Fun Easter Facts! Happy Easter!

Fun Easter Facts! Happy Easter!

• 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are made for Easter each year
• Each day, 5 million Easter marshmallow chicks and bunnies are produced in preparation for Easter
• 16 billion jelly beans are made for Easter (that's enough to completely fill an 89 feet high and 60 feet wide plastic Easter egg - about the height of a 9 story office building!)
• The world's largest jar of jelly beans weighed 6,050 pounds
• 75% of kids are willing to do extra chores for extra Easter candy (what, we're supposed to give them something for doing chores??!!)
• The first chocolate eggs were made in Europe in the early 19th century and remain among the most popular treats associated with Easter
• Kids first grab for chocolate bunnies (76%) when checking out their Easter baskets, followed by marshmallow treats (17%) and jelly beans (16%)
• Red jelly beans are kids' favourite