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Mar
Here are some fun things you might have never known about Easter candy.
- The first chocolate eggs were made in Europe in the early 19th century and remain among the most popular treats associated with Easter.
- 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are made for Easter each year.
- 16 billion jelly beans are made for Easter.
- Each day, five million marshmallow chicks and bunnies are produced in preparation for Easter.
- Easter is the second top-selling confectionery holiday behind only Halloween.
- 88 percent of adults carry on the Easter tradition of creating Easter baskets for their kids.
- 76 percent of people eat the ears on chocolate bunnies first.
- Red jelly beans are kids’ favorite.
- According to the Guinness Book of World Records the largest Easter egg ever made was just over 25 feet high and made of chocolate and marshmallow. The egg weighed 8,968 lbs. and was supported by an internal steel frame.
Can you imagine finding that 25′ Easter egg in your basket? It seems like the perfect gift for a chocolate lover but also seems like the stuff Greek tragedies are made of. You have to wonder what someone would do with it. Four and a half tons of chocolate and marshmallow. What would you do with it?
Bunnies by merfam.
8:20 pm on March 26th, 2009
I’m scared to think of what someone might do with a 25 foot marshmallow filled egg! But I’d like to have the chance myself!!
5:45 pm on March 30th, 2009
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12:29 am on April 11th, 2009
why did the easter bunny wasn’ya bat and a snake or a snail