SHOPPERS have been warned the cost of Easter eggs has hiked by 50 per cent – even though “they’re getting thinner”. Chocoholics looking forward to cracking open their ...

The consumer group says many chocolate treats have shot up in price while several have been hit by "shrinkflation".

At Tesco, Which? found a Twix white chocolate Easter egg had increased from £5 to £6 on last year and had also shrunk from 316g to 258g, meaning the unit price per 100g had gone up by 47%.

The Which? investigation found that at Tesco, a Twix white chocolate Easter egg had increased from £5 to £6 year-on-year, while also shrinking from 316g to 258g. In terms of price per 100g ...