Eggsciting treats this Easter

WITH Easter fast approaching, we put on our bunny ears and went foraging for top-class eggs.

We found plenty of regular eggs from well-known brands, but wanted to include eggs for anyone with dairy or sugar intolerances, usually found in health food shops and speciality food shops.

Those trying to avoid sugar completely will find it more difficult. They will be labelled ‘no sugar added’ as they cannot claim to be sugar-free. The best of these we found was from the Chocolate Shop in English Market, Cork (€10 for half shell + 11 chocolates) and it, like others we looked at, contains maltitol instead of sugar. Maltitol is a sugar alcohol and sweetens in much the same way as sugar does. However, it still has a high glycaemic level, and therefor is calorific.