How many of you actually bought chocolate eggs this year? (feddit.uk)

submitted 3 weeks ago by tetris11@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

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They brought them out front and center at my local supermarket, and either they are selling like hotcakes that are constantly being replenished.... or literally no one is buying.

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[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 10 points 3 weeks ago

I'll buy them all in a few weeks when they're 20p each in the "discount frozen food" shop :)

[-] NKBTN@feddit.uk 7 points 3 weeks ago

That's the annoying thing... I had a feeling about 5+ years ago you could buy them discontinued at the supermarket itself the week after easter. Nowadays it seems they get rid of the entire stock at midnight on Sunday

[-] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Check the expirary dates on the ones they stock currently, they take the unsold inventory and ram it back in the warehouse these days : /

[-] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I only bought 9 this year, for myself and my partner. Super happy that there are extra thick eggs now. Rounded off with one from the Solid Chocolate Co.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago

Solid Chocolate Co

Woah never heard of these guys. Damn that's a lot of chocolate

You have NINE of these bad boys?

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm diabetic, so it might kill me, but I really want one of those! :o

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 3 weeks ago

Why have I not heard of these???

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 7 points 3 weeks ago

Not me.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah same. In earlier years I might have gotten one to share as a cheap replacement for the usual crummy chocolate I buy.

But this stuff looks neither cheap nor appetizing (the packaging looks shite, and the eggs all look hollow with the associated chocolate buried in a separate packet in the packaging somewhere).

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I've cut out added sugar apart from special occasions but I'd still pick up something for family or friends (Malteaster bunnies or white chocolate and raspberry eggs have been popular in the past) but I haven't seen anything that didn't look like a standard chocolate brand trying a rip-off egg with underwhelming contents. I might look a bit harder tomorrow but I can't see myself getting anything this year.

What I have noticed is an attempt to sell seasonal tatt as they do at Halloween and Christmas - I've even seen "Easter bunny please stop here" signs and lawn decorations that seem an increasing trend.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

Urgh my ex's mother was really into buying that tacky Easter house furniture stuff. Every year, always something new.
At the same time, her house was genuinely very inviting compared to the spartan shack I lived in, so I guess there's something to it

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

I bought a few for my wife and kid, just to do the whole easter egg thing, but they were already on offer a few days ago. I got some of the big Kit Kat eggs for £3 each, and the small eggs for £1.50, when they've been about double that in the past.

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

We got a couple for the kids. Went to Sainsbury's yesterday and the shelves were full where usually they'd be half empty this close to Easter.

[-] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

I bought some for family members. Others in the supermarket yesterday were buying them too. Supermarkets probably do bring in a lot of stock in the run-up to Easter.

I wonder what happens to the unsold stock. Sold at a discount after Easter maybe? I've never noticed that but I've never bothered to look really.

[-] snaprails@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

The unsold stock are returned to the warehouses where they hatch into next years Easter bunnies. Circle of life an’ all that.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

Is that where those chocolate bunnies come from?

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

I haven't bought any and yet our kitchen has like 8 in there. I think someone is trying to give me diabetes.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think I've ever bought a chocolate egg, they just seem to accumulate. Kind of like candy corn.

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 3 weeks ago

I thought the same earlier there was shed loads in the supermarket. Idk why

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

I've honestly yet to see anyone carrying one, though maybe I'm just not looking properly

[-] Schal330@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is the first year in my life I haven't bought any chocolate eggs. I feel like the quality of the chocolate does not justify the price, and the price is far too high.