Egg-cited for Easter? 28 March 2024 Getting together with family and friends, eating delicious hot cross buns, and sharing chocolate eggs is very much part of Easter festivities. If you are watching carbs or carb counting for insulin dosing you might find this guide to the number of carbs in some of the more popular Easter favourites a helpful tool. Cadbury’s Hunting Hollow Eggs 9.5g carbs per egg (1/2 exchange) Cadbury Humpty Dumpty Gift Box 130g 74g carbs total (5 exchanges) Cadbury’s creme eggs (6 pack) 29g carbs per egg (2 exchanges) Cadbury 250g bunny 140g carbs total (9 exchanges) Kinder bunnies 8.1g carbs per 1 x 15g bunny (1/2 exchange) Coles Hot Cross Buns Traditional Mini Fruit 24.5g carbs per 1 x 44g bun (1 1/2 exchanges) Lindt Gold Bunny Mini 5.1g carbs per 1 x 10g bunny By Rebecca McPhee, Accredited Practising Dietitian updated 2/04/2025
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