Who put the egg in Easter?
Though the roots of the celebrations are different, many cultures around the world observe spring holidays and festivals centred on the common theme of rebirth and the egg as a symbol of the source of life. Dyed eggs were shared and eaten at spring festivals in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Persia and China. Gradually these traditions made their way westward and were expressed in various forms - from dyed goose eggs to beautifully decorated paper mache eggs in the 17th and 18th centuries. In the late 19th and early 20th century the ultimate Easter Eggs - the Faberge eggs made their royal appearance.
Do chocolate eggs come from chocolate chickens?
Actually chocolate eggs come from Europe! Today's European tradition of giving chocolate Easter eggs as gifts can be traced back to the 19th century France and Germany. The first eggs
were small and solid made of a course, bitter dark
chocolate Easter eggs. The tradition spread to
many parts of Europe, often with each country
making their own unique mark. The
first mass-produced chocolate egg
appeared in England in 1873 when
Cadbury debuted their first Easter
egg. It wasn't until the early 1900s
that milk chocolate Easter eggs
became availbale. Today's eggs are
available in dizzying variety.
Chocolate Easter Eggs
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