Origin Of Chocolate

Before diving into your favorite chocolate Easter eggs have you ever taken a moment to wonder where Easter Eggs come from actually? And no, I do not mean your nearest supermarket selling a mass production of chocolate Easter gift, but rather to the origin of Easter and why we give Easter eggs as a gift to another?

Easter is often considered a Christian celebration of the death of Jesus is remembered and his resurrection is celebrated, however, go a little deeper into the history of Easter and we discover an earlier association with pagan rituals and pagan rights spring. Easter is named after a pagan figure called Eastre (or Eostre) who was celebrated as the goddess of spring by the Saxons of Northern Europe. A festival called Eastre took place during the spring equinox by the Saxons in his honor. symbol of the earth goddess Eastre was the rabbit, which was also known as a symbol of fertility.

When the Saxons in Great Britain in the 5th century they have made this festival Eastre which included re-birth and fertility rituals involving eggs, chicks and rabbits with them. Christianity gradually replaced the indigenous religion of the Saxon English in 7th and 8th centuries and the Saxons began to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus. The death and resurrection took place at Easter in the Jewish calendar, which coincided with Eostre, is what the early Church in Britain has called the celebration, Eostre or Easter in modern English.

As the adoption of the pagan festival of Eostre, eggs, representing fertility and re-birth in pagan times, was also adopted in the Christian Easter festival and it has come to represent the resurrection " or re-birth of Jesus after His death on the cross. In the United Kingdom and Europe, the first Easter eggs were painted and decorated, a practice still used in many parts of the world today. Over time, the first chocolate eggs appeared in Germany and France in the early 1800s and soon spread to the rest of Europe. The first solid chocolate eggs, and they were soon followed by hollow eggs. By the 20th century, molding chocolate Easter Egg was fast becoming the Easter gift of choice in the United Kingdom and many parts of Europe, and by the 1960s, it is well established worldwide.

Today you can find almost any Easter egg of your choice, the first mass-produced Cadbury chocolate Easter Egg Manufacturers favorite organic chocolate Easter egg gifts . So, whatever your preference to chocolate Easter eggs or beliefs about the origins of Easter, we can all agree that Easter is a time to celebrate and enjoy the festivities surrounding this weekend.