{"id":381215,"date":"2026-04-04T06:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381215\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T06:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:34:19","slug":"arlene-harris-talks-to-neven-maguire-darina-allen-and-catherine-fulvio-about-their-favourite-chocolate-at-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381215\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlene Harris talks to Neven Maguire, Darina Allen and Catherine Fulvio about their favourite chocolate at Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nFrom corner shop classics to Irish artisan producers, everyone has a favourite type of chocolate. Here, well-known faces share what they\u2019re hoping the bunny will bring them this Sunday\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chocolate from Mars, Marks &amp; Spencer, Bean and Goose, Cadbury and Ferrero Rocher were among the top favourites. Graphic: Eoin Flynn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/983aa1e7-ba99-4f7d-87c0-de0b13b43b85.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Chocolate from Mars, Marks &amp; Spencer, Bean and Goose, Cadbury and Ferrero Rocher were among the top favourites. Graphic: Eoin Flynn<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Easter is one of the most important dates in the Christian calendar. But, with families and loved ones getting together, it is also associated with food. And, whether it\u2019s spring lamb, boiled ham, leek soup, hot cross buns or Simnel cake which graces your table this year, every household is likely to enjoy chocolate eggs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">With so many varieties to choose from, we spoke to some well-known people to find out about their favourite brands and their Easter memories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From corner shop classics to Irish artisan producers, everyone has a favourite type of chocolate. Here, well-known faces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,6361,54265],"class_list":{"0":"post-381215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-life-magazine","12":"tag-rte-2fm"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}