When was the first Chocolate Bunny made? Chocolate bunnies were initially created in Germany in the mid-19th century. They gained mass appeal in 1890 when American shop owner Robert Strohecker created a five-foot-tall chocolate bunny as an Easter promotion in his drug store.

If you're looking to add a little hippity-hoppity happiness to your Easter baskets this spring, look no further than a HERSHEY'S Easter Milk Chocolate Bunny.

MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, MILK, COCOA BUTTER, SKIM MILK, MILK FAT, LECITHIN (SOY), PGPR, NATURAL FLAVOR). May contain Peanuts and their derivates.

For this taste test, we snagged the most common brands of chocolate bunnies: Dove, Fannie May, Ghirardelli, Godiva, Hershey's, Lindt, Palmer and Russell Stover.

A chocolate bunny or chocolate rabbit is a piece of chocolate in the shape of a rabbit, usually stylized, and generally hollow. The cocoa confection is related to the religious Easter holiday that occurs annually around the months of March and April.

Since before medieval times, the rabbit and the egg have long been a symbol of both spring and fertility. Because of this symbolism with renewal and rebirth, you can see why both have been adopted into many religions as sacred and beloved images.

Meet America's Favorite Bunny, Quicky! Over the years, we added new flavors and entertained families with our famous “N-E-S-T-L-É-S” jingle and the Nesquik bunny Quicky.

In the Bible, rabbits are known for being a sign of fertility and new life in which the chocolate bunny now denotes to. Chocolate bunny molds are believed to have been first introduced in Germany and later brought to America.

Hershey's chocolate is made from cacao beans, milk, sugar, and cocoa butter, but the actual chocolate-making process begins long before that. In fact, it's a fascinating but labor-intensive process that will make you appreciate every sweet bite.

+ Over 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are produced every year. Sixty million of those are consumed in the U.S. alone! (Have you met our chocolate bunny troop this year?) + In Germany, many old churches feature stone carvings of rabbits in groups of three, representing the Holy Trinity.

Rabbits are small, furry mammals with long ears, short fluffy tails, and strong, large hind legs. They have 2 pairs of sharp incisors (front teeth), one pair on top and one pair on the bottom. They also have 2 peg teeth behind the top incisors.

The Leaping Bunny Logo is the only internationally recognized symbol guaranteeing consumers that no new animal tests were used in the development of any product displaying it. The Logo can be seen on packaging, advertising, and websites for cosmetics and household products around the world.