The egg (1) for the confectionery industry comprises two half-parts (2, 3), each one comprising an internal chocolate and/or pastry cream half-shell (4, 5) externally covered by an external wafer biscuit half-shell (6, 7), and has a uniform increase in the thickness of the chocolate and/or pastry cream along a perimeter edge (9, 11) of the internal chocolate and/or pastry cream half-shell (4, 5) and a uniform decrease in the thickness of the wafer biscuit along a perimeter edge (8, 9) of the external wafer biscuit half-shell (6, 7).