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Easter Eggs

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Girly · 21/04/2003 16:58

This maybe a stupid question but does anyone have any ideas for 18 Easter Eggs, apart from eat all of them straight away!

My two got 9 each and as ds is only 11 months ther is no way he can get through them all!

Can you cook with this type of choc, or will i just have to get even fatter?

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edgarcat · 21/04/2003 16:59

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SoupDragon · 21/04/2003 17:02

Smash them up and use them as chocolate chips in cookies or cakes. You can cook with it and melt them but you do have to be a bit gentle with the melting - I think it's better to use the traditional "bowl over a saucepan of water" method rather than a microwave...

Or simply scoff the lot.

whymummy · 21/04/2003 17:03

you could melt them and put them in ice cube trays and have them in the fridge,i was going to do that with mine but somehow i managed to eat them all,don`t regret it though!!

edgarcat · 21/04/2003 17:11

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zebra · 21/04/2003 18:14

I have a stupid question: who are you supposed to give Easter eggs to? I'm too embarrassed to ask anybody I know. But I'm a foreigner. Was I supposed to give them only to my family, to any friends, to kids down the road???

SoupDragon · 21/04/2003 18:55

You give them to anyone you want Generally close family and friends only and mainly children.

EmmaTMG · 21/04/2003 19:07

Concidering the amount of money they cost, there isn't actually that much chocolate that makes an egg shape...errr....egg! So with so many I'd melt some of them down, and make crispies/corn flake cakes as whenever I make them it takes LOADS of chocolate to get a good coating.
On a different note I saw a massive creme egg easter egg in sainsburys today, you know the really MASSIVE ones that cost about £15-£20 and it was only £5. what an absolute rip off, if I bought all the chocolate and creme eggs separately I doubt it would add up to a fiver but £15, thats obscene!

SueW · 21/04/2003 23:53

Given the number of people I have heard ocmplaining about how much chocolate their children have post-Easter, I would suggest giving them only to your own children!

Tortington · 22/04/2003 00:07

make sure you kids know they are lucky. not a card, egg, money, phone call from any of hubbies family. my kids got a 5er each off my nanna and a big box of chocs off my mum and nothing else

Moomin · 22/04/2003 00:16

My dad (who brought me and little bro up himself) hated the idea of Easter eggs because he thought they were a rip-off. He used to buy us a big Yorkie bar each and give us each a fiver. We were well-chuffed!

Zoe · 22/04/2003 08:37

My ds got chocolate from my mum, dad and sister, his godmother and a friend, so i gave him a gorgeous birght yellow cuddly duck for Easter which has proved to be a hit!(He has been christened "Quack"!)

I think I will not bother with eggs for ds in future as he seems to be getting enough from everyone else (and it is too tempting for me!)

easy · 22/04/2003 15:54

Girly, Chocolate has a fairly long shelf-life, I'd store it in a wardrobe or somewhere, and release it in dribs and drabs as treats over the next few weeks / Months..

On a different tack ....

My sister-in-law claims to be allergic to chocolate (I say claims cos she goes thru phases of all sorts of allergies, which seem to magically disappear). Her daughter stuffs choc down with no ill effects (except the expected roundness). But the 1 yr old grandson has not been allowed any chocolate eggs at all (they rejected the one we bought him ) IN CASE IT DOES HIM HARM !!!!

is it just me?? This seems over-reaction in the extreme. Apparently they gave him a square of chocolate once, and afterwards he seemed "a bit moody". Well after only one sqaure of chocolate I WOULD BE MOODY.

I think all foods and stuff in moderation is fine, and feel that they are storing up trouble if they think they can ban chocolate like that. when he gets to school he will just nick it from the other kids

Obviously I am joking a bit here, but does anyone else think this is OTT??

musica · 22/04/2003 16:01

Well, we didn't allow our ds any chocolate till well after he was 1, simply because he didn't know what it was, and I figured he would find out soon enough, so we might as well make the most of the time when he wasn't clamouring for it. And actually, he doesn't like it now!

Chinchilla · 22/04/2003 22:49

Easy -

Musica - Unfortunately for me, ds LOVES chocolate. However, he hates chips, so I am making the most of that until the McD phase kicks in!

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Bozza · 23/04/2003 11:07

My DS (26 months) is currently going through a phase of asking for chocolate every breakfast time after he has finished his porridge. He smiles though so I think he knows he is being cheeky and that the answer will be no.

Clarinet60 · 23/04/2003 23:41

Send them to me, Girly, then you won't have to get fatter.
DS1 doesn't like creme eggs, so I'm going to have to eat the ones he's been given. Hard being a parent, what?

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