The price of an Easter egg

We are happy to tell you a story that concerns many small artisans like us.

Artisan eggs are handmade one by one by master pastry chefs (not by the thousand in a huge factory).

The chocolate used is usually of the very highest quality (we use Caffarel and Carma), because it is precisely this choice that lets you taste the difference compared with an industrial product.

But beyond the workmanship and the choice of raw materials, artisan eggs are often also hand-decorated using materials and techniques that require a great deal of time and skill.

Another factor to consider, beyond comparing prices per kg, is certainly size. There is no doubt that, for the same weight, artisan eggs look much smaller than industrial ones.

This is because an industrial machine can move liquid chocolate very quickly, creating a very thin layer of chocolate. When the same work is done by hand by a master pastry chef, moving the mould at "human" speed, the amount of chocolate that gradually sets is far greater.