Elegant Eggs

It is that that the tradition of giving chocolate Easter eggs began in France and Germany in the early 18th century to celebrate not only Easter, but also the arrival of spring and the spring equinox.

Valrhona’s Chocolate Easter Eggs www.valrhona-chocolate.com, colorful, foil-wrapped chocolate eggs, comes in a clear oblong box tied with an powder green ribbon. The collection is available in all milk or all dark or a combination. Two milk chocolate flavors are Tanariva (33%) with notes of caramel and Gianduja with subtle hazelnut. One dark chocolate flavor is paired perfectly with a raspberry center. The other is Manjari (64%) dark bitter chocolate.

Martine’s Chocolates www.martineschocolates.com offers hand-colored Easter Egg Creations. A new large-scale (5 ½ inches) Chocolate Easter Egg, embossed with hand-colored daffodils, opens to reveal an blue cap and scarf clad solid chocolate duck. Also new are the quail-egg-sized solid chocolate eggs with hand-painted abstract designs. All eggs are wrapped in clear bags and tied with a powder-pink ribbon. Other seasonal favorites include chocolate solid Ladybugs in an array of spring colors, Chocolate Springtime Flowers blooming in Chocolate Flowerpots, Happy Easter Cards, and Easter Egg and Easter Chick Lollipops, and solid Chocolate Bunnies, Chicks, and Ducks inside a nest of Marzipan Easter Carrots.

Edited by Patricia D. Sherman

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