Not Your Bunny’s Basket — A Guide to Elevated Easter Gift Hampers
Easter is one of those holidays that seems to be reserved for kids. The early wake-up to try to catch a glimpse of the Easter bunny and scouring the house for treats during the egg hunt are just a handful of reasons that children go nuts for this particular long weekend. However, as we get older, gorging on sickly sweet confections covered in bright foil massively loses its appeal. You don’t have to abandon the excitement of this food-filled occasion once you’ve grown up — in fact, we encourage reigniting your passion for Easter treats (albeit in a more adult way).
Forget the supermarket chocolate eggs and squashed hot cross buns — we’re here to talk you through the art of Easter gift boxes. These chic and luxurious hampers are the adult’s answer to Easter indulgence.
Leveling up your chocolate
It would be remiss of us to talk about Easter without laying down some facts about the star of the show — chocolate. As previously mentioned, Easter is usually associated with the commercial chocolate you find on supermarket shelves. This variety is generally made with refined sugar and bulk commodities cacao in a low-cost, high-volume setting. There are also often additives designed to protect the chocolate from Australian heat, as well as to create a standardised taste across the board.
While none of this is necessarily bad, the quality of artisan chocolate is a huge step up. Recipes focus on fewer ingredients of a higher quality, while production favours a more bespoke, handcrafted approach. Artisan chocolatiers are often passionate people who have been honing their craft for generations — and you can taste the effort in every mouthwatering bite. So while there’s no shame in loving a Commodore, you definitely notice the difference when you’ve been behind the wheel of a Bugatti — and the same goes for commercial and artisan chocolate.
Celebrating seasonality
So now we’ve addressed that only the finest artisan chocolate will do, let’s move on to the next vital ingredient of an Easter hamper — fruit. Gifting something light, fresh and loaded with natural flavour is the perfect antidote to the saccharine sweetness that tends to permeate most Easter treats. At Snowgoose, we’re famed for selecting only the freshest seasonal produce for our gift boxes, so our Easter offering is no exception. Our mixed fruit hampers are loaded with lovingly presented orchard-fresh picks such as perfectly plump grapes, crisp apples, zesty oranges and limes, plus exquisite dragon fruit. If you want to keep your gifting simple and sweet, opt for one of our mixed fruit boxes studded with Ferrero Rochers, or perhaps a fruity feast complemented by Belgian chocolates.
Popping bottles
There’s nothing like a long weekend to get you in the mood for a tipple or two. Plenty of our Easter gift hampers have been curated to include some of the finest wine and champagne to add that extra sense of celebration. This box with mixed fruit, Moët and Belgian chocolates is a crisp, fresh choice with that extra hint of indulgence, while an option like our Sweet Temptations box bumps up the wow factor by adding nougat, Turkish delight and honeycomb into the mix. The opulent Sweet Temptations combo is also available with Veuve, a Keith Tulloch shiraz, a Rymill Cabernet Sauvignon or even Dom Pérignon if you’re feeling ultra-fancy.
Mix and match
Why choose between sweet and savoury when you can have both? It’s a well-known gourmand law that these two flavours work in tandem to complement each other, not to mention it’s ideal to have something salty or tangy to snack on if you’ve overdone it on the sweets. A Sweet and Savoury Heaven box hits all the flavour notes — we’re talking creamy, velvety goats cheese from Meredith Dairy, Bizzarri Dolci cheese biscuits for that perfect umami, decadent Simon Johnson soft nougat, delightful T Lux Au honey-roasted almonds, Nina’s dreamy milk chocolate freckles and (of course) a selection of our finest seasonal fruits.
These flavours, textures and styles combine to create a grown-up Easter box that still evokes feelings of childhood nostalgia. Come on — when was the last time you had a chocolate freckle? The addition of nutty and citrusy notes throughout the box add more of an adult edge to the “treat yourself” nature of a box chock-full of sweets. Essentially, it’s indulgence without the sugar hangover.