Cribsheet: Easter

Sarah Sundberg

Eggs eaten per American in 2005: 255.1
Eggs eaten per American in 1945: 402
Eggs eaten on an average week last year: 129 million
Eggs eaten over the week of Easter and Passover: 260 million
Weight of world's largest Easter egg in Vegreville, Alberta : 5,000 lbs
Number of eggs to be found in "world's largest Easter egg hunt": 300,000

Jellybeans eaten during Easter last year: 15 billion
Proportion of children who prefer cherry-flavored jellybeans: 20%
Proportion of children who prefer blueberry-flavored jellybeans: 5%
Times Easter jellybeans would circle the globe if laid out on the ground: 3


Marshmallow Peeps eaten over Easter: 1 billion
Time it took to manufacture a marshmallow peep in 1953: 27 hours
Time it takes to manufacture a marshmallow peep today: 6 minutes


Chocolate bunnies eaten over Easter: 60 million
Proportion of people who eat the ears of a chocolate Easter bunny first: 76%
Proportion who eat the Easter bunny tail first: 4%
Scaring the bejesus out of your kid in an Easter bunny costume: $499 and up


Plane tickets for two adults and one baby to the Easter Islands : $2,787.74