Fun Easter Facts

Here are some fun stats on Easter and all the candy that comes with the holiday.

-When taking a bite into a chocolate bunny, 76 percent of Americans prefer to bite off the ears first.
-90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are made for Easter each year.
-This Easter, more than 700 million Marshmallow Peeps, chicks, bunnies and eggs will be consumed, making them the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy. The company manufactures 4.2 million Marshmallows a day.
-Americans spend an average of $1.9 billion on Easter candy every year.
-It takes 24-26 hours for a hen to complete the process of laying an egg. And, South American Ameraucana and Araucan chickens can lay colored eggs in hues of green, blue, or pink.
-The 10 most popular things gave up for lent include alcohol, chocolate and sweets, cursing, Facebook, television, junk food, pop, smoking, texting and gossiping.