Sometimes in my life I find myself wanting to pinch myself because things are great, and last Wednesday night was exactly one of these moments. I headed to London with Lisa (who I discovered lives really close to me!) and went to taste 12 different Easter Eggs with Quidco, the UK Money Bloggers (including Lotty from Lotty Earns, Anita from Mrs Bargain Hunter, Andy from Be Clever With Your Cash, Lynn from Mrs Mummy Penny, Lisa from Unicorn Daydreams, Leanne from Broke in the Big Smoke and Sara from Debt Camel) and journalists from The Telegraph and The Mirror. Definitely a “pinch me” moment.

The event was put on by Quidco in a bid to find the UK's best value for money Easter Egg. It was simple – we would have to blind taste test 12 different Easter Eggs and rate them on taste alone. Then it was revealed which Easter Egg was which, including how much they cost. We then rated them on how much value for money they offered to come up with our winner. It was a tough job but someone had to do it

The results

I am really pleased to see that one of my favourite Easter Eggs was crowned the best value for money. The Mars Bar Easter Egg is just £3 at Sainsbury's and comes with two Mars Bars – I don't like Mars Bars so I was surprised that it was my favourite egg! The most expensive egg, the Heston by Waitrose Golden Egg was the only chocolate that I couldn't eat because I didn't like it. Thus proving that I am cheap to please! Here are the Easter Eggs ranked in order of value for money compared to the taste.

 1. Mars Bar Easter Egg

Taste: 4/5

Value for money: 4.1/5

2. Asda Extra Special Belgian Chocolate Egg

100g, £2 at Asda, £2 per 100g

Taste: 3.6/5

Value for money: 3.25/5

3. Kinnerton Thomas and Friends Bumper pack

100g, 80p at Asda, £1.25 per 100g

Taste: 3/5

Value for money: 3.25/5

4. Tesco Easter Egg Hunt box

350g, £5 at Tesco, £1.30 per 100g

Taste: 3/5

Value for money: 3.1/5

5. Dairy Milk Buttons Easter Egg

128g, £1 at Asda and Morrisons, £0.78 per 100g

Taste: 2.9/5

Value for money: 3.1/5

 

6. Asda Free From Easter Egg

115g, £3 at Asda, £2.61 per 100g

Taste: 2.9/5

Value for money: 2.8/5

 

  7. Lindor Lindt Easter Egg

Taste: 3/5

Value for money: 2.7/5

 

 8. Thorntons Classic Milk Chocolate Egg

220g, £1.82 at Waitrose and Ocado, £1.82 per 100g

Taste: 2.9/5

Value for money: 2.6/5

 9. Moo Free Bunnycomb Egg

100g, £7 for two at Waitrose, £3.50 per 100g

Taste: 3.2/5

Value for money: 2.6/5

 10. Lidl Favorina Easter Egg

80g, £0.79 at Lidl, £0.99 per 100g

Taste: 1.9/5

Value for money: 2.4/5

 

 11. Heston by Waitrose Golden Egg

365g, £20 at Waitrose and Ocado, £5.48 per 100g

Taste: 3.2/5

Value for money: 1.9/5

12. Divine Fairtrade Milk Chocolate Egg

55g, £3 at Ocado, £5.45 per 100g

Taste: 3.4/5

Value for money: 1.8/5

Giveaway

Quidco have kindly offered a great selection of Hotel Chocolat Easter goodies as a competition prize. Simply answer the question below to be in with a chance of winning. Entries close at midnight on Sunday 20th March 2016.

Win Hotel Chocolat Easter goodies!

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