star chef Yazid Ichemrahen (2 million followers on Instagram) has opened a confidential address in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, At Home, where he welcomes his customers as if it were his own home. For Easter, he has created an edition paying tribute to Paris with an egg made entirely from 70% pure dark chocolate from Venezuela. Inside, a pure Piedmont hazelnut praline accompanied by bits of Alsatian shortbread.
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Le Café de la Paix
In 2026, the famous Peter Rabbit invites himself into the heart of a cameo-style medallion (price €75). Under a 63% dark chocolate shell and an ivory chocolate base, this exceptional piece hides a melting almond-hazelnut praline sprinkled with roasted hazelnut chips. A work that echoes the Napoléon III atmosphere of the institution.
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Pépite Cookie
I discovered this cookie brand, which originally comes from Aquitaine, in 2025. Founded in 2021 in Cap Ferret by Hugo Bassani, Pépite Cookie is an artisanal brand that offers cookies with a melting and half-baked texture, made without artificial colors or flavors. For Easter, the brand offers a limited-edition egg with a generous 60% dark chocolate shell, lined with white chocolate, hazelnut, and lace crepe spread.
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Plein CŒUR
This bakery located in the Batignolles neighborhood offers many beautiful creations for Easter.
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La Sablésienne
La Sablésienne is a French biscuit factory located in Sablé-sur-Sarthe in the Pays de la Loire region. It is the heir to the Marquise de Sablé in the 17th century who is the creator of the famous shortbread cookies (petits sablés). For this 2026 Easter edition, the brand offers a collection of Petits Calimero in dark or milk chocolate (between €6 and €11).
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La Maison Caffet
This master artisan chocolate maker and pastry chef is originally from Troyes, and I have loved his chocolates for a long time! In 2026, the Easter collection of the Maison Caffet transports us into a universe filled with magic and mystery. Inspired by the legends of dragons, it celebrates the power, beauty, and enchantment of these mythical creatures. In fact, during the Easter holidays, you will be able to admire a unique piece made entirely of chocolate in the shop, celebrating the mystical universe of dragons and their legendary eggs.
As for creations, there will be a gluten-free chocolate and vanilla dragon dessert (starting at €49.90); dark or milk chocolate eggs placed on a disc of crunchy praline, mixing Piedmont hazelnuts and Valencia almonds (starting at €39.50); a Dragon’s Treasures gift box with praline eggs (starting at €16.90); praline bites in the shape of a hen, sheep, rabbit, fish… (starting at €22.90); molded creations like bells, hens, rabbits, fish… (starting at €14.50); Easter fry (starting at €24.90); bags of small praline eggs (starting at €24.90); marshmallow praline teddy bears that reconciled me with teddy bears because I don’t usually like them (starting at €34 for the 8-piece gift box).
Maison Caffet
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Réauté Chocolat
This year 2026, Réauté Chocolat (manufactured in Mayenne) offers a 2026 Easter collection with the great Easter classics: a jungle egg, a signature creation with a dark chocolate shell that conceals cereal balls coated in dark chocolate (€23.95); hollow milk or dark chocolate eggs to hide, adorned with confetti (€14.95); gourmet and spring-like gift sets with a floral look (starting at €3.90 depending on size), inspired by a secret garden and which contain small eggs filled with different recipes (spread, hazelnut, crunchy flaky, runny caramel, or even nougatine).
Réauté Chocolat Easter Collection
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Lidl
For the occasion, Lidl unveils a collection of chocolates at low prices that are super gourmet! To vary the pleasures, the brand notably offers the Choviva range without cocoa, a gourmet and sustainable alternative. Lidl has also selected for the whole family super mischievous Choviva rabbits (€4.49), colorful eggs, or even pretty egg cups with fun designs (€3.99) that hold the Easter eggs and that can be kept once the holiday is over, assorted eggs with 4 recipes (€2.19), a gourmet chocolate egg with inclusions (€4.49).
