Monday 6 April 2015

Chocolate Easter eggs


For the final day of Easter holiday, I thought I'd post some Easter pictures. Well all right, some chocolate egg pictures (sorry, no frolicking naked in the nature... as fascinating as these ancient traditions may be, this part of the world is simply too cold for them).

The problem with Easter eggs is that most of them hardly deserve to be called “chocolate”. Their taste barely resembles chocolate, and if you look at the ingredients list, they're mostly just sugar. This goes especially for those eggs that contain a surprise – I guess children aren't supposed to care what the “chocolate” tastes like, they only want the tiny toy inside. Alas, this seems to be true; our six-year-old used to favour eggs made of somewhat better chocolate, but now that she's a little older, she doesn't care. She eats them all. (Interestingly, though, she eats the chocolate first and only when it's all gone she opens the little container to see the surprise inside.)

Fortunately for us chocolate lovers, you can also find chocolate eggs that are quite tasty and even delicious.

The best example are my absolute favourites: Fazer's Mignon. These are solid chocolate/nougat eggs that come in real eggshells! Fazer has been making these since 1896. Now there's an Easter tradition I can get behind!




I also happen to like these: the green ones have a hazelnut nougat filling, the orange ones come with an almond nougat filling.



And some dark chocolate eggs with liqueur fillings: amaretto, crème de cassis, advocaat and whisky cream.



Plus a variety of small eggs with fillings that range from nougat to orange, strawberry and vanilla cream.




Those were mostly for kids, but naturally I had to sample a few. ;) They were also used to decorate my version of pasha, a traditional Easter treat that contains, among other things, quark, raisins and almonds (the shape isn't very traditional, simply because I don't have a proper mold – I just make one out of an empty ice cream container). The chicks behind the pasha seem to be having a wild time...


9 comments:

  1. Herkkujen juhlaa koko pääsiäinen!
    Taas pukkaa haastetta sinulle...käy kurkkaamassa!
    IHANAA LOPPUVIIKKOA!

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    1. Kiitokset haasteesta! :)

      Pääsiäiseen mahtui kyllä herkuttelun lisäksi myös pikavisiitti ensiapuun, kun sain antibiootista allergisen reaktion... mutta kaikki hyvin, ei ollut vakavaa - ja onneksi oli suklaata jolla lohduttautua. ;)

      Ihanaa loppuviikkoa sinnekin! :)

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  2. Great pictures!!! :)

    But - I have to ask - what "frolicking naked in the nature" is that? Even the Easter Bunny is... well... "furrily" dressed!!! :D

    i-reader

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    1. Thanks, dear i-reader! :)

      Haha, "frolicking naked in the nature" was something of a private joke... referring to ancient customs of celebrating the arrival of spring. ;) Eating chocolate eggs seems rather tame in comparison!

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  3. Oh, spring, so beautiful... The summer here was yesterday. Now, we have to wait one more year - at least - for the next summer. Today it's fall again... :/

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    1. Nooo! :(

      Well, it isn't much different here. Yesterday, when walking with my daughter home from preschool, we saw some flowers and some bushes with tiny green leaf buds! A little later, it started snowing. The snow didn't stay long, however, so there is hope! :)

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  5. Wow! Snow in April is kind of different, I suppose... :/ The spring has arrived later around here... There aren't as many flowers - like daffodils, tulips etc - as you'd normally see. Even the trees are late to develop their new leaves... I think that after that day of summer last week, the plants started to believe that the weather might change a bit and have decided to produce some flowers and new leaves. Today was surprisingly sunny and beautiful, though still cold. But I'm not complaining. I'll take sunny and cold over cloudy and cold any day!!! :D

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    1. Well, snow in April isn't exactly unusual here... it happens sometimes. We also had a couple of hail storms last week.

      Yes, sunny and cold is better than cloudy (or rainy!) and cold! I hope it gets warmer there and that you'll have many lovely spring days. :)

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