Marzipan eggs are mentioned in both the short story and The Mystery of the Missing Man but I've never had one, and I wouldn't be able to now as I've developed an allergy to almonds. Has anyone else ever had a marzipan Easter egg?It had great big bottles full of sweets of all colours, wonderful boxes of chocolates, and candy wrapped up in gay paper.
But it was at Easter-time that the shop was gayest of all, for then Mother Bootle had so many Easter Eggs she didn't know what to do.
And such GLORIOUS ones they were! Chocolate ones, marzipan ones, little ones, and great big ones. She even had magic eggs that broke themselves in half when you said "Open Egg!" and showed you a surprise inside - perhaps a toy or a brooch. You can guess how all the fairies loved her shop.
Incidentally, there's a different story in The Green Story Book which also has the title 'The Magic Easter Egg'. Pop-up the brownie sees Dame Shoo-shoo making "a marvellous Easter egg" which is "bigger than Pop-up himself". Being a chocolate-lover, he can't resist having a nibble - but there's a price to pay as he soon finds out!