The highest protein Easter eggs
Only 4 out of 155 products have more than 10g protein per 100g
The category average is just 6g. Easter eggs are structurally low-protein, high-sugar products.
Reese's dominates the protein rankings thanks to its peanut butter filling — a protein source that pure chocolate can't match. The top product, Reese's Hollow Egg, delivers 11g protein per 100g.
1. Reese's Hollow Egg with Peanut Butter Cup
2. Reese's Big Cup Spring Sprinkles
3. Lindt Lindor Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa Egg
4. M&M's Mixed Milk Chocolate Easter Egg
5. KitKat Chocolate Egg Hunt Pack
Same shelf. One gives you 11g protein. The other gives you 0.5g.
Reese's Hollow Egg: 11g protein per 100g at £2.00. Tesco Free From Cluckie The Chick: 0.5g protein per 100g. That's 22x more protein from the Reese's. The peanut butter filling vs pure sugar filling makes all the difference.
Brand rankings by protein
Reese's leads at 9.3g average protein per 100g — nearly 4x that of NOMO at 2.2g. The peanut butter and nut-based fillings make the difference.
| Brand | Avg protein / 100g | Products |
|---|---|---|
| Reese's | 9.3g | 4 |
| Kinder | 8.6g | 6 |
| Mars | 7.3g | 23 |
| Ferrero | 7.2g | 7 |
| Tesco Finest | 6.9g | 4 |
| Thorntons | 6.7g | 5 |
| Lindt | 6.5g | 24 |
| KitKat | 6.5g | 6 |
| Cadbury | 6.1g | 36 |
| Nestlé | 5.7g | 15 |
| Terry's | 5.2g | 4 |
| Toblerone | 4.9g | 2 |
| Tesco | 2.5g | 8 |
| NOMO | 2.2g | 5 |
Best protein per pound spent
Price and protein are barely correlated in Easter eggs. Reese's Hollow Egg costs £2.00 and delivers 5.5g protein per pound. Raffaello costs £18.50 and delivers just 0.5g per pound — 11x less protein value despite costing 9x more.
1. Reese's Hollow Egg with Peanut Butter Cup
2. Reese's Big Cup Spring Sprinkles
3. Haribo Eggs Galore Sweets
4. Kinder Mini Easter Eggs
5. Tesco Milk Chocolate Easter Eggs
Best protein-to-sugar ratio
If you care about protein relative to sugar, one product stands out. Lindt Lindor Dark 70% Cocoa Egg delivers 10g protein and just 25g sugar — a 0.4:1 ratio, the best in the category. Most products sit at 0.1:1 or worse.
1. Lindt Lindor Dark 70% Cocoa Egg
2. Lindt Gourmet Dark Choc Hazelnut Eggs
3. Reese's Hollow Egg with PB Cup
4. Raffaello White Chocolate Egg
Get the full protein rankings for all 155 Easter eggs
Every product ranked by protein content, protein per pound, and protein-to-sugar ratio.
Does price buy you more protein?
No. Price and protein are barely correlated in Easter eggs. The best protein-per-pound options (Reese's, Kinder) cost £2.00 or less. The most expensive products (Raffaello at £18.50, Lindt Lindor Dark at £15.00) deliver far less protein per pound despite costing many times more. The filling — peanut butter, nuts, wafer — drives protein content, not the price tag.
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