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Easter provides many opportunities to create a tablescape, whether its for Good Friday morning’s toasted hot cross buns, or a big lunch on Easter Sunday. It can be playful or elegant, abundant or simple. Our only rule? That there's chocolate, plenty of it.
For something a little whimsical, suspend colourful foiled chocolate eggs from branches in a vase.
Choosing chocolate is our take on the German Easter tradition of Ostereierbaum, where trees are normally decorated with wooden eggs, ceramic eggs, or hollowed-out painted eggshells.
For sturdy hanging, use florist wire or twine. Wrap a fine piece of wire around the egg. Twist the ends to form a loop, then thread twine or ribbon through to tie onto the branches. For the branches, gather something like forsythia, cherry blossom, twisted hazel, hawthorn, or pussy willow.
Image source: Martha Stewart
Our Chocolate Chicken and Eggs Boxes would make such a sweet place setting.
Place a chicken at the centre of each guest’s plate, or set it just beside the plate, nestled in a small berry basket or on a bed of shredded paper or raffia. If you’re adding name cards, thread one through a ribbon and tie it around the hen’s neck.
For extra effect, the foiled eggs that come with our Chocolate Chickens can be scattered around the plate or even tucked into a loosely knotted linen napkin. Guests could enjoy their chocolate place settings then and there, or pack them away to take home.
A large chocolate egg (or two) sitting in the centre of the table would be a cracking centrepiece.
If space on the table is tight, bring the egg out after the plates are cleared. Keep it nestled in its box, the foil loosely peeled back.
Breaking the egg open could be a moment after dessert, with shards passed around with coffee. Guests can tap the shell with the back of a spoon before breaking it apart to share - like an Easter chocolate piñata for the table!
Miniature chocolate eggs are great for scattering down the centre of the table. Let them tumble between plates, fresh spring flowers, and place settings.
Guests can reach for them throughout the meal, unwrapping as they go. For a more gathered look, place handfuls in small bowls or glass dishes along the table.
Seasonal blooms - tulips, branches of blossom, or whatever’s growing nearby. Abundant bunches of narcissi from Scented Narcissi smell and look divine and support the sustainable British-grown flower industry.
