Chocolate Holidays - Easter

So let’s examine the Chocolate Easter Egg.  How did that come about?  Well, according to http://www.hotelchocolat.com/chocolate-easter-gifts-AEasterEggHistory/, it can be traced back to Europe in the 19^th century.  Back then, the Easter eggs were a lot different then they are today.  Small and bitter then, today you can find them in milk and white chocolate as well in various sizes and flavors.  Let’s look at some of the chocolate Easter eggs of the world that I have found.  Warning:  this could make you envious and/or suffer from an enormous chocolate craving.

It’s Easter time.

It’s always been a favorite time of mine. Growing up it meant LOTS of chocolate.  And there isn’t a lack of it around.  If you are thinking of Easter eggs, there are many decisions to make:  solid or hollow, milk, dark or white, big or small.   And if that weren’t enough, you can also choose fillings.   Upon learning about the history of the chocolate Easter egg, I came across http://www.hotelchocolate.com/ .  If you want to see variety in chocolate Easter eggs, look upon this webpage.  Thank goodness it’s too expensive to ship to South Korea or I would be broke.  I haven’t seen such exquisite Chocolate Easter eggs or such variety. One of the famous filled eggs of course is the Cadbury crème eggs.  But now in Canada and many places around the world, you can have them filled with caramel or peanut butter or sometimes even cherry filling.  Are you hungry yet?  I haven’t even begun to talk about the variety of chocolate Easter bunnies that are around.

 

Which came first: the Rabbit or the Egg?

There is little evidence to support my opinion as most research I have found focuses on the egg.  But I feel that the chocolate rabbit emerged at the same time if not a little later than the chocolate egg.  But it too has come a long way from where it came.  You can find the rabbits hollow, solid, dark, white, with sugar accessories, small, big, filled.

The variety makes Easter a remarkable visual holiday in the stores that seduces you into purchases you and your body may not need.  But I have always said death by chocolate is a good way to die.  Here are examples of the variety of chocolate bunnies out there.

What is your favorite Easter chocolate indulgence?