It is one of my favorite religious holidays of the year. Because, yes, I love the tradition of the Easter egg hunts that usually take place around this time. Every year, I write an article on this theme that I really enjoy, which reminds me of our own egg hunts with my brother and cousins when we were children in our garden (which left me with wonderful memories). In this article, I invite you to discover all the gourmet creations associated with this holiday—chocolatey and beyond—from previous years.
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Easter Chocolate Selection
Here is my small selection (non-exhaustive, of course) of chocolate treats to devour (or savor) for this Easter season, for all tastes and all budgets.
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Jean-Paul Hévin
2025: New Worlds
Jean-Paul Hévin invites us to travel through “New Worlds.” By choosing this theme for his 2025 collection, he takes his favorite material off the beaten path and takes us into universes that chocolate rarely gets to explore. The dark chocolate creations are made from Grand Cru cocoa from Cameroon Hévin-Nkolossang 70%, sourced from a sustainable and quality chocolate supply chain. A CSR approach that is increasingly at the heart of Jean-Paul Hévin‘s concerns. On the agenda: chocolate subjects (Pascalito the chick, Pascaline the owl, the “moon” fish, the “star” hen, the milk chocolate turtle…), filled eggs, and fritures.
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La Maison du Chocolat
2020: The Extraordinary Voyages of La Maison du Chocolat
In 2020 Nicolas Cloiseau, the chef of La Maison du Chocolat, takes us on a journey, heading for the southern seas in search of the finest cocoas: Island of Grenada, Ghana, Vietnam. This results in aquatic Easter chocolates with a collection that I find has a very Jules Verne atmosphere.
Above, a Poussin Hublot (Vietnam chocolate version) with 55% milk chocolate, a coconut and cocoa milk, a milk chocolate bar with pecan (price: €34)
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2023: Easter Flowers La Maison du Chocolat
In 2023, La Maison du Chocolat invites us to taste Spring and the beautiful days ahead. This year, Nicolas Cloiseau transforms Easter into a “bouquet” egg with the collection’s artistic centerpiece (limited edition of 6 kg at €2500). In a more accessible way, we also find milk or dark rabbit eggs (€37 each), peanut praline bite eggs (€16), shell eggs (€12 each or €54 for a box of 6), or even “crazy” eggs (€75 each in milk or dark), hand-molded.
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2024: the egg race
In 2024, La Maison du Chocolat invites us to taste Spring and the beautiful days ahead. This year Nicolas Cloiseau transforms Easter into a frenetic egg race because La Maison du Chocolat is an official licensee of Paris 2024. We find the centerpiece, the time-trial egg (a giant 7.6kg egg / price €2500).
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2025: “Nature, allure, sculpture”
In 2025, La Maison du Chocolat invites us to taste Spring and the beautiful days ahead. This year Nicolas Cloiseau transforms Easter around the themes “Nature, allure, sculpture” with a minimalist elegance. On the agenda: faceted chocolate silhouettes, a giant egg (Secret Garden egg €2900 – limited edition artistic piece), sculpted eggs and rabbits, like cubes shaped from a thousand squares.
Price: €35 Maison milk or dark chocolate egg / €57 Maison Gourmet dark or milk chocolate egg / €28 small model milk chocolate rabbit / €45 large model milk or dark chocolate rabbit / Daisy egg €75, limited edition piece / Daisy rabbit €34 per bite
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Edwart Chocolatier
The chocolatier has several boutiques in Paris: Batignolles / Concorde / Marais / Ternes.
2023: Easter collection
In 2022, I discovered the chocolate universe of Edwart Chocolatier (Edwin Yansané) and this year I was lucky enough to see the presentation of their 2023 Easter creations. The program for this collection is a dreamlike forest in which cocoa trees reign and mysterious forest characters protect the spirit of this green bubble (with quite a few references to the world of Miyazaki if you are familiar with it). On the agenda: the sacred egg (€48), the Amanita mushroom (€26), the Herbichoc (€33), Luiton the forest elf (€28), seed eggs (starting at €19), and the egg box (€36).
