Chocolate Easter Bunnies are very popular around the Easter holiday. There are over 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies made each year. Chocolate bunnies are made in milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and white chocolate. They can be hollow, solid, or filled with other things like caramel, marshmallow or peanut butter.

Easter baskets often contain many different candies and other items, but 42% of adults that give Easter baskets ranked the chocolate Easter bunny as the number one item to be placed in the basket. Jellybeans came in second with 26% of adults naming them as a staple in their Easter baskets.http://www.candyusa.com/News/PRdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=1006 Easter is the second largest candy holiday of the year, falling in behind Halloween.http://www.candyusa.com/Healthy/FunFactsDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=985

In Europe, rabbits, or more specifically, hares have been associated with Spring. Because of their breeding habits, they are considered to be a symbol of fertility. In the 1800's, Germans made pastries and cakes with long ears that resembled rabbits. This tradition spread and has morphed into the tradition of the chocolate bunnies that we now see every where each Easter.http://candyaddict.com/blog/2007/03/18/the-history-of-the-chocolate-bunny/

Many people like to eat their chocolate Easter bunny a little at a time, while others may want to eat it all immediately. If you get several chocolate Easter bunnies, you may want to find some other ways to enjoy them. If the bunny is big, you can split it up and enjoy it in several different ways.

Melting the chocolate bunny can give you several optional ways to get your chocolate fix. The melted sauce can be used as a dipping sauce for fruit, sweet breads, pretzels, or peanuts. You could also drizzle the melted chocolate over a cake or some muffins.