Easter Lidl
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Amorino
Amorino, the specialist in artisanal gelato, unveils its latest creation by proposing a new interpretation of the iconic delicacy from the Piedmont region in Italy: the Gianduiotto. A true emblem of the gastronomy of this Italian region, the Gianduiotto is reinvented by the brand in the shape of an ingot to offer a unique experience with its iced heart. This delicacy is available as an iced bite in three Amorino signature flavors, all wrapped in a thin layer of chocolate: chocolate gelato with dark chocolate coating, hazelnut with milk chocolate coating, and pistachio with white chocolate coating.
Amorino Easter Collection
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De Neuville
In 2026, the chocolatier De Neuville is inspired by a wonderful universe by creating a collection of magical molds that are as delicious as they are original. Coming straight from enchanted forests, the chocolate creations come to life to hide from young and old gourmets. A unique moment of sharing for Easter 2026 with original, fun, and inventive pieces… Among the enchanted molds, I received Sarah the Unicorn (price of the mold accompanied by fry: €15.90).
De Neuville Easter Collection
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Venchi, Italian chocolatier
The Italian chocolatier Venchi, which opened its third shop in Paris, on Rue des Abbesses, in March 2024, rings the time for tasting eggs and offers an elegant and colorful Easter range. Available on the site and in the shop, the “Taste the surprise!” collection offers an assortment of large-format gourmet eggs, each more delicious than the next. The Italian house highlights two of its most iconic recipes: the chocoviar Stracciatella and the famous Italian Cannolo, transformed for the occasion into generous eggs.
Venchi Easter Collection
Price of eggs: between €48 and €135 depending on size
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Le Comptoir de Mathilde
For this new Easter edition, Le Comptoir de Mathilde has imagined a collection inspired by Alice in Wonderland. On the program: a new collection of enchanting chocolates that features unicorns, dinosaurs, fish, rabbits, chicks, and other fantastic creatures in tasty and colorful creations.
Comptoir de Mathilde Easter Collection
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Plaimont vignerons
To celebrate Easter, the winemakers of Plaimont have imagined a gourmet pairing: a bottle of Cépages d’Auteurs, in AOC Saint Mont, accompanied by a chocolate egg signed Le Comptoir de Carolyn. The Cépages d’Auteurs vintage marks a new page for Saint Mont, as it was born from the alliance of Tannat and Tardif, an ancient grape variety patiently resurrected by the Plaimont winemakers. The palate is supple, gourmet, carried by notes of red fruits and a touch of spice that pairs perfectly with the chocolate egg from Le Comptoir de Carolyn, with caramelized cocoa nibs and its fleur de sel with Armagnac.
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La Divine Paris
This Parisian pastry shop opened in 2026 offers a unique creation, the Divine, declined infinitely. And for Easter, they have released an ephemeral praline version that completely convinced me!
La Divine
37 rue du Roi de Sicile, 75004 Paris
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Passage du désir in Easter mode
For Easter, Passage du Désir, the unique concept in France dedicated to the sustainable development of the couple, reinvents Easter with a treasure hunt like no other, for a decidedly cheeky spring. Here, the chocolate is not crunched… it is tasted differently. I have unearthed an Edible Chocolate Body Paint by Shunga to spread with fingers or a brush (price €14.90).
Passage du Désir
23, rue Ste Croix de la Bretonnerie 75004 Paris
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Bernard Cassière chocolate treatments
In 2003, Bernard Cassière imagined the anti-stress and anti-pollution chocolate treatment. An iconic treatment that has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary. The unique feature of this treatment is that it is edible because the chocolate used is made by an Italian master chocolatier based near Brive. Cocoa, rich in polyphenols with recognized anti-radical properties, is the best ally to fight against the effects of daily stress, and devitalized skin, victims of urban stress. The “chocolate fondue” mask contains 64% pure cocoa mass (crushed fruit), with moisturizing, toning, and regenerating properties.
The product range: the chocolate mousse mask (€31.70 for 75 ml); the chocolate “phyto-protective” cream specially formulated to protect normal and reactive skin alike (€34.50 for 50 ml).
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