Article: A Bunny Is Born ; Collectors Crave The Antique Molds Used To Create These Chocolatey Easter Treats.

LAURA KNOWLES

FOR MORE THAN 100 years, the chocolate Easter bunny has been one of the favored treats of the season.

Most often made of milk chocolate, bunnies, chicks, lambs, eggs and other springtime symbols have earned their place in the Easter basket, right alongside the jelly beans and marshmallow Peeps.

So how did the idea of rabbits made of milk chocolate come into vogue? And how were these cute and tasty creatures made?

Much of the history that follows was traced in the displays of the Candy Americana Museum and store at Wilbur Chocolate in Lititz. There are cases and cases of metal and plaster chocolate molds in the shape of bunnies, chicks, eggs, baskets, ducks, hens, crosses and ...

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