Urgent recall issued for popular chocolate brand’s Easter eggs amid fears they contain METAL

By LETTICE BROMOVSKY

Published: 08:55 BST, 6 April 2025 | Updated: 09:03 BST, 6 April 2025

An urgent recall has been issued for a popular Easter Egg over fears that the product may contain metal. 

Tony’s Chocolonely has recalled their milk chocolate and caramel sea salt 242g Easter Eggs with a best before date of June 2025.

Customers are being asked to return the two eggs to where they bought them for a refund. 

A statement from Tony’s Chocolonely said: ‘If you have purchased the above products with the affected lot codes, please do not consume and instead return the product to the store of purchase for a refund.

‘The rest of the Easter range, including all its small eggs and other products are safe to consume.’

It added: ‘The source of this issue has been identified and resolved. Tony’s Chocolonely is working in partnership with retailers and food authorities who are in the process of removing impacted products from sale and distribution.’

Tony’s Chocolonely has recalled their milk chocolate and caramel sea salt 242g Easter Eggs with a best before date of June 2025

Customers are being asked to return the two eggs to where they bought them for a refund

It comes just a few days after Tony’s Chocolonely issued an urgent nationwide recall over fears its bars contain a potential choking hazard.

Two flavors of Tony’s Chocolonely sold in a spread of stores across the country including Whole Foods, Target, Safeway and CVS, have been found to contain small stones.

The FDA warns that ‘hard or sharp foreign objects in food may cause traumatic injury including laceration and perforation of tissues of the mouth, tongue, throat, stomach and intestine as well as damage to the teeth and gums.’

To date, 12 consumers have filed complaints with the Dutch chocolate manufacturer, triggering the decision to recall the compromised product.

The two products affected are the Dark Almond Sea Salt and the Everything Bars (containing milk chocolate with caramel, pretzel, almond nougat and sea salt), and both are in 180g sizes.

The urgent safety recall affects the bars with the specific lot codes: 163094, 162634, M162634, 4327, 4330, 4331, M4331.

Dark Almond Sea Salt bars with the best before dates 28 February 2026 and 2 April 2026 should be avoided.

While Everything bars should be returned if the best before date lies between the 22 and 26 November of this year.

A spokesperson for Tony’s Chocolonely said the small stones made their way into the bars during ‘third-party almond harvesting and the almond processing process’. 

The company, which launched out of Amsterdam in 2005, currently manufacturers more than eight flavors of chocolate, ranging from honey almond nugget to milk chocolate caramel sea salt.

Consumers who still have the compromised product are urged not to eat it.

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Urgent recall issued for popular chocolate brand’s Easter eggs amid fears they contain METAL

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