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2024: Easter collection
On the program for this 2024 Easter creations collection, the Easter Olympics, in connection with the Olympic year, of course. On the agenda: the podium egg (€49), Edgar the hurdle jumper (€41), eggshell eggs (€22), the carrot (€28), Albert buries himself (€36), and the flat egg box (€23).
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Pierre Chauvet
2020: Easter at Pierre Chauvet Chocolatier
Artisan Chocolatier & Ice Cream Maker for 25 years in Ardèche, Pierre Chauvet also offers this year a Jurassic’ Easter Chocolithic chocolate collection, in homage to the Chauvet Cave.
A box of six shell eggs that contain a delicious melting praline (€22.80). A box of “homemade” fritures with the 2020 novelties: raspberry and passion fruit chocolates (€16.60 per 200g)
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2025: “Mimosa Rabbit”
For Easter, the chocolatier Pierre Chauvet has imagined original and gourmet creations around the theme of the “Mimosa Rabbit.” An ode to spring: when nature awakens and inspires indulgence.
“Mimosa Rabbit” egg filled with 500g of fritures: €77
Available in the shops, in Aubenas and Valence
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Les belles envies
I have already told you about this Parisian patisserie that offers cakes, chocolates, and cookies with a low sugar content. It uses ancient, fiber-rich flours with a low glycemic index such as lupine flour, coconut flour, as well as T80 semi-whole wheat flour. Their creations have a glycemic index of less than 30, which represents a reduction of about 60% less compared to that of an ordinary patisserie. They also have an igc® certification: Controlled Glycemic Index.
2023: Easter collection
For Easter, Les Belles Envies offers a gourmet and low-sugar chocolate collection. We find the Maxi Surprise Egg (€35) with an alternation of 3 dark and milk chocolate shells hiding a dark chocolate praline in their heart (also exists in a 2-shell version at €22.50). As for desserts, the house has created the chocolate-crunchy nest (€30 for 4/5 people and €48 for 8 people – available in stores from April 7 to 9) which declines chocolate in all its forms for a game of crunchy-melting textures.
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Maison Carrousel
2023: Easter collection
This house founded in 2019 by Stéphanie de Fresnoye, embodies the renewal of French artisanal confectionery, by offering gourmet marshmallows, as well as natural candies, made in a workshop in Paris. And for Easter I particularly discovered their chocolate bars that are as regressive as they are addictive! On the agenda: a hazelnut marshmallow praline bar coated in milk chocolate and a peanut marshmallow praline bar coated in dark chocolate.
Price: box of 4 bars €12 / individual €2.90
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Comtesse du Barry
2020: Easter at Comtesse du Barry
To change from traditional eggs to hide in the garden, Comtesse du Barry offers an alternative for adults with its chocolate-coated Sauternes raisins for Easter (€9.90 per 150g).
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Chocolaterie Chapon
2023: Easter collection
Chocolaterie Chapon invites all children to discover its collection of masked animals through a sensory journey to the heart of the partner plantations. Dressed in their masks, these six sculptures will accompany children in discovering the nuances and origins of the cocoa.
Price: masked animals dark and milk: €39 (260g) / bag of fritures: €15 – 150g / praline egg box: €36.50 – 200g / praline egg box: €20 – 72g
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Chocolaterie De Neuville
2020: Easter collection
This year the trend is towards animals and the French chocolatier de Neuville offers a beautiful palette with trendy llamas, cute pandas, designer hens, and XXL crocodiles.
Paul the Llama in milk chocolate (€8.50) and Madam Rabbit as a lollipop in blond chocolate with a slightly caramelized taste (€2.90 each) / the little extra: French manufacture and without palm oil and without E171/E172 coloring
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Révillon Chocolatier
2020: Easter collection
This year I am also very happy to offer you a contest with Révillon to help you win the same set of Easter chocolates as the one you see in the photo below. This contest is currently taking place on my Facebook page, so don’t hesitate to try your luck!
