This year’s trend is savory Easter eggs, but do you really want to trade a piece of chocolate for cheese? SARAH RAINEY puts them to the test

Forget choosing between milk, dark or white; This year’s hot trend is savory Easter eggs.

But while sweet and salty can make for a successful flavor combination, do you really want to indulge in cheese, pork or even caviar instead of your usual piece of chocolate? SARAH RAINEY puts them to the test.

CREAMY WHITE CHOCOLATE CAVIAR

King’s Oscietra Caviar, £16.70 for 10g, kingsfinefood.co.uk

Combining earthy-flavored caviar and a white chocolate egg (sold separately) is said to enhance the creaminess of the chocolate.

I’m skeptical because seafood isn’t my favorite, but it’s delicious—even with my cheap Milky Bar egg: the salty, tangy bubbles of caviar add flavor and texture, making the chocolate look smoother. 5/5

SALTY MISO DARK CHOCOLATE

Cox & Co Cacao Miso Caramel Dark Chocolate Egg, £7.20, waitrose.com

This 47 percent Colombian cacao egg is flavored with natural caramel for sweetness and white miso powder, the Japanese soybean paste.

Unfortunately, the dark chocolate is thin and too bitter to counteract the savory miso, so the whole thing tastes more like a healthy food than a treat. 2/5

THE ULTIMATE ‘CHEESE-TER’ TREAT

Blacksticks Easter W’egg’dge, £4, butlercheeses.co.uk

There’s something wonderfully indulgent about tucking into this slice of creamy Blacksticks blue cheese, wrapped to look like an Easter egg.

Eggstra Porky Easter gift, from £19.95, snafflingpig.co.uk

The taste is sharp and buttery at the same time. I recommend combining with a piece of intense dark chocolate. 4/5

DELICIOUS PORK PICK-ME-UP

Eggstra Porky Easter gift, from £19.95, snafflingpig.co.uk

A perfect choice for snack lovers. There is no chocolate here, but seven packs of 40 gram pork snacks, in flavors such as mustard and BBQ.

The taste of maple syrup reminds me of roasted honey ham, and I would prefer this to a classic chocolate egg. 5/5