Exquisite handmade, hand-painted Easter Eggs from Knipschildt Chocolatier. No two are alike. The Easter Bunny would approve.
March 2005
Updated March 2008
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Gourmet Easter Gifts
Special Chocolate & Other Sweet Gifts For Your Favorite People
Here’s what we want for Easter: beautiful and delicious products from our favorite producers. Here are some of the best gourmet Easter candy gifts we could ask for. However, hot items do sell out, so don’t wait too long to secure yours.
You can click through to the manufacturer’s website to order them directly. Items are presented in alphabetical order. Price and product availability is verified at publication but is subject to change; shipping is generally additional.
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Elegant Cheesecakes:
Easter Cake
Send a sculpted cake in your choice of 13 cheesecake flavors or 13 traditional cake flavors (Bourbon vanilla cheesecake on a macadamia nut crust or pistachio butter cake with pistachio and orange buttercream, for example). All are covered and decorated with white chocolate fondant. This cake is pricey, at $500, but other options are available from $125. Read our full review of Elegant Cheesecakes, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.
Elegant Cheesecakes.com |
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Eleni’s Cookies:
Hand-Iced Cookies
You can always rely on Eleni’s for imaginative, hand-iced cookies. Whether you want something cute, like the chicks at the right, or something more sophisticated, there are multiple design themes to choose from—and you’ll want them all. From $37.50 (shown) to $65.00. Read our full review of Eleni's Cookies, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.
Elenis.com |
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The Cocoa Room:
Chocolate-Covered Nuts & Fruits
This wonderful mix of egg-shaped chocolate-covered almonds and white alpine cherries in a chic box is a gift that will be coveted by adults and children alike, and is especially appropriate for people who don’t really like big bites of chocolate (yes, they exist!). It’s also perfect for party favors. Six-ounce box, $8.50.
TheCocoaRoom.com |
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L.A. Burdick Chocolate:
Bunny Box
Adorable and sophisticated, this wooden Easter Bunny Box of white chocolate bunnies, marzipan eggs and chocolate truffles from one of American’s top chocolatiers is a great Easter treat. $27.00. Read our full review of L.A. Burdick Chocolate, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.
BurdickChocolate.com |
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L.A. Burdick Chocolate:
Easter Egg Hunt Centerpiece
Who wouldn’t want to wake up Easter morning to this charming scene of old-fashioned, molded bunnies, chocolate eggs and marzipan eggs in a ribbon-tied square of 4" high novelty grass. The large polka-dot egg holds chocolate truffles, marzipan carrots and eggs. The large bunny carries one of Burdick’s famous chocolate mice in his basket. $88.00.
BurdickChocolate.com |
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Knipschildt Chocolatier:
Quail Eggs
Knipschildt makes delicious dark chocolate quail eggs, enrobed in white chocolate and speckled with dark chocolate (at right, carton of 18, $34); and the exquisite handmade solid chocolate Easter eggs (photo at top left) in dark, milk, and white, each hand-painted and unique (9 eggs $30, 5 eggs $22). They’re almost too pretty to eat. Read our full review of Knipschildt chocolates.
Knipschildt Chocolatier.com
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Lake Champlain Chocolates:
Miniature Filled Eggs
A classic assortment of dark and milk filled Easter eggs in all the favorite flavors: Coconut Cream, Java Truffle and Raspberry Cream (dark chocolate); Caramel, Hazelnut Praline and Peanut Butter (milk chocolate). Approximately 20 eggs, $18.00. Read our full review of Lake Champlain Chocolates.
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Pierre Marcolini:
Spring Eggs
The great Belgian chocolatier makes memorable bites of solid eggs in dark, milk and white chocolate; filled caramel eggs in dark and milk chocolate; and almond praline eggs in dark or white chocolate. You can customize your mix in a 14-piece box for $38.00. Read our full review of Marcolini chocolates, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.
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Recchiuti Confections:
Oeufs de Pâques
We look forward to these each year: these Oeufs de Pâques (that’s Easter eggs in French) are a French tradition: rich force noir (dark chocolate) ganache in a dark chocolate shell. Twenty egg halves, 7.2 ounces, $28.00. Read our full review of Recchiuti confections, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.
Recchiuti.com |
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Richart Chocolat:
Gourmet Filled Easter Eggs
Richart’s filled chocolates are available in individual egg tasting boxes, or in the jumbo hollow egg shown at right, filled with minis. This year’s Mediterranean flavors include Muscat of Samos and vanilla, pine nuts and honey from Provence, Ouzo and white almonds, grapefruit and green mandarin, basil and tarragon, criste marine and lavender with ganache, praline or coulis fillings. They are exquisite! Selections from $45.40 to $119.80. Read our full review of Richart Chocolat, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.
Richart-Chocolates.com |
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Vosges Haut-Chocolat:
Spicy Chocolate Bunnies
Cutting-edge exotic chocolate bunnies in Barcelona (almond and sea salt), lack Pearl (ginger and wasabi), Gianduja (almond and hazelnut), Naga (curry) and Red Fire (ancho and chipotle). 2.5 ounces, $12.00 each. Read our full review of Vosges Haut Chocolat.
VosgesChocolate.com |
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Wen Chocolates:
Gold Chocolate Bunny
A beauty of a classic solid chocolate bunny, molded from premium Guittard chocolate and coated with edible gold or pearl dust. In 72% dark chocolate, nine ounces, $19.99 (gold) and $24.99 (pearl). Read our full review of Wen Chocolates.
WenChocolates.com |
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Williams-Sonoma:
Marshmallow Ducklings
Artistic marshmallow ducklings made by a European confectioner are light and pillowy works of art. 8.8 ounces, $12.00.
Williams-Sonoma.com |
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Williams-Sonoma:
Truffle-Filled Nest
A “bird’s nest” crafted from oak moss, lavender, oak leaves, yellow feverfew and dried miniature rose buds with 24 white chocolate, truffle-filled “robins’ eggs” in a speckled candy shell. When the candy is gone, the 11" nest is a permanent keepsake. $39.50.
William-Sonoma.com |
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Woodhouse Chocolate:
Bunnies & Nests
Woodhouse Chocolate always hits the spot. The nests have special eggs filled with brown butter ganache (it must be eaten in 7 days). Plan ahead and use them as table settings for Eater dinner. Solid rabbit, $10.00, Large Nest $12.00, Small Nest $6.00. Read our full review of Woodhouse Chocolate, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.
WoodhouseChocolate.com |
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Chocolate Covered Company:
Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Jumbo strawberries are covered in sugar-free milk, white and/or dark chocolate with theme decor. One dozen berries, $49.99.
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Williams-Sonoma:
Bunny Tea Towels
People who can’t have candy (or don’t want the temptation) can still enjoy Easter with these beauties. Woven Jacquard kitchen towels with bunny motifs that are charming year-round. $16.00 each.
Williams-Sonoma.com |
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