New York’s bounty of gourmet treats should more than egg-ceed the expectations of the city’s young sweet tooths.
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FOR BASKET CASES
Finally, an Easter basket that’s a perfect fit! The Bunny Pants basket (below, $45) from Dylan’s Candy Bar (1011 Third Ave.; 646-735-0078) is shaped like a pair of trousers with suspenders, and is filled to the brim with Dylan’s chocolate bars, a Dylan’s whirly pop, Cadbury eggs, Peeps and more. For fun, add the jelly bean-filled bunny eggs ($8 for a pack of four, also below).
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FOR CHOCO-HOLIC BUNNIES
New York’s own Willy Wonka, Jacques Torres, has been busy whipping up chocolate masterpieces (right) in his laboratory (350 Hudson St.; 212-414-2462). This year, sink your teeth into the milk- and dark-chocolate Smiling Bunny ($17), hopping on his hind legs and grinning ear to ear, or the adorable white-chocolate Lamb ($20), seated on a meadow with a pink flower tucked behind her ear. Also not to pass up are the peanut-butter-and-chocolate Robin’s Eggs ($10.50 for a pack of 12).
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FOR DOWNTOWN CHICKS
Ditch the drugstore Peeps and put a personal spin on an Easter classic with marshmallow chicks, made with fresh egg whites, sugar and gelatin, from TriBeCa bakery Duane Park Patisserie (179 Duane St.; 212-274-8447). The cute chicks are sold in a box of 10 ($18) and are available in yellow, pink, purple and blue.
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FOR AN EGG-TASTIC TIME
Fabergé doesn’t have anything on the Swedish papier mâché masterpieces available at the West Village’s Swedish sweet shop Sockerbit (89 Christopher St.; 212-206-8170). This year, it imported vintage eggs from Sweden. The ornate and colorful eggs depict chicks and bunnies busy at work collecting eggs on a sunny spring morning. The Swedish tradition is to fill them with candy and hide them in the house or garden for children to find. You can fill the eggs, which come in three sizes priced from $3 to $5, with Sockerbit’s delicious marshmallow bunnies and other Swedish gummies and chocolates ($3.25 per pound).
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FOR CUPCAKE LOVERS
Open this charming vintage egg carton, and you won’t find just any old eggs. Instead, it contains mini-cupcakes resembling robin’s eggs, in vanilla and chocolate with vanilla buttercream icing and topped with blue chocolate-covered sunflower seeds. Magnolia (multiple locations; 855-622-5379) whipped up these festive versions of its popular cupcakes for the spring. Full-size confections are also available and come topped with pretty pastel icing and Easter decals ($3.50).
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FOR ANIMAL- LOVING FAMILIES
The Chicken family invites you to spend Easter with them — these milk- and dark-chocolate egg-shaped chickens are available at Neuhaus (569 Lexington Ave.; 212-593-0848, and Grand Central Terminal; 212-972-3740). The friendly chicks are sold separately ($19) and as a family of three ($40). Also available, a metal egg filled with 18 smaller chocolate eggs ($28).
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FOR ROYAL BUNNIES
Want to feel like you’re on an egg hunt with Will and Kate? Gorge on Cadbury Creme eggs, Dairy Milk chocolates and other Brit treats stuffed in a basket from the London Candy Company (1442 Lexington Ave.; 212-427-2129). The UK-inspired basket ($49.99) comes complete with a Union Jack flag and a mug that says “Keep Calm and Eat Candy.”
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FOR BLOOMING BROOKLYNITES
In the mood for classics with a twist? Sweet spot Dewey’s Candy in DUMBO (141 Front St., Brooklyn; 718-422-1333), known for novelty and retro confections, has plenty to offer this season. Kids will gobble up the Easter kabob ($3.25), a lollipop of gummy bunnies and decorated eggs coated in icing and sugar. Or try the Choco Treasure egg ($1.95), a chocolate-coated egg filled with a toy. Dino-loving kids will enjoy the Prehistoric Egg ($3.50), with a white-speckled candy shell and a gummy dinosaur inside. Dewey’s also offers Bunny Corn ($10.99 per pound), a twist on the Halloween favorite in pastel green, yellow, pink and blue.
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FOR A SPRING IN YOUR STEP
Good luck not falling down this decadent rabbit hole. With “Alice in Wonderland”-inspired chocolates, Vosges (132 Spring St.; 212-625-2929, and 1100 Madison Ave.; 212-717-2929) brings a little whimsy to the Easter table. A sampling of its Easter collection includes Mad Hares, toadstools and golden eggs. The adorable Flop-Eared Bunny ($12) comes in three delicious flavors: peanut butter, toffee and smoked almond with sea salt. The real scene stealer is the Enchanted Mushroom ($75), which has a white-chocolate exterior filled with a dark chocolate, hazelnut and reishi mushroom ganache.
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