Terry's Chocolate Orange Cream Filled Easter Egg

I am still kind of going through some of the remnants from Christmas 2025, but that hasn't stopped me from dipping my toe into Easter 2026.

Let me explain.

The other day, I had one final can of the gingerbread Pepsi I wrote about in the latter part of 2025. Back when that post went live, I sampled the drink from a two-litre bottle. Well, I ended up buying a few cans of it on the shopping order. Those cans eventually became one. Until they became none.

Once again online grocery shopping, I came across something for Easter 2026. I added it to my trolley. 

It was a little Terry's Chocolate Orange cream filled egg. Upon seeing it on the Iceland website, I wondered to myself whether I had ever had one before.

No, what I meant exactly was this: I knew I had eaten a regular Terry's Chocolate Orange. I had even had mini Terry's Chocolate Orange segments from inside a bag (I believe they had bits of popping candy). I simply didn't know - for sure - if I had ever had something like what you see in the image above.

I believe the correct answer is... no, I hadn't. I believe this is the first time these eggs have been on shelves. 

I don't have anything to prove it other than my own recollection. I am close to certain I have never bitten into a Terry's Orange, egg or any other shape for that matter, to find a nice orange-flavoured fondant.

It made for a nice (months away from Easter) treat. With that said Cadbury's Caramel eggs are still the GOAT when it comes to these things.

Go For 3 (And Stop Being Silly)

It seemed like a lot happened in the NFL since I wrote a post in the early hours of yesterday morning.

In the post, I noted how gutted I was to see Buffalo eliminated from the playoffs after their overtime loss to the Denver Broncos.

I then woke up to the news concerning the Broncos' quarterback - Bo Nix - who injured his ankle in the win. He is reportedly going under the knife tomorrow, so that ends his season. 

So, I went from feeling sorry for the Bills to feeling a bit bad for their victors in the space of a few hours.

I kind of want the Broncos to go on and win the Super Bowl now because it'll be a cool Cinderella Man story for Jarrett Stidham if he is able to lead the team to a win over the New England Patriots in Sunday's AFC Championship game to qualify for the Super Bowl.

Speaking of the Patriots, I thought they - and I hate having to write this considering how much I dislike the Pats - played exceptionally well against the Texans. 

It could have simply been because the offence of the Texans was abysmal, but a win is a win.

Speaking of wins and poor performances - the Bears lost to the LA Rams in the early hours of this morning. The Rams won, but I don't think the Bears truly lost. The loser of the night was Bears' head coach: Ben Johnson.

I haven't rewatched the game, but there were at least two early occasions when the Bears were in field goal range on fourth downs. The HC didn't bring on the field goal unit. Instead, they went for those opportunities. And failed.

That kind of coaching seems to be the in-thing nowadays. Maybe I'm a bit of traditionalist, but - to me - going for a field goal on fourth down, especially in the early part of the game is the rule.

I worked out that, instead of losing 17-20 last night, the Bears could have won yesterday's game with a score of 19-17 if they had taken, and converted, those early field goal opportunities.

Easy for me to write that, though. My only experience is from watching televised games over the past forty-plus years. Still - I strongly believe Johnson is the only reason why the Bears haven't made it to the NFC Championship game.

A Brutal Result - Bills Lose To The Broncos

Gutted.

That's how I'm feeling right now.

I had been rooting for the Buffalo Bills to make the Super Bowl, but they've just been kicked out of the running following a 33-30 loss to the Denver Broncos.

The game went to overtime. That's how close it was.

It's a brutal result. There was once a time when I would have been cheering on the Broncos. Only when Peyton Manning played for them, however. 

I no longer have any dogs in the playoff fight. Or favourites for that matter.

Spreadsheet Picks For The NFL's Divisional Round (2025/26 Season)

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs begins tonight. Just like last week, I was curious to see what my spreadsheet selected for the Buffalo game.

I did more than look into it, though.

With stats from the four games in front of me, I thought I'd check what the spreadsheet predicts for each.

I decided to keep the Bills game last. Here's what it has picked for the other games on this weekend's slate.

• For Houston's trip to the Patriots, it has the home team winning, but not covering the three-point spread
• It has the San Francisco 49ers to cover as +7 road dogs against Seattle. However, the Seahawks are the spreadsheet's pick to win straight up 
• It has the Rams to cover and win straight up, as -4 road favourites, against the Bears

And..

If my spreadsheet turns out to be correct, my Super Bowl winner bet - on Buffalo - will progress into the AFC Championship game. That's because it is calling for the Bills to beat the Broncos. Buffalo are +1.5 road dogs for this game.

The Bills versus Broncos is scheduled to kick off at 9:30pm GMT tonight. That'll be followed by the 49ers' visit to Seattle at 1am GMT tomorrow morning. The remaining two games - Houston at New England and the Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears - will kick off at 8pm and 11:30pm GMT respectively on Sunday evening.

An Update About The 2026 American Football Calendar I Mentioned Recently

It has been ten days since I published this post in which I showed off the new American football box calendar I'm using for 2026. I feel I have to give you a few minor updates.

In the aforementioned post, I surmised that the weekend page - from A Year of Football Trivia 2026 - would consist only of quotes from famous people in the sport. I have now been able to confirm or deny my assumption. It's the latter. Last weekend's page didn't have a quotation, it was a trivia question about NFL MVPs.

