Easter Eggs are they a waste?

Question

do you buy easter eggs or do you think they are a wate of money
what do you buy instead if anything

Answer 1

I used to be in charge of two easter egg production lines and they are the biggest waste of money in the confectionary trade. most, but not all are made from recycled chocolate. The second cost is the package material then staff wages. All the broken ones also get recycled into other products. One of which is a very popular coloured bean sold in tubes.

Answer 2

The answer is yes I think they are a waste, but not for the reason you think. I think they are are a waste because I find the chocolate terrible and because the packaging is excessive and goes straight to waste.

The reason I find the chocolate terrible is probably because I was brought up in Switzerland, where the shops go crazy with animal-shaped chocolates around Easter, not just eggs. You also get hen chicks and rabbits..., not all of which normally lay, as you probably know. It is a matter of taste whether you like Swiss chocolate or Cadburys better, but I made my choice long time ago!

Also in Switzerland all these things come in very thin see-through plastic wrapping. Now I don't like plastic much, but at least this keeps the waste to a minimum. And as people see what is inside, they tend to be more careful so hardly of them get broken before getting sold (+ they're Swiss anyway!).

Easter chocolate has always been a great tradition in my family. My parents would hide them all around the house, and in the garden and all of us kids would rush to find them. But I have to say that it is difficult to continue this tradition in the UK. All we get is tiny Lindt eggs or chicks in gold-coloured wrapping for something like 4 pounds. Great quality but at that price there is no risk of indigestion!

Mind you nothing is perfect, even in Switzerland: in 2002 they had a major fire in one of the main chocolate factories in the country. About 4 million pieces were destroyed (=melted, can you imagine the sight and the smell...), that's about 40% of the total production. If you don't believe me, check out www.migros.ch, the name of the factory is Volketswil. So then Migros, the dominant Swiss supermarket chain, were working 24 hours a day in three shifts to catch up. You bet they take Easter chocolate seriously!

Anyway, one of these days we will start painting real eggs with our own children for a change. They keep well so we will always end up eating them anyway.

Cheers

Answer 3

My family always colored regular (boiled) eggs and those were our 'easter eggs'...the kids had easter egg hunts and when all that was done, all the eggs that were in good shape were later eaten. There was no waste.

All the easter candy purchased (chocolate bunnies, peeps, etc) got gobbled up as well...I don't recall there ever being "waste" although all the sweets weren't good for us. LOL!

I guess I don't really understand your question...what would be a waste? I didn't know you could buy "easter eggs" but it makes sense for pre-decorated ones to be available...are they not edible like the ones you'd make at home? Why waste them?

Answer 4

Buy Easter eggs? I make them--if I have the time.

I buy an Easter egg dyeing kit, usually by Paas. I boil white eggs, then dye them according to instructions. I display them in the basket for a day or two, then put them in the refrigerator, then eat them.

I may dye the eggs in different colors, or decorate them in special ways. For example, a few times I have used crayons and yarn to make the eggs look like people I know! I got this idea from a newspaper comic strip when one character was decorating Easter eggs to look like movie critic Gene Shalit.

If you mean the chocolate eggs, I might buy the Cadbury ones or the ones from Snickers or Reese's. I usually don't buy those smaller chocolate eggs. I might buy the jelly bean eggs.

Answer 5

If the person you buy the egg for doesn't eat or like them...yes it's a waste. But most children...and women love chocolate! If you want another idea for a present instead of eggs, what about a lovely basket of spring flowers, a home-made simnel cake (traditional easter cake), a piece of jewellery in the shape of spring flowers - if you're religious, crucifixes, bibles...remember, it's the most important festival in the Christian calendar.

Answer 6

I love the chocolate of an Easter Egg, so I get them every year. Cant wait until I can eat them again because I have given Chocolate up 4 lent!

Answer 7

I don't buy anything, as we remember the sacrifice made for us by Jesus Christ when He was slain and then resurrected.

Easter is of pagan traditions, hence the rabbits and eggs.

The eggs are a waste of money from the point of view that they are generally inferior chocolate sold at greatly inflated prices! If you feel the need to buy something, then spend your money on some nice, good quality chocolate that you can enjoy!

Blessings, Gypsy Queen

Answer 8

I realised from a very young age that I got more chocolate for my spending money in block form than in an Easter Egg. Possibly one exception is creme eggs, which I don't know in any other form. Have they gone smaller, or is it just that they started to look smaller when I grew bigger?

Answer 9

Do you mean the plastic eggs or the hardboiled and colored eggs?

If you are buying new plastic eggs every year, then yes. However, we use ours over and over again each year, and will do so until they're worn out and broken! My daughter plays with them all year long, either pretending that she's a farmer gathering eggs or that she's shopping and buying eggs. We haven't had to buy new plastic eggs in over 6 years.

The dyed eggs will *definitely* get eaten. Egg salad, pickled eggs, Scotch eggs, deviled eggs, curried eggs (chop or dice the eggs, mix with a curry sauce, serve over rice), tea eggs, toppers for green salad, etc... all sorts of ideas!

Answer 10

Easter eggs have Always been a waste of money, little chocolate and lots of fancy packaging, still, we all like to receive one don't we DD?