Festive chocolate Easter bunnies line up at Jacques Torres Chocolate in New York's SoHo neighborhood on April 5, 2007. Easter is one of the busiest times of the year for Jacques Torres Chocolate, one of the Big Apple's best-known chocolatiers. According to the National Confectioners Association, 90 million chocolate bunnies are made for the holiday each year.
Workers at Jacques Torres Chocolate in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan assemble Easter chocolate bunnies on April 5, 2007. A new survey by the National Confectioners Association reveals that Americans prefer candy bunnies to live rabbits 20-to-1, and 76 percent of people eat the ears on chocolate bunnies first.
A worker puts the finishing touches to an egg for the chocolate Easter display at Burie, a traditional chocolate store in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 3, 2007. Burie is one of the few chocolatiers in Belgium that still makes its creations by hand.
Mrs. Burie, owner of the traditional chocolate store Burie, arranges an ornate chocolate Easter display in her shop in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 3, 2007. Burie is one of the few chocolatiers in Belgium that still makes its creations by hand.
A worker drizzles chocolate on an egg for the chocolate Easter display at Chocolatier Burie in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 3, 2007. The first chocolate eggs were made in Europe in the early 19th century, and they remain among the most popular treats associated with Easter.
Handmade chocolate items make up an Easter display at the traditional chocolate store Burie in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 3, 2007.
Chocolate birds and eggs make up an Easter display at the traditional chocolate store Burie in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 3, 2007. In the U.S., Easter is the No. 2 confectionery holiday behind Halloween.
Chocolate items make up an Easter display at Burie, the traditional chocolate store in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 3, 2007. Burie is one of the few chocolatiers in Belgium that still makes its creations by hand.
An Easter display at the traditional chocolate store Burie in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 3, 2007. Burie is one of the few chocolatiers in Belgium that still makes its creations by hand.
Workman put the final touches on the world's first edible billboard in Covent Garden, London, on April 3, 2007. The billboard, made of 860 pounds of chocolate, took three months to plan and 300 hours for a team of 10 to build.
Thorntons unveils the world's first edible chocolate billboard on April 3, 2007. The London chocolatier later invited passers-by to indulge in eating the billboard made of 10 chocolate bunnies, 72 giant chocolate eggs and 128 chocolate panels, with each piece weighing more than 4 pounds.
The world's first edible billboard, made from 860 pounds of pure chocolate, is displayed in Covent Garden, London, on April 3, 2007. The 14.5 foot-by-9.5 foot Easter display was devoured in just three hours.
Megan eats a chocolate rabbit from part of the world's first edible billboard at Thorntons chocolate shop in Covent Garden, London, on April 3, 2007. After months of work, the billboard, made from 860 pounds of pure chocolate, was gobbled up in just three hours.
Shop assistants rush to prepare Easter eggs in a shop in Rome on April 6, 2007. The first chocolate eggs were made in Europe in the early 19th century, and chocolate eggs remain among the most popular treats associated with Easter.