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Daily Record
21-04-2025
- Lifestyle
- Daily Record
Your chocolate easter eggs will stay fresher for longer if you avoid doing this one common thing
Many homes will be filled with leftover chocolate after a busy Easter weekend. Now that Easter Sunday has been and gone, many households will be filled with leftover chocolate eggs. With Easter egg hunts now a common practice in Britain, it is more than likely that homes with left with a mountain of chocolate that may seem impossible to get through. Once the novelty of eating the eggs fades, the chocolate treats may end up sitting in the back of a cupboard for months, before eventually needing thrown out. To avoid waste and to keep your eggs fresher for longer, an expert has highlighted a common mistake that we should avoid this spring. According to Vlatka Lake, a storage expert from Space Station, many of us don't realise that exposing chocolate eggs to fluctuating temperatures can have a negative impact. One of the biggest signs that chocolate is not being properly stored is something known as "chocolate bloom', an 'unsightly' white coating or streaking occurs when chocolate is exposed to high or changing temperatures, reports t he Express. Though completely safe to eat, chocolate bloom makes your eggs look less appealing and can sometimes affect their texture and taste. 'It's also essential you keep them away from direct sunlight or interior heat sources, which could cause them to melt or become misshapen,' Vlatka added. There's one more thing to remember: chocolate is easily influenced by its surroundings. Vlatka warns that storing your eggs next to strong-smelling foods could alter their flavour. 'Wherever you choose to store them, make sure you keep them away from foods with strong odours as these can easily transfer their smell and alter their flavour,' she advised. The specialist added: 'When it comes to storing your Easter eggs, you should always keep them in their original packaging, leaving them sealed until you're ready to enjoy them.' "You should then set them in a cool dry place, like a pantry, cupboard, or fridge." If you can't keep the eggs in their original packaging, Vlatka recommended transferring them into an airtight container. 'This will help prevent it from oxidising,' she explained, noting how exposure to oxygen can ruin both the taste and texture. An independent chocolate brand recently created the "UK's biggest and heaviest" Easter egg. Cocoba, based in Kent, made the chocolate creation over about five days after many hours of planning. It which weighs nearly 300kg and stands at 7ft tall and has been given the name The Good Egg - because once Easter has passed, it will be melted down and turned into about 3,000 limited edition chocolate bars. A percentage of profits will be used to support local charities - and piecing together the mammoth handiwork, which is equivalent in weight to three baby elephants, was not an easy feat, taking two attempts to get right
Gulf Today
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Chocolate makers create 300kg, 7-foot tall Easter egg – Britain's heaviest
An independent British chocolate brand has created an Easter egg which it claims is the UK's biggest and heaviest. Kent-based Cocoba made the chocolate creation, which weighs nearly 300kg and stands at 7ft tall, over about five days after many hours of planning. It has been given the name The Good Egg because once Easter has passed, it will be melted down and turned into about 3,000 limited edition chocolate bars, with a percentage of profits supporting local charities. Piecing together the mammoth handiwork, which is equivalent in weight to three baby elephants, was not an easy feat, taking two attempts to get right. On the first try, the chocolate cracked and broke when chocolatiers took it out of the mould, but on the second attempt, the egg was assembled in four pieces to make sure it would not break. Giant Easter eggs seem to be all the rage at the moment, with Cadbury World crafting the world's largest Creme Egg which weighs 45kg and is 3ft tall. Cocoba is no stranger to dabbling in giant eggs, with its 2kg and 4kg Easter eggs being bestsellers. The latest 300kg egg was born out of a product review last year which challenged the chocolate brand to go heavier for 2025. When Cocoba founder Darren Litton saw the review, he joked the chocolatiers needed to set their sights on a bigger creation. Litton said: 'We don't take ourselves too seriously and as the experts in creating giant chocolate eggs, we all had great fun in bringing this 300kg mega egg to life. 'We are also passionate about making premium chocolate products with a difference, and it's nice to be able to give something back to community by donating some of our profits. Particularly as we are aware of ongoing cost-of-living challenges and the rising price of chocolate.' Lukasz Zajac, head chocolate engineer, said making the egg was 'quite technical' because of factors including chocolate shrinking when it cools down. He added: 'It's definitely one of my biggest achievements as a chocolate engineer. 'Darren might think twice next time, before challenging us to go bigger and better for Easter!' The Independent
BBC News
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Strood chocolatiers unveil 'UK's largest' 300kg Easter egg
A Kent chocolatier has claimed to have created the UK's largest Easter egg, which weighs about 300kg and stands about 7ft Good Egg has a shell 8cm thick, a diameter of more than 4ft and is tied with a giant yellow Cocoba, based in Strood, said the egg took five members of staff a total of five days to complete, having failed the first time after it was taken out of its mould and Jassal, production manager at Cocoba, said: "It's as deep as a jacuzzi bath." "It was one January weekend and I was new to the business when I read an email which said we need to make a 250kg egg and I thought, 'we make a 250g egg', so I kept my head down thinking I was a misprint," he to the Guinness World Records, the tallest chocolate Easter Egg was made in Italy on 16 April 2011, and was 10.39m (34ft 1.05in) in this month, Cadbury unveiled their own 45kg Creme Egg. Head chocolate engineer Lukasz Zajac, who is also a plasterer, said he finished the outside of the egg with melted chocolate to smooth the surface and then sprayed it with several layers of cocoa butter."It took five us to carry this egg and prop it up right. You just don't know how the temperature and humidity can affect the chocolate and how much it will shrink," he Easter, the egg will be cracked open and melted down to make 3,000 normal-sized chocolate company says profits from these bars will be donated to good causes.
