What is Easter without a chocolate bunny rabbit? Among a basket of jellybeans, chocolate eggs, and marshmallow chickens, only the chocolate rabbit stands alone. Towering over the other treats, the bunny surveys all he sees and decides he is the most worthy of being eaten. Rightly so, but all bunnies are not created equal. Some are hollow, some are solid milk chocolate. Some are dark and white chocolate too!
The Easter bunny tradition started back in the early 1800’s in Germany. Where the character was depicted as a rabbit bring Easter eggs.
Similar to the story of Father Christmas the Easter bunny brought a basket of goodies filled with colored eggs, candy and sometimes a toy or stuffed bunny to the homes of children.
They both traditionally have brought gifts to children the night before their respective holiday.
Bunnies typically being related to spring often times are associated with populating. As the old saying goes when a family has lots of children; that the parents are “populating like rabbits”. Rabbits are a symbol of antiquity, fertility, and often times have large litters. It is therefore not surprising that rabbits should become fertility symbols, or that their springtime mating antics should enter into Easter folklore.
Easter bunnies in the Victorian Day also were clothed. Some are such as Peter Rabbit; Beatrice Potter’s Bunny; The Rabbit and the Hare; and White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland just to name a few.
The picture shown here is a metal mold for pouring and constructing chocolate rabbits.
Each side would be poured with melted chocolate and after setting up, would be brushed with a thin coat of chocolate and then pressed together. Thus forming a solid chocolate Easter bunny, hollow bunnies are form in much of the same way only poured out after setting up for the desired length of time.
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