£5 egg outscores £70 rivals

A £5 (€5.80) supermarket Easter egg has beaten rivals costing up to £70 in an annual taste test.

The Chokablok American Dreamcake egg sold at Tesco scored 84/100 to take the title of Good Housekeeping’s Easter Egg of the Year, impressing judges with its “varying textures, enticing design, and value for money”.

Competitors included the £70 Hotel Chocolat Half and Half Ostrich Easter Egg and the Harrods Chocolate Brownie and Raspberry Egg, which costs £24.95.