Easter is celebrated on April 20. A Christian holiday par excellence, it marks the end of Lent for many churchgoers. In 1800, it wasn’t chocolate that people liked to offer each other, but real hen’s eggs. It was in the mid-19ᵉ century that chocolatiers invented the chocolate egg! And depending on the region, it’s the rabbit or the bells that scatter these sweet delights all over the place. Although the tradition has evolved, the principle remains the same: get together and enjoy! Here are the best chocolates to enjoy at Easter this spring.
The Lutetia hazelnut egg
This year, pastry chef Nicolas Guercio honors the deliciousness of hazelnuts in this signature egg. This milky chocolate,
delicately filled with roasted and crushed hazelnuts, is a true masterpiece. On the palate, it’s simply an explosion of flavors for your taste buds! Available in three sizes, this chocolate egg will simply take you back to childhood.
📍Location: 45 Boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris
💶Price: giant hazelnut egg (140€)/ signature hazelnut egg (85€)/ trio of small hazelnuts (45€)
La Grande Épicerie and its gourmet egg
Every year, La Grande Épicerie celebrates Easter in its own way. Don’t miss the most gourmet chocolate egg of the year, imagined by pastry chef Thibault Leroy and chocolatier Mathieu Mooc. Made with pure milk chocolate and a generous layer of homemade almond praline, you’ll love it! Will you find the golden ticket that will give you a 500 euro discount? We wish you good luck (and good tasting).
📍 Location: 38 Rue de Sèvres, 75007 Paris
💶 Price: €29.90 per 300 g and 1.2 kg available at the Pâtisserie counter in limited quantities, for €110
Michalak’s trompe-l’œil eggs
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This year, succumb to Christophe Michalak’s trompe-l’œil eggs! Shaped like cocoa pods, hazelnuts or pecans, they are filled with an intense, highly addictive praline. To share with all the gourmands you know (or don’t know).
📍 Location: all Michalak boutiques until April 30
💶 Price: 36 euros
The ultra-melting cookie from Laura Todd x Chapon
Do you love cookies? Can you die for chocolate? Laura Todd and Chapon have teamed up this year to create a nugget for Easter! A cookie made from rare Ecuadorian cocoa with tangy, melt-in-your-mouth notes. It blends perfectly with the extra-melting cookie dough! Honestly, you’ll go crazy for it.
📍 Location: all Laura Todd boutiques in Paris
💶 Price: 4.90 euros
Prunier chocolate pearls
This year, treat yourself to a very chic chocolate for Easter. Prunier has come up with Valrhona 55% cocoa dark chocolate pearls, reminiscent of caviar pearls. Beautifully presented in the brand’s emblematic caviar box, this chocolate is sure to impress those around you.
📍 Location: 15 Pl. de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris
💶 Price: Box at 149.50 euros for 30g of chocolate pearls and 50g of Osciètre or 335.50 euros for 80g of chocolate pearls and 125g of Osciètre
Pierre Hermé and his surprising Fou Culbuto
This year, Pierre Hermé gets in on the act and reinvents Easter and its traditional egg in his own way! Stylized chocolates reminiscent of checkers, chess and its pawns, like the knight or the bishop. The latter, made withhazelnut praline and either 64% Pure Origin Bélize dark chocolate or 45% Pierre Hermé Paris milk chocolate, will make your heart skip a beat!
📍 Location: all Pierre Hermé Paris boutiques
💶 Price: 75 euros
Le Royal Monceau, and its Easter lantern
Inspired by the lanterns that have illuminated its exterior façade since 1928, Le Royal Monceau’s delicate creation promises to dazzle. Entirely handmade by master chocolatiers, this Easter egg is made of Passionato 60% dark chocolate, enhanced by a fleur de sel praline and caramelized hazelnuts. To complete the illusion, transparent rose-infused sugar tiles have been added. As you may have guessed, they recall the subdued light of street lamps. A chocolate masterpiece to offer your loved ones!
📍 Location: 37 Av. Hoche, 75008 Paris
💶 Price: 105 euros available on click and collect from April 9 to 23
The Peninsula Ebony Treasure
This year, chef Anne Coruble once again celebrates French terroirs with her Eastercreation. Discover candied black garlic, a chocolate made with 40% milk chocolate from Madagascar and enhanced by roasted notes of Piedmont hazelnut. An exquisite sweet treat for Easter.
📍 Location: 19 Av. Kléber, 75116 Paris
💶 Price: 95 euros (order 72h in advance)
Ritz Paris le comptoir, for crazy eggs!
We all know François Perret’s passion for madeleines. But did you know about the Mad-Poule? A mischievous-looking madeleine, coated in intense 72% dark chocolate or 43% milk chocolate, hides a surprise inside… little milk and dark chocolate madeleines, filled with a delicious hazelnut praline. A real chocolate experience to share (or not) until May 1.
📍Location: 38 Rue Cambon, 75001 Paris
💶Price: 55 euros
Ladurée Easter bunnies
If we love Ladurée for its crazy macaroons, we’ll love it even more for Easter. For the occasion, discover a dark or milk hazelnut praline Easter egg, or fall for the charming Lala, the Ladurée rabbit. Available in milk, dark or rose-tinted white chocolate. Available now on the website and in store to order.
📍Location: 75 Av. des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris
💶Price: 30 euros
The chocolate bell of Notre-Dame imagined by Lenôtre
This year, it will be possible to devour the biggest Notre-Dame bell in chocolate! Le Bourdon is made from 2.5 kg of finely chiseled dark chocolate. This elegant creation is only available to order until April 30!
📍Location: 15 Bd de Courcelles 75017 Paris
💶Price: 500 euros