THEY might be considered a delicacy in some countries, but one seven-year-old girl wasn’t impressed when she bit into an Easter egg to find chocolate-coated ants.

Jessica Simmons, of Grimsbury, in Banbury, was upset to find the dead insects inside the Cadbury Creme Egg on Thursday. But despite being put off the chocolate treat, the youngster has penned a letter to the Easter bunny to thank it for the present.

She wrote: “Dear Easter Bunny, for Easter you gave me some eggs. One of these was a cream egg, today I went to eat my egg and it was full of ants. I thought I was going to be sick, I never want to eat another cream egg.”

She added: “But I would like to say thank-you for mine, Katie’s, my mum’s and my dad’s eggs. My mum has made a complaint to Cadbury’s and Tesco so don’t worry. PS I love you.”

Jessica and sister Katie, four, were opening their Easter eggs, bought from Tesco Extra in Middleton Road, Banbury, on Thursday when Jessica came across the unwanted addition to her chocolate filling. Mum Liz Turner said: “We keep the girl’s Easter eggs in a a box so I gave Jessica the cream egg and left her in the living room.

“Next thing I heard her scream ‘mum I have ants in my egg’ and she was obviously very upset.

“She aked me ‘why would the Easter bunny put ants in my egg?’”

Ms Turner has now explained to the youngsters that the Easter bunny got the eggs from Tesco and the ants would not have been put in there.

So Jessica has since written to the Easter bunny to let him know not to worry and that the mystery is being dealt with.

Ms Turner added: “I have contacted Tesco and was given a 50p refund and have sent the egg off for testing and Cadbury was lovely when I spoke to them.

“The lady was horrified and took it very seriously and said they will be writing personally to Jessica.”

And she added: “I have also spoken with Trading Standards.”

Tesco said it would be a matter for Cadbury which did not respond to our enquiry.