York Easter Egg Sculpture trail!
This free community egg trail will be running throughout Easter across York city centre from the 28th March until the 12th April 2026. Families will be able to pick up a trail map to find the locations of 15 egg sculptures, making for a free, fun family day out to discover some local, independent businesses.
You can pick up a copy of a map at York Central library on Museum Street, Visit York on Parliament Street, and at any of the businesses taking part, or Download a digital map
Mould and decorate your own Easter Egg Chocolate Bar this York Chocolate Festival with the team from York Cocoa Works.
Discover how to work with chocolate to mould your own Easter Egg Chocolate Bar (30g) before decorating with a range of decorations to craft your very own Easter treat.
Please allow at least 45 minutes to come back to collect your Easter Egg Chocolate Bar once it has set.
YCW will be working with our 45% Milk Chocolate for our chocolate making activities, however our non-dairy chocolate is also available.
Location: Parliament Street (Workshop Marquee – outside of Tui & Vodofone)
Open: 10am to 4pm
Join York Cocoa Works and learn how to create your very own Chocolate Easter Bunny or Easter Egg.
Each day of the festival at 10am, 11am or 11.45am
You will learn how to work with tempered chocolate to decorate, mould and package up your own Chocolate Easter creation.
Once set, you will gift wrap your creation to be enjoyed at home.
During this activity participants will create their own chocolate egg and decorate using sweets and chocolate to assemble and decorate their own 80g Easter Egg or Easter Bunny as they choose. We usually work with our 45% Milk Chocolate for our chocolate making activities, however our non-dairy chocolate is also available – please state when booking.
Duration: 40 mins
A range of fun and free activities for the family, in the courtyard at St Sampsons Centre between 10.30am and 4 pm.
Giant Egg Painting – All levels of artistic talent (or lack of) welcome! Paint your egg in whatever design you’d like, and once finished we’ll submit to our picture gallery on our website.
Eggs vs Bunnies – See how many bunnies you can knock over with a (non-painted!) egg.
Bean to Bar Game – See how many bean bags you can throw into the chocolate bar.
Make Chocolate Truffles, Chocolate Cornflake Nests, and Chocolate Pasta as part of our hands on cookery opportunities.
Did you know that the York Food Festival is a not-for-profit organisation?
Any money generated (from trader fees to ticket sales) goes back into the festival to improve it year after year.
Please consider making a donation to support the festival and keep it running.
