Coconut Cream Eggs

Cuckoo For Coconut, Egg Heads?

by Monica Weymouth

Consider this sweet stop your new and improved Easter Bunny. Shipped in from LBI's Lucille's Candy Shop, these coconut cream eggs have an unusually thick dark chocolate shell, providing a satisfying crunch on the way to a gooey center. Bite-size won't cut it, so save some time and head straight for the half-pounder.

The Northeast likes its Easter candy like it likes its buttercake: two pieces at a time. Stutz offers bite- and chomp-size coconut creamers in milk and dark chocolate, while a 28-ounce egg is available in white chocolate. If your sweet tooth landed you in Mayfair, you can probably handle it.

No matter how many candy boutiques and bakeries we hit up, Zitners will always have a place in our baskets. At 1.8 ounces, this super-creamy version is a satisfying snack that can — if absolutely necessary — be shared. The Butter Krak variety gets all the love, but we prefer Zitners' double "cocoanut" eggers.

These are really more coconut cream amorphous blobs, but mention this to the Isgro ladies at your own risk. Regardless of shape, you'll be scarfing down these dark chocolate bitties on the first available stoop. The coconut center is exactly what you'd expect from the home of the chocolate-dipped chocolate chip ricotta cookie: shamelessly sweet and impossibly dense.

This Old City candy shop has been turning out sweets since 1876. And while 132 years is impressive, we're more interested in their chicken-defying, 5-pound beast of a coconut cream egg. Buy a pair of stretchy sweatpants and clear an entire weekend to deal with this monster.