Easter is almost here, and if you’re yet to buy an egg for a loved one (or yourself) there’s one supermarket you’ll want to sprint to.

In a bid to find the best seasonal treats on the high street for 2026, researchers at The Good Housekeeping Institute tried a whopping 102 products ranging from supermarket own-brand bargains to high-end items.

And apparently, one supermarket has really nailed it’s own-brand chocolate this year.

Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference The Mint One Belgian Dark Chocolate scored a whopping 89/100, making it the overall highest scoring egg, beating big brands like Cadbury and Lindor to the top spot.

Testers praised its vibrant mint-choc aroma, glossy finish and satisfying crunchy pieces. At £10 for 230g, it’s also one of the more affordable on the list.

If that all sounds a bit too sophisticated for your Easter tastes, you’ll want to get yourself to Tesco instead, which won the coverted award for Best Supermarket Milk Chocolate Easter Egg.

It’s Finest Double Layer Salted Pretzel Chocolate Egg, which retails for £14, was given a high score of 81/100.

Reviewers said the egg ‘offers the best of both’, with the pretzel chunks adding crunch, ‘bringing a lightly caramelised, biscuit-like, sweet and salty flavour to every bite’.

And it wasn’t just there where the supermarket impressed. In the children’s category, the Tesco Easter Milk Chocolate Bunny, which costs £1.50, even beat the Cadbury version.

With a very reasonable 78/100, the 100g Tesco bunny was branded the ‘best value’ on the list, with a ‘very similar creamy flavour.’

A famous fan favourite, the Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Easter Hollow Bunny, which retails for £3.75, scraped a slightly lower score of 77/100, but was still described as ‘exactly how an Easter egg should be.’

Though nothing can apparently compare to the classic Lindt Gold Bunny. This year you can get nine alongside a smooth egg, with the set scoring a staggering 86/100 from testers. They said it ‘simply wouldn’t feel like Easter’ without it.

Fanfare was also given to Morrisons The Best Signature Collection Grand Golden Egg, which weighs a whopping 1kg. This £29.50 treat came up tops as the Best Value Milk Chocolate Easter Egg.

Elsewhere, brands are getting creative with their Easter treats. Mcdonald’s has just launched its Cadbury Mini Egg range, with a McFlurry and Frappe that Metro’s food writer, Courtney Pochin, hailed as positively nostalgic.

Making the most of its beloved in-store bakery, Lidl has also gone one step further and turned some of its most popular treats into Easter eggs, including the brand new Deluxe Belgian Chocolate Croissant Bakery Egg.

It’s comprised of a golden, caramelised white chocolate shell, complete with biscuit, shortbread pieces, a milk chocolate drizzle and cocoa nibs.

And while it might look a little similar to the viral £15 croissant egg from Waitrose, at £9.99 (with a Lidl Plus app or £12.99 without), this version is certainly a little friendlier on the purse strings.

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