Best Easter hampers 2024 tried and tested, including Cadbury's, Thorntons, Hotel Chocolat and more

The Cadbury Easter Chocolate Family basket is a 20" wicker gift hamper packed full of classic treats to suit Cadbury fans of all ages. There are classic favourites from Dairy Milk and Cadbury Buttons to the Cadbury Dairy Caramel Nibble Easter Egg and a Cadbury Mini Eggs Special Easter Egg with two bags of Mini Eggs included. 

Shopping Editor Heidi Scrimgeour says: For many kids - my 10-year-old daughter included - nothing says Easter like Cadbury's. So you can imagine her delight when Cadbury's sent us the most enormous box of this year's top Easter treats. Our absolute fave is the Cadbury Fingers Ultimate Easter Egg -  think the thickest Cadbury's egg shell you can imagine, with scrumptious chunks of Cadbury Fingers liberally sprinkled throughout the egg. Yum. The other huge hit was a packet of Cadbury Mini Eggs Orange - the first Mini Eggs flavour development in over 50 years and well worth waiting for!

A classy keepsake wicker basket containing a collection of seven of the most sought-after Easter treats from Hotel Chocolat, including the Milk to Caramel Nibbly Egg and six melt-in-the-middle Salted Caramel Cream tiddly eggs. There's also a Chocolate Sandwich sculpted from a 3D scan of a slice of real wholemeal bread cast in 50% milk chocolate.

Shopping Editor Heidi Scrimgeour says: Hotel Chocolat sent us some items from the Ultimate Easter Hamper to try. The showstopper is the Extra Thick Everything Egg - a milk-dark and milk-praline fusion filled with truffles, pralines, and caramels in an elegant keepsake tin. The Happy Easter H box is another winner - this selection of decadent chocolate eggs would make the perfect after-dinner treat when your Easter feast is over. My daughter loved the creamy caramel milk chocolate 'Elizapeck' chick so this hamper is a good choice if you want to wean a youngster onto quality chocolate.

This 12-inch wicker hamper is stuffed with 32 different varieties of sweets and chocolate. You can personalise it too by choosing from a selection of gift card designs and adding your own message. Inside you'll find everything from retro favourites like fizzy bubblegum bottles to chocolate classics like Curly Wurly.

Shopping Editor Heidi Scrimgeour says: 'WOW! This is a dream come true for kids and hands down the best hamper you could send if you want to spoil some lucky youngsters this Easter. The traditional hamper and packaging makes it feel really special - like something Harry Potter might get in the post at Hogwarts - and the amount of sweets stashed inside was mind-blowing for our ten-year-old tester. It's brilliant value for money because you could easily spend this much on a couple of large Easter eggs but have little left to show for it - whereas this tuck box should keep kids going for months.

This one's for the hardcore hot chocolate lovers out there. There's some Yummiest Hot Chocolate from Spice Kitchen, decadent marshmallows from The Naked Marshmallow Co, and a bag of Joe & Seph’s Orange Chocolate Popcorn plus an IMP & MAKER 16-piece Chocolate Truffle Selection Gift Box - all the ingredients for a perfect Easter movie night at home.

Shopping Editor Heidi Scrimgeour says: Everything about this feels like a luxurious indulgence, from the fancy black wicker hamper to the carefully curated selection of decadent chocolate treats inside. It's more of a chocolate-themed gift set for grownups than a traditional Easter gift but there are some cracking treats for chocolate lovers - we loved the impressive Cocoba glass jar of giant Belgian Chocolate Buttons and the Ace Of London Chocolate Rocks Coffee Dunkers are some of the tastiest cookies you'll ever comes across - just perfect for dunking in your Easter Sunday cup of coffee!

Chococo is an independent artisan business set up in Dorset in 2002 and the brand is still crafting all its chocolates by hand in small batches. They sent us a hamper bag of assorted treats including their best-selling Milk Chocolate Dorset Dinosaur Easter Egg - a nod to Chococo’s home on Dorset's Unesco World Heritage Jurassic Coast.

