- Americans spend 2 billion dollars on Easter candy
- Over 60 million chocolate rabbits are sold
- Which part of the rabbit gets eaten first?
- 75% eat the ears first
- 12% eat the feet first
- 10% eat the tail first
- 65% of Americans prefer milk chocolate or dark chocolate
- Americans buy 600 million peeps for Easter
- Americans by 15 million jellybeans for Easter, enough to circle the earth three times
- Jellybeans were not an Easter tradition until the 1930′s when they were invented by William shrafft a Boston candy maker
- Jellybean flavor preferences
- Cherry 19%
- Strawberry 13%
- Grape 10%
- Lime 7%
- Marshmallow peeps were 50 years old in 2003
- The first peep took 27 hours to produce it now takes 6 minutes
- 700 Million peeps will be produced this Easter
- The most popular peeps for Easter are chicks and bunnies and come in pink, lavendar, blue, white and yellow, the yellow chick is the most popular
- You can freeze, microwave roast or top your pizza with peeps
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