Price: small milk and white praline eggs without palm oil (2020 novelty – €6.99) / small pure dark sensation eggs with a 70% Madagascar dark chocolate ganache (€4.99 per bag) / small milk double sensation eggs with a hazelnut praline and crepe lace bits (€4.99 per bag) / small milk double sensation eggs with melting caramel and a touch of salt (€4.99 per bag) / small dark fritures (€3.99) / Gourmet Rabbits with hazelnut praline heart (€4.49)
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Le Comptoir de Mathilde
2020: Easter collection
Hot Chocolate milk Carrot Rabbit for making a good hot chocolate (€3.50)
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2023: Easter collection
For this new Easter edition, Le Comptoir de Mathilde has imagined a totally regressive and fun collection. This year, Louise, Maxime, Paul, and the other rabbits from Comptoir de Mathilde set the tone for this new Easter edition. On the agenda: chocolate surprises nestled in super cute mini family crackers to collect, a little rabbit, and a chocolate egg… to paint! Cats, hens, lambs, penguins… a whole mini bestiary to munch on and put in your baskets.
Price: hazelnut praline animals (€9); praline egg (€5); 1 Paul bear and 1 Julien penguin (€16.50 online exclusive); chocolate lollipop (€4.50); spring edition chocolate bar (€4.50)
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Puyricard
The Puyricard Chocolate Factory is an artisan chocolatier that has existed since 1967.
2020: Easter collection
A modern-design Puyricard hen filled with 80g of 16 pieces of dark and milk chocolate fritures (€40)
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2024: Easter collection
On the agenda, the egg collection: limited edition egg with caramelized hazelnuts dark or milk; Panpan dark or milk egg in 4 sizes; strawberry ganache egg bar – vegan dark chocolate coated in dark chocolate or strawberry ganache – milk chocolate coated in milk chocolate. A collection also of new moldings: the cat, the dog, the fox, and the unicorn complete the range of moldings with their modern shapes (available in dark or milk, these moldings measure between 12 cm and 20 cm, starting at €32).
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2025: Easter collection
The 2025 Easter collection is around the theme of magic. On the agenda, the egg collection: praline eggs filled with a hazelnut praline and a puffed rice praline (available mixed, all dark chocolate, or all milk chocolate – €31.10 per 180g); and scaled Easter eggs in milk or dark chocolate (€23.50). A collection also of meticulously designed moldings: bells, rabbits, cats, eggs, fish (available in dark or milk, in small or large molding versions, starting at €32), the Easter hen filled with fritures (€43), and exclusively for 2025, apprentice magician rabbits in dark or milk chocolate.
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Réauté Chocolat
2020: Easter collection
This year Réauté Chocolat (manufacture made in Mayenne) offers a colorful 2020 Easter collection in an exotic universe.
Sacha the Panda, in white and dark chocolate (75g / €11.90)
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2023: Easter collection
In 2023 Réauté Chocolat (manufacture made in Mayenne) offers a “rustic” Easter collection in a gourmet bucolic spirit. The assemblies include original creations, mixing dark, white, and milk chocolate, which celebrate the essentials of Easter: eggs, hens, and rabbits. We received (in photos below), the Rustic Scene with a bucolic composition with a dark and milk chocolate tree, an Easter egg, a rabbit, and a wheat stalk, all arranged on a milk chocolate base sprinkled with hazelnuts (€26.95).
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2024: Easter collection
This year Réauté Chocolat (manufacture made in Mayenne) offers an Easter collection in the world of the jungle. The assemblies include original creations, mixing dark, white, and milk chocolate, which propose a hunt for chocolate animals with Simon the lion, the king of the jungle, and his sidekick Sam the hippopotamus. The classic symbols of the Easter holidays are not forgotten, with Alisson the bell and Robin the rabbit. Milk, dark, crunchy, praline, hazelnut milk, the diversity of the Réauté Chocolat offer provides 100% pure cocoa butter couverture chocolates guaranteed without palm oil.
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Léonidas
2020: Easter collection
2020 is a special year for Leonidas, because it is the birth of its twentieth little chocolate egg: the small Gold egg (marbled milk chocolate with a caramelized golden blond chocolate ganache and cane sugar crystals)! The latter completes the family of Leonidas little eggs which thus counts in total no less than 20 different flavors.
