This amount of Easter eggs

Why are you telling us about it though?

Yes I think it's too much, but as you've said; there are reasons why you do it. So don't see the point in you posting.

This is really not a big thing OP and certainly not a hill to die on, regardless of what some people are saying.

Its A LOT
I appreciate that your sons needs mean you have to get 10 but for most people its excessive
I am not anti chocolate but just getting so much of anything means its hard to appreciate it IMO

You don't actually know because you haven't tried it

The relevance that I’m pointing to, is not offering him 10 Easter eggs in the first place. That’s on you. You could’ve said two or even one! That’s my point, for everyone criticising me for not being on board with autism.

If he doesn't eat them all save the empty boxes and foil and just get them out each year.
Its ridiculous, either this or ride out the storm one year, just buy 5 and create a new normal. Yes there will be a tantrum but fine it's one year and it will do them the world of good. Even autistic children do not have to just be given everything they want, yes it might upset them more but just being given everything they want isn't good for them either when it's a load of junky easter eggs.

Yes it's a lot but you do you 🤷🏼‍♀️
No one can tell you how to parent your kids, especially not a load of strangers on the internet.

That's a silly thing to say of course there's a difference. You could buy 2 small £1.50 eggs and then buy one of the egg Hunt kits/boxes that contain about 12 small hollow eggs and give him 8 of those. That would be vastly vastly less chocolate and would probably cost barely £10.

I think you just enjoy seeing 10 huge brightly coloured boxes but it's absolutely ridiculous.

I understand to some degree, especially with strong minded children. But to volunteer, which is not the same as giving into something, to promise to get a child 10 presents or 10 chocolate eggs every Easter is still ridiculous in my mind. It’s promoting greediness if anything.

Better to be fat than a massive arsehole

It's quite easy to fall down these rabbit holes with kids and hard to extricate yourself (and them) once you're in them. All it takes is going through a tough patch where you're under pressure from all angles and you give in a few times, and suddenly you have a whole host of new bad habits to deal with.

YANBU. I think it's great you've found a way to regulate a stressful experience for your DS so he can enjoy Christmas/Easter/Birthdays etc. It's 10 not 100 and within your budget and not like he's eating them all in one go and getting sick. It wouldn't work for all DC/families but it does for you so I'd crack on.

I did read the OP’s original post. She said and I quote :

“I’ve always said that birthday and Christmas is at least 10 presents and 10 eggs at Easter”.

Why did she had to say that? whether her child is autistic or not is irrelevant. She didn’t have to say that. So it’s all on her, even if that’s the inconvenient truth. She has set up the problem herself, whether he eats them or not. The fat/health problem was more directed at people generally who just stuffed their kids with all of this crap. Like I said, ridiculous post, buying 10 Easter eggs for a child who may or may not either.

I think it’s fine, it sounds like a nice tradition and it’s not like you’re giving him that much chocolate every week!

My kids get amounts of chocolate at Easter (and similar at Christmas) that would horrify lots on here, but I let them gorge themselves and we return to normal levels of sugar for the rest of the year. No weight, teeth or eating issues so far 🙂

That's an awful lot of chocolate.

I diidn't get any eggs this year as they so expensive but did buy some small ones for Easter egg hunting from lidl..the ones in little bags. Just been into tesco and lots of large and small Easter eggs left and everyone looking at them. Some like me said they not had an Easter eggs this year. Very few were taking them as even half price they were still very expensive.

Turn it in 🤣

One of the most stupid foods I’ve read on MN my fault for looking!

Autistic or not, who starts after giving their children 10 chocolate eggs for Easter? Ridiculous. No wonder people are so fat in this country. (that is not a dig at fat people by the way, who have many reasons for being fat that is out of their control, one of them being giving loads of crap food when they were children by ignorant and indulgent parents)

How old is your youngest, is he old enough to understand why you always buy 10 eggs each? If he doesn't really eat much chocolate anyway wouldn't he prefer a different gift/money to spend on what he likes?

It probably is “too much” but I did it as well.

Partly, I also left it too late and couldn’t get the small ones I wanted to do an egg hunt. So I panic bought what I could (£34 between two kids, yes, too much).

Partly, my kids don’t have much family so I tend to try and compensate this by getting them lots so they don’t notice.

As it turned out, some family we don’t see much crawled out the woodwork and also got them eggs.

so they very much did end up with too much.

However, it’s just chocolate. It’s not gifts and tat that’s going to end up in landfill.

they will eat it a bit at a time over the coming weeks, and I like your idea of melting down to make cakes.

Oh OP, I know exactly what you're dealing with here - and I wouldn't worry a bit about doing this if it works. I find myself doing all sorts of things for my child that I'd never have imagined I'd have to do as a parent - it just comes with the territory. And there's nothing nicer than cornflake crispies with leftover chocolate!