Comments on: Name That Easter Candy: Hollow Chocolate Eggs

By: Lindon

Lindon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:05:49 +0000

I remember these eggs since 1960s Rome when I was a kid – just found them at a South African shop around the corner from me for £3.99. Result.

By: thandokazi

thandokazi — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:44:44 +0000

i love candy addict

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:02:07 +0000

I JUST BOUGHT THEM FOR $7.49!!!!!!!!!!!!
FROM:
http://lekker.safeshopper.com/25/1028.htm?104

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:53:48 +0000

OH BOY! I FOUND THEM or at least who makes them and where they can be bought- but by the time I ship to the U.S they may be too expensive but here it is:

http://www.letthehuntbegin.co.za/Beacon_candycoatedeggs.htm

http://www.southafricanshop.co.uk/showSingleProduct.do?productCode=1045

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:27:31 +0000

Wendy, thank you for the suggestion but I am familiar with kinder eggs and they’re not the ones. The ones I had were exactly as Ramona describes above.

By: michele

michele — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:38:04 +0000

Every year I go online and look in the Italian pastry shops for these eggs. When I was younger we would get them from the pastry shop. I just asked the owner of the pastry shop if he remembered who put them out and he said perugina. I still can’t seem to find them It had a white candy shell with dark chocolate inside that came with a trinket inside. Sold in a egg crate. I found them a few years ago from a german website. But can’t seemed to find them ever since.

By: rene

rene — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:00:59 +0000

Perugina made them. But have not been imported into the US for a long time…..if they still make them. that is what I was told by a rep of Perugina.

By: Blinky the Tree Frog

Blinky the Tree Frog — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:04:59 +0000

I live in Australia and I buy these at my local market all the time. There are a few in my fridge at the moment, in fact!

They sell them individually for about $1.20 Aust and they call them hen’s eggs. They have a very hard sugar coating lined with chocolate.

I’ve also seen them in Greek and Italian delis, so that may be another place to look.

Good luck. They are yummy :-).

By: Ramona

Ramona — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:18:50 +0000

I’ve been looking for these eggs for years. The ones we had as a child were very hard – had to slam them on something to break them apart. They were filled with a dark chocolate layer, and had a trinket. When very young, I swear they were metal charms. Later on they were like cracker jack prizes, like cars with wheels that moved. Please post if you find them. I will too.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:22:51 +0000

I appreciate the comments since Brian posted my e-mail. I still haven’t been able to find them but have a friend in Italy checking with some local chocolatiers. As Gwen points out, the egg had a thin shell with a lining of dark chocolate (1/4 inch think) and hollow in the center. No trinkets inside.

Thanks again for the comments. I will continue my search and post any findings.