Easter Facts You May Not Have Known Yesterday

Easter is the holy Christian holiday celebrating Jesus Christ returning from the dead.

● The world’s tallest chocolate Easter egg was made in Italy. It was measured at 10.39 metres tall and weighed in at 7,200 kg. The egg was taller than a giraffe and heavier than an elephant.

● The average time to start on your first easter egg is around 11am on Easter Sunday Morning.

● However, 43% of children admit giving in to temptation before the big day.

● The world’s most expensive edible Easter egg was made in 2006. It was created by La Maison du Chocolat and had over a hundred half-carat diamonds encrusted into the shell – it had a whopping $100,000 price tag on it.

● About 180 million eggs are purchased for Easter annually. On average, a child in the US receives 8-10 easter eggs. That’s double their recommended calorie intake for a whole week.

● Enough Cadbury’s Creme Eggs are made in Birmingham every year to make a pile ten times higher than Mount Everest if you put them on top of each other. Over 1.5 million are produced every day.

● 58% of children consider chocolate to be the most important part of Easter, with 30% eating their egg instead of breakfast.

● That lovely crocodile pattern often seen on chocolate eggs comes from Germany and was designed to cover any imperfections during production – not just to make it look pretty.