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Chocolate free Easter eggs for kids?

  • 11-04-2017 02:44PM
    #1
    worlds goodest teecher
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    Any one know if there is anything like a sugar free Easter egg available in the shops. We don't give our child chocolate but want her to have the experience. In Sligo.


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  • #2
    gizmo81
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    All I can think of is the Moo brand which are Dairy, gluten, GM, soya free.

    I'm sure there's a sugar free easter egg, but I'm thinking of diabetic chocolate which could have adverse affect on toddler
    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    Any one know if there is anything like a sugar free Easter egg available in the shops. We don't give our child chocolate but want her to have the experience. In Sligo.


  • #3
    freshpopcorn
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    This is the only one I really know of.

    http://www.chocolates.ie/?ECProduct=252

    Theirs lot of stuff such as dairy, Gluten, etc free from eggs out their.


  • #4
    Moonbeam
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    No, unless you get her small plastic ones and put a treat of your choosing in them.

    Aldi do dairy free,gluten free etc eggs but they are still chocolate.

    I bought mine an easter teddy at that age.


  • #5
    lazygal
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    You could dye ordinary hens eggs in different colours, lots of ideas for using onion skins and turmeric with a quick google search you'll see the techniques.


  • #6
    dori_dormer
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    There's large paper ones in tiger, you could put a toy inside?


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  • #7
    afkasurfjunkie
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    Unless the kid has an allergy surely chocolate once a year would be ok? The experience IS the chocolate.


  • #8
    worlds goodest teecher
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    Moonbeam wrote: »
    No, unless you get her small plastic ones and put a treat of your choosing in them.

    Aldi do dairy free,gluten free etc eggs but they are still chocolate.

    I bought mine an easter teddy at that age.

    I like the idea of the Easter teddy, cheers.


  • #9
    worlds goodest teecher
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    afkasurfjunkie wrote: »
    Unless the kid has an allergy surely chocolate once a year would be ok? The experience IS the chocolate.

    I'm sure that she gets it from her relatives when we're not there, and when she starts going to birthday parties it is going to be impossible to stop her, we just want to go for as long as she can without getting hooked on the stuff, and starts demanding it.


  • #10
    worlds goodest teecher
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    dori_dormer wrote: »
    There's large paper ones in tiger, you could put a toy inside?

    Gonna look into this, thanks.


  • #11
    ThisRegard
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    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    I'm sure that she gets it from her relatives when we're not there, and when she starts going to birthday parties it is going to be impossible to stop her, we just want to go for as long as she can without getting hooked on the stuff, and starts demanding it.

    You have the power here to say no. She won't get hooked and won't be going out buying it for herself.


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  • #12
    January
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    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    I'm sure that she gets it from her relatives when we're not there, and when she starts going to birthday parties it is going to be impossible to stop her, we just want to go for as long as she can without getting hooked on the stuff, and starts demanding it.

    They don't demand it if you don't let them demand it :)


  • #13
    tickingclock
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    January wrote: »
    They don't demand it if you don't let them demand it :)


    Completely agree with this. It's Easter after all. One or two eggs won't do them any harm. Everything in moderation


  • #14
    Beanybabog
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    I think it depends on how old the child is? Like growing up I rarely got sweets and chocolate so Easter was a massive deal I look fondly back on the memories of counting how many eggs I got!! On the other hand I see babies being fed chocolate and while they may like it, it's pointless.

    If you're torn, buy a dark chocolate egg...I'm an adult and I think that stuff is muck lol


  • #15
    worlds goodest teecher
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    Beanybabog wrote: »
    I think it depends on how old the child is? Like growing up I rarely got sweets and chocolate so Easter was a massive deal I look fondly back on the memories of counting how many eggs I got!! On the other hand I see babies being fed chocolate and while they may like it, it's pointless.

    If you're torn, buy a dark chocolate egg...I'm an adult and I think that stuff is muck lol

    I prefer dark chocolate, some "dark" chocolate has nearly as much sugar as regular chocolate though. 70% or 80% chocolate Easter eggs have proved hard to find.

    Went with some of the advice above. Went to Flying Tiger shop. They had a nice little egg painting thing.


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