Health & Fitness
Fun Facts About Easter Treats!
Did you know Americans consume about 16 million jelly beans at Easter? Read on for more fun facts!
As we finalize our preparations for Easter at The Happy Chocolatier – creating many different types of Easter baskets, dipping chocolate Easter treats, bagging jelly beans and stocking the shelves with a variety of chocolate bunnies – I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite Easter candy factoids:
- About 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are produced every year
- Milk chocolate Easter bunnies are clearly the preference over dark…65% and 27%, respectively
- Americans consume about 16 million jelly beans at Easter
- Jelly beans were first made here in Boston by William Schrafft
- 70% of kids prefer to eat jelly beans one at a time
- Kids prefer cherry, strawberry and grape fruit flavors of jelly beans
Facts courtesy of the National Confectioners Association