Easter Bunny long-dead time of winter. The Ukrainian art of decorating eggs for Easter, known as "pysanky", dates to ancient, pre-Christian times. Similar variants of this form of artwork are seen amongst other eastern and central European cultures. The idea of an egg-giving hare went to the U.S. in the 18th century. Protestant German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhase" (sometimes spelled "Oschter Haws"). "Hase" means "hare", not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare. According to the legend, only good children received gifts of colored eggs in the nests
Chocolate bunny Chocolate bunny A chocolate bunny or chocolate rabbit is a piece of chocolate in the shape of a rabbit, usually stylized, and generally hollow. It is in some ways a variant of the chocolate Easter egg, being made in a mould in the same manner, both the egg and the rabbit symbolise new life, and spring. Specifically the production of such eggs for Easter is related to the Easter bunny. Chocolate bunnies come in many different figures, hence there is a wide variety of recipes for different kinds of chocolate bunnies. Chocolate bunnies can be eaten frozen, in pieces, and