GUEST POST: 10 BEST ECO AND ETHICAL EASTER EGGS
Written by Ismay, founder of Boy Wonder, a sustainable kids fashion brand made in Britain featuring hand-drawn prints on organic cotton.
It’s great see a much better selection of eco and ethical Easter eggs available this year in our shops and not just specialist health food shops too but even in Aldi!
So, if you want to do you bit this Easter to cut back on plastic waste, avoid palm oil or go plant based then check out our picks of the best and where to find them. Some of these are far too nice for the kids!
Ismay Summary, founder of sustainable kids fashion brand, Boy Wonder.
Moo Free • Tony’s Chocolonely • Booja Booja • Divine • Montezumas • Green & Blacks • Nomo • Happi • Buttermilk • Hip
Moo Free
£3.50
Free from: Dairy, soya, palm oil & gluten
Recycled plastic packaging
Rainforest Alliance certified chocolate in egg, bunny and hamster shapes. 110g
Variety of flavours including honeycomb, chocolate orange and white chocolate. Some eggs have a bag of choccy buttons or a chocolate bar inside.
Available at: Most supermarkets except Sainsburys and online
Tony’s Chocolonely
£4.49
Free from: Slavery, palm oil, plastic
Tony’s have a selection of bundles and pouches as well as this cute egg box and also a milk lemon meringue bar. The egg box has all their different flavours in from popping candy to milk pretzel toffee. 150g
They do vegan options but not in the Easter section.
Made in Britain
Available at: Sainsburys, Co-op and Tesco
Booja Booja
£9.99
Free from: palm oil, dairy & plastic
Organic chocolate truffles made in Norfolk in hand-painted papier mache Easter eggs made in Kashmir, India
Flavours including hazelnut crunch, fine de champagne and come in two sizes 34g and 138g
Available at: Asda, health food shops and selected stockists
Divine
£5.00
Free from: Palm oil, dairy free options
FSC certified packaging & B Corp certified company which is co-owned by cocoa farmers
Fairtrade chocolate, organic egg in three flavours: Raspberry, dark and milk. 90g
They also do mini eggs.
Available at: Co-op, Tescos and other stockists and online.
Montezumas
£6.00
Free from: palm oil and also dairy free options
Recyclable, compostable or biodegradable packaging and ethically sourced cocoa.
Chick shaped eggs in organic chocolate with milk alternative (like no udder) and chocolate buttons. 100g. They also do milk, dark and white chocolate eggs, hens and chicks.
They support the Children on The Edge charity
Available at: Own stores around the UK, various stockists including Tescos, John Lewis and online.
Green & Blacks
£6.59
Free from: palm oil and also dairy free options
Organic and fair-trade
Dark chocolate suitable for vegans or milk chocolate eggs in 2 sizes with 2 chocolate bars inside. 135g
Available at: Most supermarkets and online
Nomo
£6.00
Free from: Palm oil, dairy, gluten, eggs and nuts
Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa
Various flavours including caramel, fruit crunch and caramel sea salt and come with a chocolate bar. 207g
They also do a little monsters egg and a cookie dough bunny
Available at: Tesco, Holland & Barrett, Waitrose, Asda and on Amazon
Happi
£11.99
Free from: Slavery, plastic, dairy, soya, palm oil and gluten
Ethically sourced
Made with oat milk and has 35% less sugar than other leading Milk Chocolate brands. 170g
Flavours: plain milk, orange, salted caramel and white raspberry
Happi donate 1 per cent of its annual sales revenue to good causes and mental health charities.
Available at: Selfridges, online and coming soon: Ocado, WHSmith and Holland & Barrett
Buttermilk
£6.00
Free from: Dairy, palm oil, plastic and gluten
Four flavours; zingy orange crisp, salted caramel, honeycomb blast and plain. Comes with buttons or a soldier 175g
Zero waste – 100% recyclable packaging
Made in Britain
Available at: Tesco, Sainsburys, Holland & Barrett, Waitrose, Asda, Ocado, Amazon, Hannon Fine Foods and online.
Hip
£8.00
Free from: Dairy, palm oil, slavery and plastic
Thick salted caramel flavour chocolate egg with oat milk 150g
Available at: Holland & Barrett, Selfridges, selected stockists and online