Easter treats from chocolate and pastry boutiques

From chocolate Easter eggs made to look like lace, to eggs handpainted by master chocolatiers at French boutique Patrick Roger, here’s a look at some of the seasonal products for the holiday that usher in the spring.

Laduree collector box Easter 2012

Ladurée
Ladurée has launched a new collector’s box for Easter that depicts two entertwining bellflowers. A box of 8 macarons is £14.10 or around €17.

Pierre Herme easter egg 2012

Pierre Hermé
Hermé calls this egg, chocolate lace. €43.

Dalloyau easter egg 2012

Dalloyau
Coated in a robin’s egg blue, this special Easter egg from Dalloyau is made with 70 percent Venezuelan cacao. Between €70 to 220.

Patrick Roger Easter Eggs 2012

Patrick Roger
No two Patrick Roger egg is the same, as each is handpainted in a spray of white and gold colors. Starts at €49.

De Neuville easter egg 2012

De Neuville
This year, the Easter theme for chocolates out of French chocolate house De Neuville is the circus. This fellow, a chocolate clown, is €15.70.

Laduree macaron Chocolate Kalamansi

Ladurée
Among the new macaron Easter flavors this year: Chocolate Banana, and pictured here, Chocolate Kalamansi, or Chinese orange.

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