The oval gift box filled with Léonidas Easter eggs 320g (there are 20 different little eggs): €19.90
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2023: Easter collection
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2026: Easter collection
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Leader Price
2020: Easter at Leader Price
A milk chocolate egg (€2.49) and a white chocolate hen (€2.49) at Leader Price, all developed with Jean-Pierre Coffe
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La Vie Claire
To celebrate Easter, La Vie Claire organic stores offer an organic and gourmet offer. From traditional chocolate moldings 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 like the rabbit, the egg, or the hen, but also more original creations like the elephant, the unicorn, or even the dinosaur. All La Vie Claire moldings can be found in the group’s stores.
We tasted: the milk chocolate maxi egg, the centerpiece of the 2024 edition (€12.49); the milk and white chocolate rabbit (€4.99); the bag of praline eggs (milk and dark) and milky ones (€6.99).
–>La Vie Claire
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Glaz Chocolaterie
This artisanal cocoa-coastal chocolate factory offers chocolate creations made in the heart of the Quiberon peninsula in Brittany. For Easter, the chocolate factory offers special packaging and some chocolate fish and seafood: on the agenda are lobsters and mullets from the open sea, dark or milk, filled with chocolate and praline fritures. Yum, yum…
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La Maison de la Truffe
Since 1932, the Maison de la Truffe has been renowned for its selection of the best white and black truffles. In 2024 for Easter, Pascal Brunstein, one of the best craftsmen in France (MOF) chocolatier, imagined for the Maison de la Truffe a wonderful black truffle made of chocolate that is more real than life. Under a dark chocolate shell made from a grand cru from Mexico and coated in cocoa powder lies a mix of gourmet praline and gianduja, all smooth with crunchy bits of caramelized Iranian pistachios. This very beautiful 150g truffle is to be shared at the restaurant and is available for sale to take away in the store.
Easter Maison de la Truffe
19 Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris
Price of the chocolate truffle: €22
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The Easter egg of Grand Véfour by Guy Martin
This year for Easter Guy Martin offers a piece of great finesse of 20kg of chocolate. A composition with notes of white flowers, coffee, just-cooked caramel but also hazelnut, the Chef takes us on a unique taste journey. On the agenda, a mix of Criollo beans from the Sambiramo Valley in Madagascar, Forastero beans from Ecuador, and beans from Venezuela.
Easter egg of the Grand Véfour
17 rue de Beaujolais 75001 Paris
Reservation at 01 42 96 56 27 / allow 72 hours delay / Price on request
Selection of gourmet treats for Easter
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Maison Busnel
In 2024, the Maison Busnel, creator of Norman spirits for over 200 years, celebrates Easter with 2 other Norman houses: the Royale Normande chocolate factory and Antoine Chalmel, wood turner. The fruit of this collaboration is a limited edition offering a 100% Norman taste experience. It contains a bottle of Calvados VSOP Busnel + 1 hand-sculpted artisanal apple-wood egg containing chocolates with Calvados Busnel (100g).
Maison Busnel
Limited edition sold from March on the online site and in stores in Cormeilles (Eure): €85
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La Maison Mavrommatis
In 2025, Orthodox Easter fell at the same time as Christian Easter. And that’s convenient because the Maison Mavrommatis (which I talk about regularly on the blog) honors an iconic specialty of Greek Easter gastronomy: the Tsoureki. This braided brioche, delicately scented, is an essential tradition of the Easter holidays in Greece. The egg traditionally painted red (in reference to the blood of Christ) and placed in the center of the Tsoureki adds a playful touch since Greek families compete in a friendly game where everyone tries to break the other’s egg without breaking their own. The Mavrommatis addresses also offer other Easter specialties for the occasion and also tastings in their boutiques!
The great deal: during the Easter holidays, the Mavrommatis boutiques will offer tastings of products offered especially for the Easter holidays.
Price: starting from €14 (traditional tsoureki, in citrus crown, pistachio filled with kataifi, or even chestnut with chocolate glaze)
Photo credits: Nicolas Diolez Photos not royalty-free, photographer's authorization required before any use
