Easter by the Numbers
April 2, 20216:03 am
- The National Retail Federation says more than 1 billion Easter eggs are hunted in the United States each year.
- An estimated 60 millon chocolate bunnies are sold each Easter.
- The most popular Easter candy is chocolate eggs.
- The most popular Easter candy, after chocolate, is Peeps. An estimated 700 million are sold each year.
- Easter is second only to Christmas in candy sales and ranks behind that holiday and Mother’s Day in flower sales.
- Hershey sells enough Cadbury Creme Eggs to fill over 100 million Easter baskets.
- Over 16 billion jellybeans will be eaten this Easter.
