Thorntons

Every year my grandmother-in-law gives me Thorntons chocolates for Easter. Just as I associate daffodils and moss with Easter and my own grandmother (we spent every childhood Easter at their place in Yorkshire, with every Easter Saturday spent in the cool and damp church in the village helping my Grandmother and the flower arranging team with the Easter flowers, with me and my sisters in charge of the miniature Easter garden complete with rolled stone) I associate Thorntons chocolates with Easter. Martin obviously does too, as the first egg he ever bought me was also from Thorntons. That’s a story for another time though.

This year, Thorntons sent me one their milk chocolate spectacular egg to try, which incorporates both a chocolate egg and a box of their chocolates. And spectacular is definitely the word for it – it is enormous! It is almost 2 presents in one, as the little box below actually contains 12 chocolates.

The egg arrived at work and so I shared it with my team – one of my colleagues took a mini cricket bat to it (which proved an excellent tool) and everyone crowded round with much excitement to try a piece. It was universally popular, both in taste and in that there was enough egg to go round the whole team. This isn’t a small egg; it’s a decent size that even the hardiest of Easter egg consumer will probably have enough for two sittings…

If you’re looking for gift idea for Easter, take a look at the other Thorntons eggs and gifts. Not of all of the eggs are so large, so there’s plenty of choice. I was quite taken by the rabbits and am thinking of ordering one for Pip, as she is obsessed by rabbits.

I also happened to notice that if you spend £30 then delivery is only £1. My egg arrived safely parcelled and even passing through a corporate post room, it still arrived intact without even any box damage.

Happy Easter!

Thank you to Thorntons for the egg for review. In the interests of full disclosure, I was not paid for this post. You can read my sponsorship policy here.