These beauties were just a little too tantalising!
Mr M and myself made our way to France over Easter. Family and friends greeted us with these rather beautiful and very yummy Oeuf de Paques. Chocolate dreams, the Oeuf de Paques, or Easter egg, is something really rather significant in France.
As much as it is in England, Easter eggs are a good way for chocolate companies to promote themselves, however there is still a very huge proportion of the population navigating to the local chocolatier or even patisserie to pick up a variety of Oeuf de Paque to treat friends, family and of course children.
The local baker will offer a selection of hand made and home made chocolate eggs, chocolate hens and potentially some exotic inspiration for this Easter. Some bakers may decide to purchase eggs from a supplier but most bakers will make his own in advance and the village will either place an order or purchase in store the egg that takes their fancy.
Oeuf de Paques are scattered arounf the house and garden for children, and some adults, as part of a traditional Easter egg hunting finishing in a sugar high!
As these delicacies are hand-made, they come wrapped in florists cellophane and lots of beautiful ribbons adorns the hand-made packaging. Usually a little piece of cardboard will stand the egg-up but sometimes the eggs are simply just wrapped and left to roll around precariously. Although it has to be said eggs are very popular in France and so they are not left rolling around for long!
It has to be said that all eggs, hens and more are filled with more chocolaty delights. I was very disappointed by my Marks & Spencer bunny this Easter. Not only was he rather expensive, but he was as empty as our hosepipes...
In France, eggs are filled to the brim with more chocolate, praline, nougat and sugared sweets. Carefully eggs are rattled to listen to this treasure infested egg, and delicately the egg is cracked open and then demolished! Some sweets are beautifully wrapped in coloured foils, but others are simply open to the elements.
What I love about these Oeuf de Paques is the fact that the inside treats are not wrapped in plastic, the egg itself is plainly wrapped in cellophane and there is nothing more. In the UK most of us are buying packaging with a tiny amount of chocolate inside and it's never very satisfying...
The little chocolate hen never saw me coming, had no time for escape. I quite literally demolished, ravished this chocolate supreme in minutes. I must say this was one of the best chocolates I have tasted and I relished the fact that this was made in the local bakery. Friend of the family, and on a daily basis supplying bread and desserts, this chocolate hen was carefully moulded, painted, filled, and wrapped with love, care and joy.
Mr M received a sweet little egg with edible glitter, and in all honesty he better not leave it lying around too long, because I've already eaten half of it and it does not have much longer to see day light!
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and you are still enjoying you chocolates!
Marie V
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