With Easter drawing ever closer, the number of bunny and egg themed chocolates in stores seems to be growing exponentially. Sure, all the products were all there months ago, but you cannot deny that there are far more now. The real question is how to choose between all the options, because even though you could take home a whole shopping-cart full of chocolaty treats, some are simply more worth it than others. The most fun are the larger, filled Easter eggs. They're tasty and definitely unique to this time of year.

For a look at some of the more widely available dark chocolate easter egg options, take a look at Sugar Savvy's review of some supermarket choices. Russell Stover's chocolate raspberry whip filling came out a winner, but they also liked Hershey's Special Dark with Almonds. At Candy Blog, Cybele also tackled Russell Stover eggs, in addition to Reese's Peanut Butter eggs and the ever popular Cadbury Creme Eggs.

To be fair, there are lots of confectionery companies that come out with chocolate Easter eggs at this time of year that are not on shelves at most supermarkets, but are still rather widely available. Lake Champlain chocolate eggs can be found at most Whole Foods locations and come in flavors like hazelnut and caramel. Godiva offers up some elegant easter eggs, with fillings like praline crunch and almond butter. Harry & David has chocolate-praline Easter eggs that come inside a real, brightly-colored eggshell. See's Easter eggs are beautiful and delicious, and though their Mayfair is usually a best seller, you can't go wrong with my favorites: Scotchmallow and Rocky Road.

M&M's speckled mini eggs, pictured, are not in the same class as any of the above because of their small size and crunchy, candy shell, but you can't beat a classic. I will always by (at least) a bag of these when they're in season and tuck them into my Easter basket, too.

[Photo by Nicole Weston]