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Who still wants an Easter Egg?

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rosesarered Thu 17-Mar-16 23:18:22

Do you treat yourself to a really special Easter Egg, does your DH buy one for you ? my DH buys me flowers, and our DH buy us plants either for the house or garden.DH did used to buy me a Thorntons Egg but I really prefer flowers at Easter, although I do scoff the odd small egg when the DGC are here for the Easter Egg Hunt around the garden ( hopefully they won't find them all.)

etheltbags1 Sat 19-Mar-16 21:15:42

I love chocolate eggs too, a thorntons egg for me yum.

rosesarered Sat 19-Mar-16 20:15:49

oh naughty Marmight I have an inkling as to what you thought[ as there is just a bunny bum poking out of the grass.] grin
viewers of a nervous disposition may want to look away.

Marmight Sat 19-Mar-16 17:13:36

Not this year - avoiding naughty stuff after seeing a reflection of myself in a swimsuit..... I've just looked at the alternative eggs and did a double take on the bunny and carrot one - for a second I thought it was something else, but I am still jet lagged grin
I used to buy eggs for the children and DH but I don't remember him ever buying one for me - so I bought my own. My Dad used to give us tights for some extraordinary reason confused. I was chatting to a lady in Asda yesterday, as you do, and she said her Dad did the same

rosesarered Sat 19-Mar-16 16:59:16

When we were about 8 years old, Mum said we could buy bars of choc instead of an Easter Egg,so we had a great time spending the same money on lots of different chocs, Mars Bars, Tiffin , Five Boys, etc. But on Easter Sunday..... It just wasn't the same as an Egg.We were sad and never did it again.

Nelliemoser Sat 19-Mar-16 16:53:58

I detest cadburys creme eggs. Ther are obscenly sweet. Very little chocolate and just full of a very thick sugar syrup, like a very wet icing really.
I did put away a large bar of Lindt dark hazlenut chocolate.
The cost of an empty eggshell of chocolate compared with the amount in a
bar is ridiculous.
The manufacturers of easter eggs must be laughing at us all the way to the bank.
They are selling small amounts of chocolate and lots of cardboard.

An 850grm bar of Cadburys dairy milk costs £10.
A 515 grm Cadbury dairy milk easter egg cost £15.50.

pollyparrot Sat 19-Mar-16 16:36:21

I've made it very plain to DH that I would like an Easter Egg. I've already bought him one, as we both love chocolate. I've been informed that the desired item has been purchased. grin

rosesarered Sat 19-Mar-16 16:20:35

I would never have thought of putting chocolate into the fridge/freezer. Must give it a go!

f77ms Sat 19-Mar-16 13:01:15

Maybe a Cadbury cream egg but nothing bigger although I love chocolate and could eat one of those giant size bars if I let myself .

Lupatria Sat 19-Mar-16 12:28:16

get one every year from my granddaughters - used to get one from my now ex-husband when we were together.

however, before granddaughters came along and after I left my ex I bought one for myself ............... love easter eggs.

Izabella Sat 19-Mar-16 11:42:41

Nope. Not had one for years.

loopylou Sat 19-Mar-16 09:55:25

Now you come to mention it I can't remember when I last had one ?
Maybe I need a trip to Hotel Chocolat ?.......soon!

spanishsue Sat 19-Mar-16 09:23:14

Cadburys creme eggs for me! Start buying the odd one when they appear in the shops and then 5 in a box ( which used to be 6). Price goes up the nearer it gets to Easter.

GrammaH Sat 19-Mar-16 09:22:42

I've bought a chocolate dinosaur for our 2 year old grandson as he's really into them at the momemt. As for us, husband is treating me to an Easter break at one of our favourite hotels, chosen by him, I suspect, as they have an endless supply of chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday, which suits him fine as he's something of a chocaholic!

ninathenana Sat 19-Mar-16 08:49:42

H and I have always exchanged eggs, nothing fancy though. He's a chocaholic but Easter is one of the rare occasions I eat chocolate.
GC get a small token egg and a present.

M0nica Sat 19-Mar-16 08:00:01

downtoearth, I also love frozen chocolate.

We all buy Easter chocolates for each other, not necessarily eggs and nothing excessive. I am going today to buy them for everybody. We are spending Easter morning with DD and will exchange chocolate with her. Later on in the day we will do the same with DH and family and it will include chocs fro all the adults in the family.

Nannylovesshopping Fri 18-Mar-16 21:36:38

ooh downtoearth sounds delish!

downtoearth Fri 18-Mar-16 20:49:24

I am just working my way through large chocolate buttons ..in a large bag,they are lovely straight from freezer ,love a cadbury egg straight from freezer with chocolate buttons..just a small one .

Barmyoldbat Fri 18-Mar-16 20:46:13

Whilst shopping today I stopped at the Easter Egg section and pointed to the one I would just love.. A Baileys Easter Egg..

RusticP65 Fri 18-Mar-16 16:32:04

I prefer peanut M&Ms....I keep them in my mouth until the coating melts...then chew the nuts!....cheaper than Easter eggs and available all year round?

rosesarered Fri 18-Mar-16 14:38:34

Hot cross buns, yum, gin, yum, but not together! I like the bunny and carrots though.
The large choc bunny that Sainsbury sell for about £5 is really nice chocolate, I buy them for the DGC , wrapped in cellophane so you can tie a big bow around them.

LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 18-Mar-16 11:28:05

Here are some interesting alternative 'eggs'. I like the look of the chocolate egg and soldiers but am also intrigued by the hot cross bun gin...? hmm

Thingmajig Fri 18-Mar-16 11:26:46

2 years ago DH bought me a monstrosity of an egg ... it was huge and wrapped in cellophane as no box was big enough. I have a photo of it alongside our micro (at the time) granddaughter at 4 months old and it was bigger!!!
The chocolate wasn't even that nice. hmm

Anyway we were in Asda a couple of days ago and I told him we would buy each other a £1 egg and that would be it! smile
Flowers would also be very nice.

LullyDully Fri 18-Mar-16 11:26:43

Are they chocolate? Then yes please.

grumppa Fri 18-Mar-16 11:24:08

Yes!

matson Fri 18-Mar-16 10:33:19

Me please , could I have an Aero one ☺