And have you seen the 1kg chocolate blocks?…It doesnt mean that one person has to eat it in one sitting. For goodness sake people start being responsible for yourself and your children and stop expecting the world to fuss over your kids

Jesus fucking Christ…. it’s all kinds of chocolate bars; rolled into a hollow egg. Of course it’s full of sugar and is a calorific bomb to take your breath away. Easter is celebrated over 4 days in every 365. As a 40 year old who has spent most of her life battling eating disorders… don’t make out that the celebration is evil or bad. Choose your gifts wisely… make the egg hunt about following a trail of a destructive bunny. We reside the same plastic egg shells and only half of them will have a chocolate egg in them. Let the kids have that ONE morning where they feel sick from eating too much chocolate. Help them understand that our bodies don’t function well if we don’t look after it. Teach them to share their eggs, but also provide a safe place for them so that they can eat them slowly and learn to self regulate.

Trust me, a lifetime fighting your body fat outweighs a sore tummy and learnt lessons ONCE a year

It’s chocolate, of course it will have over the top sugar amounts. If parents are so concerned about the high sugar levels, either don’t let your kids pig out on it or buy the big eggs as share chocolates. Easter only happens once a year, let the kids enjoy it, just keep things a little under control

It’s not marketed specifically for children though, is it? I mean, adults also buy and enjoy Easter eggs for themselves and share them. It seems kind of silly to get upset about Easter eggs being unhealthy. Surely nobody thought they were good for you? They’re seasonal, that’s as much of a “sometimes food” as it gets.

This could be for a family to share? It would be fun to smash such a large egg.

Aren’t parents supposed to be monitoring what their children eat? Could they not buy this item? Since when is it always everyone else’s fault and not your own. It’s about time parents started to be exactly that and say no occasionally

It will be broken down and a child can only eat so much. Then the rest probably thrown away as other eggs will be there to eat too. It’s qualitynot quantity anyway. If you’re opposed don’t buy it.

Portion sizes are getting too large! But at the same time, you’re not meant to eat an entire large easter egg in one sitting. Perhaps share it with the whole family, see how long you can make it last for – parents need to step up and guide kids into learning how to eat sensibly. That might also mean not purchasing something this size with an explanation OR if given this egg, explaining why they need to be sensible with eating it.

I agree the sizes of eggs and other items are getting too large and ridiculous but you as a parent do not purchase these items or ration them out. I have always done that at easter time as they have too many well meaning gifts from family and relatives. That’s all you need to do. Find good hiding spots. Toddlers and four year olds don’t have money so that isn’t such an issue.

I know parents who break them into small pieces, it it in a container in the top of the fridge and “ration” it. large ones last a few weeks….or even months. I actually bought some large ones one year that were a lot cheaper than the smaller ones not only by price but also by weight. We rationed them out.

Just give it to your child a little bit at a time.

Why would you let your child eat the whole thing in one go? I limit my kids Easter eggs they only get a couple a day. One bunny they get 3 days out of.

English article. Can you even buy this egg in Australia?

It won’t make any difference if they put an age restriction on Easter Eggs. People are still going to buy what they want to for children. I think it’s a stupid idea and one I definitely wouldn’t take any notice of

If this egg was broken up and shared with all the family there would be no problem with too much sugar. It is only once a year that we indulge so outrageously in chocolate, where is the harm in that.

Easter is one holiday/celebration a year. If this egg is an issue, don’t buy it. But, I don’t know of any kid that eats all their Easter Eggs at once anyway. I think it’s more the excitement of the eggs rather than eating them. We often melt them down for other things, or put them out for others to eat. I can imagine this large egg being broken down, put in a bowl, for everyone to share.

Don’t buy it if you don’t want your kid to eat it SIMPLE….me on the other hand bring it on….especially for night duty munchie time.

I won’t buy this one but we certainly will have some eggs. Making chocolate is fun and you can make it as healthy or unhealthy as you want. We like to make bread chickens and bunnies too and stick them on a pole.

It’s tough because you don’t want to let your child have too much of an egg in one sitting… But they get so many from friends and family! I wish people wouldn’t buy my boys eggs!

Surely mums aren’t letting the kids eat it all in one sitting! Parents have to be in control of the amount their kids are consuming

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  • • Ellen replied
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  This is not always the case.
  One of my foster children has kleptomania and she steals daily 3 or 4 items out of the lunchboxes of her peers. I’m not in control of what she is doing or eating. My husband got a Christmas cake from my friend at Xmas (nearly a kg cake). She stole it and ate it all at once. I actually went to the Gp, who told her she could end up in hospital eating this amount.