Britain’s King Edward I bought 450 ... JS Fry & Sons invented chocolate paste, it produced the first chocolate hollow Easter egg in 1873 – and the tradition is still going 142 years later.

On the first try, the chocolate cracked and broke when chocolatiers took it out of the mould, but on the second attempt, the egg was assembled in four pieces to make sure it would not break. Giant ...

When chocolate arrived in Britain in the 17th century ... Thirty years later, in 1873, Fry's developed the first chocolate Easter egg as a luxury treat, merging the two gift-giving traditions.

The first chocolate Easter Egg created in Britain is believed to have been made by JS Fry & Sons in Bristol in 1873. This year, Good Friday falls on April 18, with Easter Sunday on April 20 and ...

A CHOCOLATE egg as ... and it’s officially Britain’s biggest ever. Weighing in at a whopping 300kg, “The Good Egg” is the largest and heaviest Easter egg ever made in the UK — and ...

When chocolate arrived in Britain in the 17th century ... Thirty years later, in 1873, Fry’s developed the first chocolate Easter egg as a luxury treat, merging the two gift-giving traditions.

So, what exactly do eggs and chocolate bunnies have to do with this religious holiday? And when did the first Easter egg hunt take place? And where exactly did the Easter Bunny even come from??

When chocolate arrived in Britain in the 17th century ... Thirty years later, in 1873, Fry’s developed the first chocolate Easter egg as a luxury treat, merging the two gift-giving traditions. Even in ...

When chocolate arrived in Britain in the 17th century ... Thirty years later, in 1873, Fry’s developed the first chocolate Easter egg as a luxury treat, merging the two gift-giving traditions.