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» Holidays : Easter : Easter Bunny Urges Americans to Choose Candy or Chocolate Bunnies

The Big Bunny's Top 10

Egg-stra, Egg-stra, read all about it!

Just in time for Easter, the National Confectioners Association brings consumers the top 10 reasons – according to the Easter Bunny himself – chocolate and candy bunnies make better presents than live rabbits. Before you fill your Easter basket this spring, listen to the Big Bunny’s advice on what hops to the top of the gift giving list!

Here's a letter NCA received from the Big Bunny himself!

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-ft high and made of chocolate and marshmallow. The egg weighed 8,968 lbs. and was supported by an internal steel frame.