Shopping Editor Heidi Scrimgeour says: This is sustainable, ethical chocolate and we particularly love that Chococo’s packaging is 100% plastic-free and recyclable or compostable. My 10-year-old chocolate-loving daughter adored the Geometric Chocolate Easter Bunny in Blonde Chocolate and couldn't get over the cool shape or the tasty flavour - she'd eaten the whole thing before I got to sample it! My favourite item was the Sea Salt and Cocoa Nib Slab which contains 47% award-winning milk chocolate from Colombia and is studded with roasted cocoa nibs from Madagascar.

This 18-inch classic wicker basket with leather straps makes a real statement gift if you want to make a serious fuss of someone this Spring. Inside are seven delicious treats including a super delicious Blonde Chocolate, Raspberry Crumb & Shortbread Biscuit Easter Egg with Truffles and a selection of Salted Caramel Quail Eggs. 

Shopping Editor Heidi Scrimgeour says: This is an Easter hamper with serious wow factor. We felt we were opening something worthy of the Royal household - which makes sense since they held a Royal Warrant to supply hams to the late Queen! But the best thing about this hamper is the fact that it's not just focused on chocolate. There are plenty of delicious chocolate treats here but the Simnel Cake added a lovely twist of traditionalism to our enjoyment. I shared mine with my 80-year-old mum who raved about how tasty it was - and went home with half of it in her handbag to share with friends!

A compact but decadent gift box filled with luxe chocolate treats from a range of different brands, including Machu Picchu coffee-flavoured chocolate from The Chocolatier and a Choc Affair bar of handmade dark chocolate. We particularly enjoyed the slab of Love Cocoa's best-selling salted caramel milk chocolate and the packet of giant chocolate buttons.

Shopping Editor Heidi Scrimgeour says: There was the most fabulous whiff of chocolate as we opened this - we're not sure how they made that happen but it added to the overall excitement. It's about the size of a small shoe box - and it's a reusable;e gift box rather than a traditional hamper but we were amazed by how many goodies were packed inside. Highlights included the quirky jar of Thursday Cottage chocolate and orange curd - yum. We also enjoyed Choc Affair's award-winning caramel hot chocolate flakes, which are ethical and sustainable.

This sharing box of choc delights from Lindt contains all the iconic treats you'd expect including plenty of the Swiss chocolatier's best-selling Easter products, from delicious Lindt Gold Bunnies to Lindt Bugs & Bees Milk Chocolate. There's a personal touch too as you'll get to add 750G of a selection of Lindt Pick & Mix of your choice. 

Food Editor Jessica Dady says: “Put aside that fact that you don’t get a keepsake gift box or hamper and you’ve still got an impressive collection of Easter chocolates for the whole family to enjoy from a well-known and sought-after brand that certainly gives Easter a good name. The Lindt chocolate bunnies and bundles of Lindor Truffles in a variety of different flavours made the perfect combination which was easily shared between myself, my husband, and our two kids. We found there was something for everyone in this collection, that’s for sure.”

Whether you want to send a gift to loved ones or just treat the household to something to enjoy over the Easter period, this Easter Family Sharing Hamper is just the ticket. From milk and white chocolate Happy Bunnies and Classic chocolates to Thorntons Pearls and Continental Alpini Pralines, there's plenty here to please chocolate lovers of all ages. 

Food Editor Jessica Dady says: “My two children love a Thorntons hamper - last year’s was a huge hit and they remember getting one the year before too  - in particular the milk and white chocolate Happy Bunnies went down a storm as the perfect Easter treat. The Continental Alpini Praline Bag, Thorntons Pearls, and Classic chocolate box are also utterly delicious but certainly not to be shared with little ones though as they are far too nice. I recommend hiding them out of sight as soon as the hamper arrives and stashing them away to enjoy once the children have gone to bed.”