CRACKING TREATS
Scots food lovers give classic treats an Easter twist with chocolate calzones and Scotch eggs
Forget about the plain old chocolate egg - satisfy your sweet tooth with these delicious treats this Easter weekend
SCOTS food lovers are giving classic treats an Easter twist.
Satisfy your sweet tooth this Easter weekend with everything from chocolate calzones to Scotch eggs on the menu.
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Award-winning Edinburgh Italian Civerinos are dishing up a broken chocolate Easter egg calzone this weekend.
The special edition treat will be available to chocolate lovers from Good Friday right through to Easter Monday.
Punters have the chance to bring in their own Easter egg for the desert for a fiver - or have an egg selected from the restaurants secret supply for £10.
Chocoholics can tuck into the sweet treat at any Civerinos across the weekend.
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As Easter fever hits Scotland, punters can treat themselves to a Scotch egg with a twist.
Inventive butcher Graeme Barber has created a sweet scotch egg - replacing the traditional egg with a Creme Egg.
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The butcher - who works in Alford in Aberdeenshire - has been selling the Easter treats for the last four years and said they remained as popular as ever.
Graeme said: "The eggs are always very popular. We easily sell about 12 a day during the Easter period.
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"People often buy them as a gimmick. They sneak them into a packed lunch box and wait for a shocked phone call or try and trick the kids with them."
The special scotch eggs sell for £1.40 and can be made to order throughout the year if requested by customers.
The idea came from Graeme's pie maker who one day said she had a dream about a cream egg inside a scotch egg.
Graeme said: "When our pie maker said she had a funny dream about them we just thought let's make it and see what happens.
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"We wanted to do something to try and stand out.
"You can eat them hot or cold. I prefer them cold, like a traditional scotch egg, because they can go quite gooey when they are hot."
For those looking for something to make at home - we previously revealed the best Creme Egg recipes to make this Easter.
From the Creme Egg martini to deep fried Creme Eggs, you'll be spoilt for choice.
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