I also pointed out the calendar didn't focus solely on the NFL because I have came across NCAA college questions as well. 

There's more, however.

This morning's subject wasn't related to either the NFL nor college football. Nope, today's was all about the Canadian Football League!

As someone who has limited knowledge of the CFL, I can guarantee  I won't have a perfect score when I check the answer tomorrow morning.

Speaking of which, I also should mention that it is possible to find out the answer immediately. You just have to curl up the page and see it on the reverse. With that said, I'm going to stick with the plan I made at the start of this year: think about the answer throughout each day and then find out the result next day once I've torn off the previous date's page.

I purchased by calendar on Amazon UK. You get your own by following THIS LINK.

I Order From McDonald's 'Secret Menu'

I have been intrigued by the new menu available from McDonald's. For the past week or so, I've seen the fast food chain promote its ''Secret Menu' with some madcap burgers and drinks combos. 

The burgers of note are 'Chicken Cheeseburger' and a Surf N Turf'. The former consists of a beef patty paired up with a coated chicken patty along with a slice of cheese, onions, pickles, mustard and tomato ketchup (you know, what you'd usually get in a cheeseburger!).

As for the Surf N Turf - well, you get the beef patty and a white pollock fish patty (like you'd get in a McDonald's Filet-O-Fish). As well as those two items you'll find the same addons I mentioned above.

The plan for today's post was to flip a coin and choose which one of those burgers I'd have for lunch today. I've decided to scrap that idea. I'm simply going with the burger I believe sounds the most appealing of the two.

I'm going to Surf N Turf it!

By the way, I'm also going to buy an espresso milkshake with this order. That's another special that is part of the 'Secret Menu' range. Customers who order this drink receive a vanilla milkshake and a shot of espresso as a mixer.

Friends of mine will think I've gone crazy ordering coffee. I never drink the stuff, but think it's worth having a go.

I'm about to place my order. My post-lunch report will be found immediately below.

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Okay, it's a little over an hour after I wrote the intro this post. The order arrived on time. Here's how the Surf 'N Turf burger looked upon opening it.

I misread the details about this burger and didn't relay it in the section above. I won't edit it because it'll make for a nice surprise if you've travelled this far into the post.

When I wrote that the Surf 'N Turf contained one beef patty and one of the patties found inside a filet-o-fish, I was mistaken. There are actually two beef patties along with one fish patty.

The photo immediately above was taken after a couple of bites. I enjoyed the burger. However, I felt the beef and the other items like the cheese, gherkin and the condiments overthrew the fish when it came to taste. That was the negative.

I cannot see how it could be improved other than to run with a bit of tartare sauce on top of the fish patty to try and counter the other parts of the burger. That could be a bit of a gamble, however.

As random as this might come across - the bun tasted more fluffy and fuller than I've ever experienced before. You can actually see a bit for yourself in the first photograph. I was quite impressed with that. Yes, as I've noted, a very random observation considering I came for the surf and the turf. Not what it was being housed in.

Now, onto the other item I mentioned.

I liked the idea of having an espresso to pour into a vanilla milkshake. With that said, it made a bit of a mess initially because the milkshake was filled to its brim. I should never complain about getting more than, or exactly, what I ordered. So, I won't. I should have been a bit sensible by taking a couple of sips of milkshake before pouring in the espresso.

Mess aside, I enjoyed the mixture. Trust me, that's praise considering how much I dislike coffee. It would never become my go to milkshake from McDonald's even though vanilla is one of my top two milkshake flavours.

I doubt I'd ever go out of my way to have a McDonald's Surf 'N Turf burger again. I've been there, done that. As for the espresso milkshake - well, I might do. At a push. A very strong push.

A Roadblock (Of Sorts)

For the past week or so, I have slowly been putting together things for the 2026 edition of Taylor's Pro Football Gambling Annual.

Yes, I am planning to publish another one. It's an annual after all!

After finding out who will play who in 2026, I created tables for each game breakdown. I'm doing the teams in alphabetical order. Obviously, I cannot write about teams still in the playoffs because - for all I know - there could be a Super Bowl rematch played sometime in 2026. Or, like the roadblock I encountered today:

I come across a game that will actually be played this weekend. This guarantees that, whatever happens on Saturday night, there's going to be a revenge game between the Bills and Broncos during the 2026 regular season.

I don't want to count the Bills out, but - if Denver goes on to win the Super Bowl - I could very much see this game being the season opener. The Super Bowl champions from the previous season always have a home game on the opening night. Well, mostly. Ironically, the last time that didn't happen was when the Baltimore Ravens couldn't play at home on the opening day of the 2013 regular season. They were forced to play from their road schedule instead. Their opponents: the Broncos.

That was also a revenge game stemming from a playoff loss. 

The Ravens had beaten the Broncos 38-35 in double overtime of a divisional round game. The rematch, months later, saw the Broncos obliterate the Super Bowl champions with a score of 49-27. Peyton Manning threw SEVEN touchdowns for the Orange Crush on that night. Only eight quarterbacks in history share that record.

Having the Bills on the road for Week 1 of 2026 would also allow for a Week 2 Sunday Night or Monday Night game to be played in their new stadium.

BUT - I am getting way ahead of myself. There are eight teams left and I've already circled one team when I really want the other one to be champs come the early hours of February 9th.

Back to my spreadsheets. For now.

The Bills tables have been left to the side for the time being. I am on to Carolina. And then to Cincinnati.