I don't know how he did it (or hid it!) but somehow, in the middle of emigrating, flat hunting and moving house (and some very heavy hints!), my husband found me the best Easter Egg ever (after a really special one my parents gave me as a kid, which was a Marks and Spencers Easter egg in a nest of shredded yellow paper, with little chocolate dinosaurs inside!).

 

So here's my homage to the Hotel Chocolat 'Rocky Road to Caramellow' (or 'Rocky Road to Caramel', as they're calling it this year:

 

It comes in a box with a keyhole on the side...

 

The first, and best, thing about this is the two halves of the chocolate egg itself.  One half is Rocky Road, which is milk chocolate with a decent cocoa content and cookie chunks and crispy bits in a band around it.  The other half is smooth caramel chocolate (presumably the 'Caramellow').  Both halves are gorgeously thick, so much so that even a small chunk is very satisfying.  I almost can't believe it myself, but it took me a month to eat the whole thing, and this is Hotel Chocolat's medium sized Easter Egg!

 

And as if that wasn't enough, there are chocolates inside it too: a mixture of milk chocolate and caramel flavoured chocolates, pralines, pecan, gianduja and chewy / crispy things.  I shared some of these with the kids, along with the chocolate itself, and we all loved it, but thankfully with it being Easter, the kids had enough of their own Easter eggs to keep them busy. So what can I say, but thanks hubby :)

 

 

Find it on the Top Sellers at Hotel Chocolat page here.