Chocolate figures in foil that appear on the shelves on the eve of holidays (Christmas or Easter) are always empty inside. And there are good reasons for this.
This is reported by “URA-Inform” with reference to Smithsonian.
R.M. Palmer Vice President of Manufacturing Mark Schlott explained that the figurines are primarily made hollow inside for safety and convenience reasons.
“If you had a bigger bunny and it was solid chocolate, it would be like a brick; you'd break your teeth,” he said.
Also, hollow chocolate bunnies are more cost-effective. That is, it seems that the piece of chocolate is very large, because it is empty inside. If this weight of chocolate were to be used to make a bar, it would probably not even be half that.
It is worth noting that chocolate bunnies first appeared in the United States in the 19th century, adopting the tradition from Germany. The first sales began to grow after 1890, when a Pennsylvania entrepreneur displayed a giant, 5-foot-tall chocolate bunny in his drugstore as a publicity stunt.
The hollow figures first appeared in 1939 and became very popular after World War II. Incidentally, one of the most popular chocolate molds are the rabbit. And the figurine was made based on a dog toy.
Recall that earlier it was reported that scientists named the real date of Christmas: experts said why not December 25.