Here are the M&S 2016 Easter Egg Wonders, to save you Hunting. Cosmic Eggs, Giant Bunnies & a Disney's Frozen Castle Shaped Egg You'll Want for Yourself!

A good proportion of my hits this week come from people searching for  Marks and Spencer's Easter products and finding last year's blog post. So I'm rushing in this blog post with this year's Food Hall bits and bobs so it's up to date. 

There are kids' eggs, fancy pants grown up eggs, even dairy free eggs and hide & seek hunt kits. Let take a look at everything from my visit to the Sprucefield store during the week. 

The fancy eggs, with the crowning glory, the limited edition, £40, purple and gold, regal  chocolate Cosmic Egg. 

I chose the coffee egg for my Dad. Even when I was a child I remember him often buying these little mocha bars of chocolate from M&S, when the only Food Hall was in the city centre M&S in the 80s. 

The passion fruit ganache eggs are out of this world. Slightly bigger than a Creme Egg, but with a scrumptious filling of tropical creaminess. 

Families with allergies to consider can pick up these dairy free eggs alongside the traditional chocolate ones. 

The kids' eggs I chose to bring home were the apple shaped Colin egg, and the chocolate orange Flavour carrot. I'm not always keen on M&S's plain milk chocolate, but the Orange zested version is delicious. 

I also picked the Egg Hunt kit which is on offer right now, half price at £5. 

Here are the other kids' eggs in store. 

There are plenty of egg sets for planning a garden Easter egg hunt. 

Also various sizes of chocolate bunnies to chose from. 

I spotted many Easter items amongst the biscuits and buns. M&S always have a wonderful selection of fancy hot cross buns each year. The fudge ones are a must buy, and the addition of mini mocha hot cross buns this year is a stroke of genius. The offer is two for £2.50 and you can mix and match flavours within that.

Personally I haven't gotten into the way of sending Easter cards, but if you do, M&S have a bright and breezy range to choose from. 

Some more biscuits to choose from. I also imagine there will be Easter themed cakes closer to the actual Easter Sunday. 

Finally, the M&S website also has some non-food gift ideas for the celebrations.

Mother's Day 2016 This is Your One Week Warning! What's in Store at M&S?

Mother's Day this year is Sunday 6th March, which means you have a week to find a lovely present. Here's what's in store at M&S, Homeware and Food Hall gift ideas. 

The Mother's Day Food Hall gifts are all themed with this beautiful, Spring, floral design.  

There are various chocolate box selections, but if you fancy something sweet but different, why not buy your Mum this pistachio, hazelnut, honey & sour cherry nougat. 

Thank you chocs £9 : Handmade nougat £5

These are the chocolates in the Thank You box. A beautiful selection of dark, white and milk chocolates.

Biscuits £3 : Sweet treats £8

If your family all get together for Mother's Day, then this triple chocolate brownie cake would be a welcome sight. I'm a huge fan of M&S flavoured creams, they really top off a delicious dessert. 

brownie cake £5 : vanilla cream £1.50

And how about this amazing Mother's Day cake? And if you buy one thing I recommend from M&S, make it this pink champagne cream, it's unreal. 

cake £12

Cream £2

Finally, here are some of the cool cards on offer and you can check out more gift ideas on the M&S website.

The Valentines' Day 2016 Marks & Spencer Lust List

Marks & Spencer Valentines' Day food & drink gifts 2016 are as inventive yet classic as every year. Lots of sweets, and a selection of comical Valentines' Day cards. You can view many gifts online, but here's what I spied in the Sprucefield store yesterday.

The floral options are bright and colourful. Stray from the usual dozen red roses with yellow, orange and pink buds.

They had these limited edition chocolate sculptures at Christmas, but the red shoe has came along for Valentines. 

Here are some treats I brought home. 

Jellies £3 : Sweet Hearts £1.50 : Love Hearts £3

These are from the spring sweet collection, but many boxes are wrapped in wrapping paper. Saving you the job. 

Rose & Violet £4 : Marzipan Fruits £4

These mini cupcake chocolates are so cute. 

Cupcake chocs £8

If chocs & sweets don't suit your loved one, then I spied some gorgeous Indiand themed interior accessories in the home department. The faux elephant taxidermy is very cool. 

The Sweetest Summer at Marks & Spencer.

Sweet treats and delicious delights now gracing the shelves of your nearest M&S.  

Rhubarb & Custard lollies £1.50 : British Pudding Sweets £1.10 : Fruit Chews £1.30

Visit the bakery aisle for lots of new infused pancake and scone products. 

strawberry & cream pancakes £1.10 : macaroons £6

Honeycomb £2

Colourful biscuits for delightful picnics £1.50

These perfect little parcels of sweeties for grown ups would make excellent gifts for teachers and classroom assistants at the end of term, starting at £3. 

I also visited the huge Homeware department Sprucefield's M&S has. I could decorate my entire home with the contents of that store. 

Flamingo Tealight holder £12

I badly want one of these water coolers, but who could hide one away inside a fridge? They come in several designs and cost £18. Summer is really here!