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I'm not going to eat the easter egg, but I gather that I can eat the confectionary which I was given with the egg as long as it is not shaped like a religious symbol?

bro,
The egg, the chocolate or any other food stuff given as 'a celebration of easter' is not fit for eating. It doesnt matter if its the egg itself or something else. After a few 100 years they might be giving out cookies for easter instead of eggs, but that does not make having 'those' cookies permissible. I hope you got my point.
Bottomline: Avoid all kinds of religious customs and celebration of Non-muslims.

Its a nuisance from where i live, lots of the cultural stuff is mixed with old pagan customs. Most of the innocent Muslims dont even realize it and misunderstand it as a regional tradition. But if you dig up the history it will be some idolatory practice done centuries back.