The Independent
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Chocolate makers create UK's ‘biggest and heaviest' Easter egg
An independent British chocolate brand has created an Easter egg which it claims is the UK's biggest and heaviest. Kent-based Cocoba made the chocolate creation, which weighs nearly 300kg and stands at 7ft tall, over about five days after many hours of planning. It has been given the name The Good Egg because once Easter has passed, it will be melted down and turned into about 3,000 limited edition chocolate bars, with a percentage of profits supporting local charities. Piecing together the mammoth handiwork, which is equivalent in weight to three baby elephants, was not an easy feat, taking two attempts to get right. On the first try, the chocolate cracked and broke when chocolatiers took it out of the mould, but on the second attempt, the egg was assembled in four pieces to make sure it would not break. Giant Easter eggs seem to be all the rage at the moment, with Cadbury World crafting the world's largest Creme Egg which weighs 45kg and is 3ft tall. Cocoba is no stranger to dabbling in giant eggs, with its 2kg and 4kg Easter eggs being bestsellers. The latest 300kg egg was born out of a product review last year which challenged the chocolate brand to go heavier for 2025. When Cocoba founder Darren Litton saw the review, he joked the chocolatiers needed to set their sights on a bigger creation. Mr Litton said: 'We don't take ourselves too seriously and as the experts in creating giant chocolate eggs, we all had great fun in bringing this 300kg mega egg to life. 'We are also passionate about making premium chocolate products with a difference, and it's nice to be able to give something back to community by donating some of our profits. Particularly as we are aware of ongoing cost-of-living challenges and the rising price of chocolate.' Lukasz Zajac, head chocolate engineer, said making the egg was 'quite technical' because of factors including chocolate shrinking when it cools down. He added: 'It's definitely one of my biggest achievements as a chocolate engineer. 'Darren might think twice next time, before challenging us to go bigger and better for Easter!'
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chocolate makers create UK's ‘biggest and heaviest' Easter egg
An independent British chocolate brand has created an Easter egg which it claims is the UK's biggest and heaviest. Kent-based Cocoba made the chocolate creation, which weighs nearly 300kg and stands at 7ft tall, over about five days after many hours of planning. It has been given the name The Good Egg because once Easter has passed, it will be melted down and turned into about 3,000 limited edition chocolate bars, with a percentage of profits supporting local charities. Piecing together the mammoth handiwork, which is equivalent in weight to three baby elephants, was not an easy feat, taking two attempts to get right. On the first try, the chocolate cracked and broke when chocolatiers took it out of the mould, but on the second attempt, the egg was assembled in four pieces to make sure it would not break. Giant Easter eggs seem to be all the rage at the moment, with Cadbury World crafting the world's largest Creme Egg which weighs 45kg and is 3ft tall. Cocoba is no stranger to dabbling in giant eggs, with its 2kg and 4kg Easter eggs being bestsellers. The latest 300kg egg was born out of a product review last year which challenged the chocolate brand to go heavier for 2025. When Cocoba founder Darren Litton saw the review, he joked the chocolatiers needed to set their sights on a bigger creation. Mr Litton said: 'We don't take ourselves too seriously and as the experts in creating giant chocolate eggs, we all had great fun in bringing this 300kg mega egg to life. 'We are also passionate about making premium chocolate products with a difference, and it's nice to be able to give something back to community by donating some of our profits. Particularly as we are aware of ongoing cost-of-living challenges and the rising price of chocolate.' Lukasz Zajac, head chocolate engineer, said making the egg was 'quite technical' because of factors including chocolate shrinking when it cools down. He added: 'It's definitely one of my biggest achievements as a chocolate engineer. 'Darren might think twice next time, before challenging us to go bigger and better for Easter!'
