Taste of Spring pralines box.
Easter weekend is upon us. Queue the chocfest. Like many parents struggling to encourage our children to understand healthy eating, we have a firm rule in our house; chocolate is a treat saved for weekends and special occasions. Which means the kids are ridiculously excited about Easter Sunday, but it’s worth the wait.
UK tastes in the chocolate have changed over the last decade, leaning more towards artisan recipes higher in cocoa content. High street chains such as Hotel Chocolat, and more locally Montezuma, are a sign of our increasing demand for more variety than plain old Dairy Milk. The mainstream range of Easter eggs in major supermarkets is frankly lacklustre and hasn’t really changed radically from my childhood. With the exception of companies such as Lindt who really swing for Easter fun with their range.
There’s the Gold Bunny Story Book for the kids to enjoy, while I have already devoured a box of the Taste of Spring pralines!
Lindt’s Swiss style chocolate is slightly higher in minimum cocoa content than Dairy Milk, around 30% (vs DM’s 26%) and tastes less sugary, more creamy than some British brands. This pioneering chocolate company also has a commitment to using superior ingredients and conducting business sustainably and ethically. Removing at least one layer of guilt from the indulgence!
However, it is the classic Lindt Gold Bunny which has become a firm favorite in our house. In fact, we don’t be having an Easter ‘egg’ hunt at all - it will an Easter gold bunny hunt on Sunday.
Choose Ethically this Easter
Lindt did generously give us a stash to sample but all the views are my own. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & SprĂĽngli AG who make Lindt chocolate have an Ethical Consumer company rating of 8/20 compared to Cadburys (now Mondelez Europe Services GmbH) who score only 4/20. Hotel Chocolat score 14 while Sussex-based Montezuma score a whopping 15.5/20 - compare that to Nestle who only score 1.5/20.
