I tried Waitrose’s most expensive viral Easter egg — is it worth the hype?

From Cadbury to Nestlé, the shops are crammed full of Easter eggs already.

And alongside the classic Creme Eggs and Terry’s Chocolate Orange filled eggs, there are also some new supermarket own-brand treats on offer.

Aldi recently got shoppers talking about its new Dairyfine Curious Inventions Easter egg, which shoppers say is ‘better than Cadbury’s’.

But there’s another shop that’s got people going wild over its seasonal goods, and that’s Waitrose.

The ‘posh’ retailer has recently wowed shoppers with its new range for 2025, which features a croissant made out of blonde chocolate (£15), as well as flat Easter eggs and some adorable Sunny Side Sam treats.

There’s also been the return of The Cracking Pistachio egg, which was the most expensive supermarket own-brand Easter egg of 2024.

This year it’s back, and it’s even more expensive, as the price has gone up.

In 2024 it cost £14, but it’s now being sold at Waitrose for £17, making it one of the most expensive own-brand eggs available in the supermarkets right now. (Only M&S has it beat with a £20 egg, also featuring pistachio.)

Compare this price tag to Aldi’s Specially Selected eggs that cost £4.99 each, or Tesco’s new Milk Chocolate and Salted Pretzel egg (£8 on Clubcard Price) and your mind will boggle.

But it’s worth pointing out that you do get more bang for your buck, as the Waitrose offering technically includes not one, but two chocolate eggs.

The decadent egg is made to look like a pistachio, with a blonde caramelised white chocolate outer shell, and a green pistachio-flavoured egg inside, which is speckled with chopped pistachio pieces.

And this year, it’s a new and improved version that’s on the shelves, with even more pistachio inside the blonde chocolate outer layer.

Social media users went nutty (sorry) over the egg last year, branding it a ‘dream’ combination of flavours. BBC Good Food voted it the best white chocolate Easter egg for 2024, and the Good House Keeping Institute proclaimed it THE Easter egg to try.

And the praise hasn’t died down since its return, with Instagram users saying it’s ‘EVERYTHING’, ‘incredible’ and ‘fantastic’.

With such rave reviews, I had to give it a try for myself to see if it lived up to the hype. Here’s what I thought of it…

The Cracking Pistachio comes in an incredibly sleek box and looks exactly like the picture on the front, which is a good start. No false advertising going on here.

As soon as you open the packaging, you’re hit with a delicious caramel scent from the blonde chocolate, which tastes rich and creamy.

And when it comes to the pistachio chocolate inside, Waitrose has done a cracking job with the flavour — it’s not too strong and not too subtle. Call me Goldilocks, because it’s just right.

The pistachio nibs add some fun texture to the mix, but that’s about it. There’s no satisfying crunch to be found – they’re more for the aesthetics than anything else.

I didn’t really know what to expect from this product as it’s not an Easter egg I’d typically go for, but I have to admit I actually really enjoyed it.

Of course though, the price is the real clincher here.

If you’ve got the money to spare and love trying quirky food, then this very well could be the Easter egg for you, and it would also make the perfect gift if you’re looking to impress someone, or have a loved one who can’t get enough of anything pistachio.

However, if you’re not particularly fussy about your chocolate – and you just want something sweet to eat to celebrate the season – then it probably won’t be worth the money for you.

As much as I liked the novelty of trying the ‘posh’ Easter egg, I’d have been equally as happy tucking into a £2 Dairy Milk Buttons egg. Call me unsophisticated if you want, but you can’t beat at bit of Cadbury – and I’ll have change from a tenner too.

This article was first published on February 22, 2024.

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