When did the chocolate easter bunny first come out?
according to http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht… The chocolate bunny has its origins in medieval Europe, where the hare became a symbol of Easter, in large part because of its fecundity. German legend had it that after a long winter’s sleep the Easter bunny would lay bright-colored eggs in the grass for good children to find. The practice of giving decorated eggs at Easter dates to the Middle Ages. But it was not until sometime around World War II, as automation took over the mass-market chocolate business, that the practice of presenting chocolate rabbits to children took this country by storm. The Bortz Chocolate Company in Reading, Pa., founded in 1916, was among the earliest to make chocolate rabbits on a large scale. It was also among the first to introduce bunny personalities, coming out in 1934 with a rabbit playing the accordion and another driving a car. But in
