We started Montezuma’s from a kitchen table 22 years ago. Most of us on the team can remember the time when Easter eggs were wrapped in foil, nestled in a plastic cocoon, and packaged in a shiny cardboard box.
Of course, the chocolate inside was a treat we looked forward to, but it came with a mountain of packaging, none of it recyclable but all of it destined for landfill. So, once we were in a position to choose how we designed our own packaging, we knew that we wanted it to be better.
If the chocolate could be great, why not the pack it came in?
And that’s exactly the task we set ourselves.
Eco-friendly Easter
How to have an Eco-friendly Easter
It should come as no surprise that Easter is one of the biggest celebrations in the chocolate calendar, but it’s also traditionally a festival of superfluous single-use packaging.
And that didn’t sit well with us.
So, from 2020, all our packaging is as eco-friendly as we could possibly make it - including our organic chocolate Easter eggs and luxurious Easter chocolate treats.
Are we the first chocolate manufacturer in the UK to pioneer environmentally friendly packaging?
We’ll need to check that - but we’re pretty confident that we’re the only ones who have gone to the extreme lengths of ensuring adhesives, packaging tape and even pallet wrap is sustainable. It’s a claim we’re proud to make but hopefully, we’ll be one of many in the near future.
So this Easter, bite into a chocolate egg, chocolate buttons or truffle that rocks your world and is eco-friendly. Order your organic milk chocolate Eco Egg this Easter, for example, or send someone special an Absolute Black 100% cocoa Eco Egg and the treat isn’t just on the inside.
All our Easter eggs and gifts come in packaging that is either recyclable, compostable or biodegradable (not to mention a spanking new package design).
The Quest for Biodegradeable Packaging
Where once we used metallised plastic, we now use 100% paper and card. Sounds simple, but it turned out to be fiendishly complicated - because it’s not just the card, but the ink and the finish.
Ignore one tiny element and it’s back to the drawing board. Even the windows on our boxes are made from biodegradable wood pulp, while the glue that sticks the boxes together is also eco-friendly.
And it’s more than the packaging you see or hold in your hands. We’ve even replaced the plastic in the vacuum-forming trays with card fitments.
But we did it, and we can now confirm with confidence that 100% of our packaging is:
Recyclable, compostable or biodegradable.
A Choice of Sustainable Easter Eggs and Gifts
Welcome to your guilt-free Easter!
At least when it comes to the packaging.
You can still indulge, pamper and gorge yourself on wickedly delicious dark chocolate, milk chocolate and vegan-friendly chocolate eggs and vegan chocolate buttons - but you don’t have to worry about leaving the packaging behind for future generations.
Eco-Friendly Luxury Easter Chocolate Treats
Every Easter, we create new Easter chocolate treats for you to enjoy and savour. This year we have a delightful selection of eco-friendly Easter treats for you to discover, including a real treat for fans of peanut butter chocolate!
Our incredibly moreish Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs will be a creamy treat for those who prefer milk chocolate, while we have dark chocolate fans covered with our Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Eggs.
For those who prefer a rich and intense chocolate experience, our Absolute Black 100% Cocoa Peanut Butter Mini Eggs will provide a fusion of chocolatey goodness with the creamy peanut butter balanced out by the intense cocoa hit.
For those of you looking for a more traditional sustainable Easter egg, our Eco Egg range is exactly what you’re looking for! Not only do they come in 100% recyclable boxes, but they’re also completely plastic-free – we’ve even removed all of the needless packaging.
We offer Dark Chocolate Eco Eggs and Milk Chocolate Eco Easter Eggs; we also have Absolute Black Eco Easter Eggs for those who can’t get enough black chocolate over Easter!
Take a look at our full range of Easter chocolate gifts and treats for even more eco-friendly Easter eggs!
Eco-Friendly Vegan Easter Eggs
Our delicious vegan Easter eggs are sustainably made without dairy, lactose or palm oil. No matter what type of chocolate you prefer, we have the best vegan Easter eggs anywhere online!
Not only do we offer dark vegan chocolate, but we also have our wonderfully creamy vegan milk chocolate alternative, Like No Udder. Our wonderful creation that’s as possibly close as you can get to milk chocolate without going near a cow!
Meet Lucky, Frizzle and Plucky, our Easter chocolate hens and chicks! Lucky is our Like No Udder Milk Chocolate Alternative Chick With Buttons for a smooth and creamy vegan milk chocolate alternative you’ll savour. We also have Frizzle, our Dark Chocolate Hen With Coca Nibs in her feathers for a satisfying crunch. And last, but no means least, we have Plucky, our plain Dark Chocolate Chick with Buttons, for those who wish to indulge in our rich, dark organic chocolate.
Whatever your preferred style of Easter chocolate, or whether you are looking for gluten free Easter eggs, rest assured that the packaging is 100% biodegradable – and always will be!
And don’t get us started on our chocolate flavours!
Eco-Friendly Flavoured Chocolates
Oh, go on then…
Fans of our peanut butter chocolate, salted caramel and orange flavoured chocolates will be delighted to have their taste buds suitably tickled at Easter. There’s also something for those niche chocolate aficionados who prefer the intense experience of 100% cocoa chocolate.
It’s an acquired taste - and we stand by that - but of those who’ve tried it, few can ever return to conventional chocolate once they’ve gone over to the dark side.
Mission: Recyclable
We’re proud to be pioneers of environmentally friendly packaging in chocolate. It’s not just a crazy idea we thought up on a whim - sustainable, ethical practices have been part of the way we make our chocolate and run the business since we started out. It matters to us and we hope it also matters to you.
In fact, we were so keen to spread the word about our new environmentally friendly packaging that we made a video about it.
After several gruelling rounds of auditions and screen testing, our founder Simon was awarded the privilege of dressing up in Superman briefs and showing what it takes to be a packaging hero.
You can watch the video below. Love it or like it - just don’t call it rubbish. And don’t forget to leave a comment if you’ve got a suggestion or critical review - with enough buzz, we’ll probably commission a sequel!
So, if you haven’t ordered your eco-friendly Easter egg gifts for your close friends and family this year (and there’s still time), order online now!
It couldn’t be easier - so there’s no need for anyone to open Easter eggs covered in foil, single-use plastic and unsustainable cardboard.