To wonder who on earth buys Easter eggs in January?

KimberleyClark · 2026-01-04T11:48:04+00:00

Tesco is full of them now! It's just nuts.

pinkperm · 04/01/2026 14:02

I know lots of people who buy mini eggs and creme eggs as soon as they come into the shops. But buying the big eggs now is just barmy, they’re full price at the moment and will come down/be on plenty of deals over the next few months.

Vaxtable · 04/01/2026 13:59

Just bought my first (and last due to the cost) big bag of cadburys mini eggs, my fav choc ever

will have to make the most of them

Oldandgreyer · 04/01/2026 13:57

How many of them say Easter?

They might be January eggs.

Davros · 04/01/2026 13:31

Easter eggs you say? That’s my dinner sorted

Sahara123 · 04/01/2026 13:29

Crwysmam · 04/01/2026 13:17

Popped into Waitrose yesterday. Made the mistake of dragging my DS(21) in with me, and we spotted that they had the 1kg bags of mini eggs on the shelves already. As we didn’t have any chocolate over Xmas, none of us are big fans, I treated DS to a bag but it will take him all month to finish them.

I was about to agree Easter eggs on sale now is ridiculous, but a kilo of Mini eggs !🤤

Ella31 · 04/01/2026 13:28

MuttsNutts · 04/01/2026 12:06

I don’t but I like it – reminds me that Spring is on the way 🐣

That's a nice way of looking at it. I always feel a bit down when the christmas buzz is over but today the weather is clear and fresh, blue sky. Liked the thought of longer evenings and outdoor activities on the horizon

Sahara123 · 04/01/2026 13:27

Whosthetabbynow · 04/01/2026 12:17

Valentine cards in Tesco between Christmas and New Year. wtf? Also something I can’t stand; people snaffling the reduced Christmas wrapping paper a few days after the event. Where’s the fun in that?

I did this yesterday, I bought nice paper this year from Sainsbury’s and yesterday it was 25p in store, why wouldn’t I buy some for next year ?! It’s just wrapping paper, not fun, needs to be as cheap as possible in my opinion!

NewYearNoIdea · 04/01/2026 13:24

feelingalittlehorse · 04/01/2026 12:25

What I’ll say is, the number of packets of mini eggs consumed by yours truly in 2026 isn’t 0…

Bloody love Mini eggs! 🐣

JustAnotherBoyMaman · 04/01/2026 13:19

I always buy them after easter when they are all on promo 😂😂😂😂😂

Dragonflytamer · 04/01/2026 13:19

I love an easter egg! The reminder that spring is coming. I just wish they woudl agree the spring celebration bank holidays were on fixed day like say the first weekend April, rather than the crazy moon date.

Crwysmam · 04/01/2026 13:17

Popped into Waitrose yesterday. Made the mistake of dragging my DS(21) in with me, and we spotted that they had the 1kg bags of mini eggs on the shelves already. As we didn’t have any chocolate over Xmas, none of us are big fans, I treated DS to a bag but it will take him all month to finish them.

OriginalUsername2 · 04/01/2026 13:04

I wonder how much palm oil vs chocolate are in the eggs this year? Fingers crossed they still taste good.

SoapyDrama · 04/01/2026 12:59

PrincessHoneysuckle · 04/01/2026 12:50

Dont they go out of date?

Chocolate lasts for months, I'm pretty sure no one's making Easter Eggs that go out of date before Easter are they?

SoapyDrama · 04/01/2026 12:58

youalright · 04/01/2026 12:49

I will happily buy mini eggs when they are available

You need to get to Tesco, they are on offer

Fbfbfvfvv · 04/01/2026 12:57

I went into Iceland a couple of days after Christmas to see if I could get some Christmas reduced stuff for New years Eve - the aisle had been completely changed over to Easter.
I think we are all just stuck on a hamster wheel of spending money.

grinchmcgrinchface · 04/01/2026 12:54

Ive already had four creme eggs. Don’t like easter eggs though they don’t taste right.

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KimberleyClark · 04/01/2026 12:53

ThankYouNigel · 04/01/2026 12:25

I remember seeing Halloween stuff toward the end of August and thinking please can we just enjoy our Summer holiday, I’m still trying to finalise back to school shoes (which isn’t just shoes: shoes, plimsolls & wellies), I don’t want to start thinking about Halloween yet! 😂

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It's like the Back To School stuff that appears the moment the poor things have started their long summer holiday!

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HoppityBun · 04/01/2026 12:51

The answer to the question is, the same people who are eating mince pies in October. Every year people complain that Christmas stuff is in the shop so early and then every year people say that oh! they’ve already eaten them so they’re going to go back for some more.

I wonder why the shops do that? Could it possibly be something to do with sales?

PrincessHoneysuckle · 04/01/2026 12:50

Dont they go out of date?

Minty25 · 04/01/2026 12:50

Our local Coop put them out on Boxing day !

DecafSoyaLatteExtraShotPlease · 04/01/2026 12:50

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Creme eggs eaten so far: 3
Bags of mini eggs eaten so far: 2

In my defense, these are vegan equivalents which are hard to get and once they're gone they're gone, so it pays to act early!

MinnieMountain · 04/01/2026 12:49

I wonder if it's a specifically British thing? I was in Germany last February and the supermarket only had a shelf of mini-egg type things.

At least our local Asda is focussing on Ramadan.

youalright · 04/01/2026 12:49

I will happily buy mini eggs when they are available

MildlyAnnoyed · 04/01/2026 12:47

My FIL bought them regularly from various places depending on where they were £1. He loved them so he bought them because he could!

user2848502016 · 04/01/2026 12:47

There were mini eggs in my local shop this morning, actually felt disgusted looking at them after all the excesses of Christmas!