Cupcake Continent: 10 Easter Eggs

0. Normal Easter Eggs in True DIY Style

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But who is happy settling for normal nowadays?

1. The Leaping Hare Egg by Rococo

Rococo Hand-Painted Egg No.3 with Leaping Hare Design, £25.00.

2. The Aristocratic Egg by Ladurée

Les Marquis de Laduree, £11.75 small, £37.50 large,71-72; Burlington Arcade, London.

3. The Art Deco Egg by Claridges

Quick! There are only 100 available for sale: http://www.claridges.co.uk/easter-egg/

4. You Crack Me Up by Hotel Chocolat

Filled with 10 pieces of piped smiley faces, chocolate brownie, pralines with cookies, fried eggs with melt away hazelnut paste, solid bunnies and chicks cast in milk, and caramel chocolate for £27.

5. Milk Chocolate Hen in a Bamboo Bowl by Haigh's Chocolates

Milk chocolate hen nested in bamboo bowl & 2 x 35g milk chocolate hand foiled eggs at AUD $28.50.

6. The Golden Mayan Egg by Louis Barnett

For the Mayans 3,000 years ago, the seeds of the cacao trees in the Yucatán forests were considered gifts from the gods. "Wars were fought over chocolate, and the beans were used as currency," Louis Barnett. Here is the £89.99 golden egg made by the talented 21 year old chocolatier exclusive to Selfridges. Read his story here.

7. Large Dark Swirled Egg by The Chocolate Society

750g of luxury dark 70% French Valrhona chocolate, swirled with seven pretty cocoa butter colours.

8. Egg in a Cup by Astier de Villatte

Classic example of when you cannot judge an egg by its cover because the Astier de Villatte website is very creepy, in my opinion... Nevertheless, the brand has an impeccable reputation for producing some of the finest Parisian home decor, cutlery, and furniture.