to think that Easter eggs free of dairy products should be more available?

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I am looking for an Easter egg with no milk products in it. My GS is allergic to dairy and egg products. He is ill if he has any. I have rung all my local supermarkets and, this year, Sainsbo's, Tesco and Marks and Sparks do not have dairy free Easter eggs. Only my local Morrison's has some. That's all right for me because I can drive there but what about those who have no Morrison's near them?

Last year, Sainsbo's had some but I was too late; they had all gone when I got there so I had to make do with bars of chocolate with Easter rabbits on them (better than nothing, I suppose). I am looking early because I have to post it. I already have one for his sibling.

I suppose they might be available at small establishments but that would make them more expensive, wouldn't it?

Waitrose has them and I think it was under a tenner, and I am sure I saw some in Sainsburys today. They may have been in the "free from" section rather than the normal easter egg displays though.

Waitrose do normally have a range called moo free which has a dairy free easter egg as I am lactose intolerant and it is very hard to find easter and christmas products.

You can also get one off Amazon, as that's where I have got mine from

Have you tried www.moofreechocolates.com/dairy-free-chocolate/products/dairy-free-milk-chocolate-easter-egg.php I think you can get them on Amazon.

I think you are being a bit unreasonable as there's a limited market for them and shops are there to sell stuff. They are available online and yes, with smaller numbers being produced they will be more expensive.

I don't think you can complain about the price (under a tenner) as there's no human right to cheap chocolate

There is no 'should' about it.

Shops are businesses not charities. They stock things that sell well or they go out of business.

Sainsburys always have df eggs, and I know Waitrose had several as I was idly looking yesterday - and no more expensive than elsewhere.

If you went into any large branch of any of the big supermarkets, I bet they would have df eggs; customer services just don't realise

Small independent establishments normally exist because they meet a gap in the market that supermarkets can't meet - either location or products. Supermarkets are businesses and will sell what makes them most money. If there is limited demand for a product, they won't stock it.
So yes YABU

I generally manage to get one, but it is always the same design every year! No lovely free mug or anything else...

Divine do dark chocolate eggs, but say they're made in a factory where milk products are used.
www.divinechocolate.com/shop/easter/small-70-percent-dark-chocolate-easter-egg/ (they do a bigger one, too)

Hotel chocolat have these, but the chocolate mightbe a bit strong (I know divine chocolate is perfectly acceptable to my kids, but have never tried HC)
www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/Fun-Easter-Gifts-P111248/

Lotsof choice at these places
www.dietaryneedsdirect.co.uk/cnb/shop/dietaryneedsdirect?op=catalogue-products-null&prodCategoryID=40
www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/shelf/SE.html (have to sift through the product info on this one)

YANBU but I'm surprised you're having trouble finding them. Waitrose usually have a good selection of dark chocolate eggs, though I haven't had a chance to drool over them this year.

And, of course, Easter eggs are so expensive for the amount of chocolate you get, why not get some bars of chocolate (I assume you have some acceptable brands at your disposal) and moulds and have a bit of fun making your own?

this one looks nice

and apparently thornton's does one.

LaurieFairyCake

Yes, as far as you know there is a limited market for dairy free products but I think it's a larger market than is generally known. The number of children / people with allergies has grown substantially over the last few years. We all know about nut allergies because of the notes on packets ('may have been in contact with nuts' etc).

And, with six GCs, I am not in a position to spend more than £3 or £4 on an Easter egg - whatever sort.

I'm concerned with dairy free products at Easter but what about those who have a coeliac condition and their being able to have hot cross buns or simnel cake / Christmas cake.

Yes, shops are there to 'sell' things but there is a market out there that is ignored!

www.kinnerton.com/Products/Seasonal.aspx

Kinnerton does allergen free chocolate.

eh? You said your grandson was allergic - buy the other 5 cheaper ones then - isn't that obvious?

They're not all allergic are they?

There's loads of dairy-free/nut free/coeliac stuff out there - it costs more - but that's because of capitalism - if there was a far greater market out there then someone would have tapped it already

thorntons do a free from sort of range dd2s friend has a glutten allergy so she gets her chocolate presents from there I can imagine they would do a dairy free ,

I have had this problem in the past, thank god for the internet. [http://www.holosfoods.com/dairy-free-easter-eggs/?gclid=CN_-jO2Gra4CFQ8MfAodfVsD9g here] are some great ones. [http://www.easter-eggs.org.uk/thorntons-luxury-dairy-free/ thorntons]] even Ebay

sorry thorntons and lots here

Make your own?

Most supermarkets stock a haribo "egg", a plastic egg full of haribo goodies, as far as I remember it was about £4.
I don't really do eggs at Easter, we make a treasure hunt to find small plastic eggs with numbers inside. The numbers correspond to small gifts I have in a bag (usually stuff they would need anyway like toothbrush, toothpaste, pyjamas), some have mini marshmallows or raisins in too.
That said, moo free chocolate is actually nice.

waitrose usually do Kinnerton ones.

sainsburys usually have something in - dairy free chocolate lollipops, or bars, or eggs.

otheriwse online.

Montezumas (expensive), Hotel Chocolat, or Artisan du chocolat all do some dairy free ones.

the vegan site might be worth a look too.

Dietary Needs Direct (online store) or Goodness Direct also have a range of eggs/shapes/bars too.

hth.

Ioinionated Mum

Thank you. Kinnertons have no Easter eggs at present so I have e-mailed asking them if they will be coming in.

*Opinionated Mum

Sorry

All the supermarkets do dairy free eggs now. I think you're looking a bit early. I've never had a problem finding something. If I buy one of the ones in a plain box I sometimes swap it for a cheap egg in e.g. A buzz light year box, so DS gets the same as his cousins.