# 92 Chocolate Easter Eggs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600 "2026-03-20T03:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/21 "2026-03-20T15:31:43Z")
Ideally the 92 eggs would have been nailed (carefully) to the rabbit hutch door. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/22 "2026-03-20T15:41:30Z")
Silly, Rabbits don’t lay eggs. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/23 "2026-03-20T16:13:26Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Excellent situational summary! Don’t you mean…eggs-cellent? 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/24 "2026-03-20T16:22:34Z")
You got me on that one 🤣 Thanks for all the math! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/25 "2026-03-20T18:17:19Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Well, I’m slow at work so I did a bit of math: > > 92 eggs / 15 children = 6.133 eggs. > > Round down to 6 eggs per kid and there’s 2 eggs left. A two egg payment for the egg procurer, maybe? Or maybe a couple kids who were extra good that year got an extra egg. > > Or, it sounds like maybe some of the kids got more eggs than others depending on the economic situation or the like / dislike factor. Why do you think the adults aren’t getting any? I expect the distribution was more like 2 eggs per adult, and 1 per child. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/26 "2026-03-20T18:59:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > Well, I’m slow at work so I did a bit of math: > > > > 92 eggs / 15 children = 6.133 eggs. > > > > Round down to 6 eggs per kid and there’s 2 eggs left. A two egg payment for the egg procurer, maybe? Or maybe a couple kids who were extra good that year got an extra egg. > > > > Or, it sounds like maybe some of the kids got more eggs than others depending on the economic situation or the like / dislike factor. > > Why do you think the adults aren’t getting any? I expect the distribution was more like 2 eggs per adult, and 1 per child. Especially those fruit and nut abominations! Those were definitely for the adults. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/27 "2026-03-20T19:14:10Z")
Christmas tradition is that my wife and daughter get a Terry’s Chocolate Orange in their stockings every year. This year they were very disappointed that the these didn’t actually have any orange flavour any more (although still chocolate!). A couple of months later I got a notice from the local Scottish and Irish store that they had received a shipment of Easter goodies from the UK, so there are now two **huge** imported British Terry’s Chocolate Orange Easter eggs sitting in the back of the closet awaiting Easter dinner. And these ones are labelled as containing _real orange flavour_. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/28 "2026-03-20T19:18:26Z")
Is your dentist on speed dial. The chocolate oranges I’ve seen are plenty for 4 or 5 people. If no one swallows half. It’s actually the size of an orange. How big are yours? ETA…I misread. I see you said 2 Huge ones. Ok. That sounds better. Enjoy them. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/29 "2026-03-20T23:40:15Z")
I remember something similar when I was a kid… I liked the fruit and nut ones. The marshmallow ones, no thank you! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/30 "2026-03-21T01:03:55Z")
As a kid I really hated chocolate. Cheap milk chocolate especially. Just a nasty unpleasant flavor. Easter was the cruelest trick ever played on a kid. I eventually learned to like chocolate OK, but I still prefer dark to light and less to more. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/31 "2026-03-21T01:16:26Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I remember something similar when I was a kid… I liked the fruit and nut ones. The marshmallow ones, no thank you! I never liked the marshmallow ones either. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/32 "2026-03-23T15:08:42Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > Christmas tradition is that my wife and daughter get a Terry’s Chocolate Orange in their stockings every year. This year they were very disappointed that the these didn’t actually have any orange flavour any more (although still chocolate!). My granddaughter and I love the Terry’s Chocolate Oranges. I get her one every year. This past Christmas was no different. They were orange-flavored. In fact, they have all sorts of other flavors now too - raspberry, mint, etc., in both dark and milk chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/33 "2026-03-25T19:34:15Z")
We’ll be visiting Wales and London in a few months. Terry’s Chocolate Oranges are one of the things I’ll be looking to bring back with me (along with some Jaffa Cakes). I don’t know why this flavor combo is not more popular here in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/34 "2026-03-30T15:18:00Z")
I just bought a Terry’s small chocolate/orange rabbit from Walmart a couple of days ago! ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/35 "2026-03-30T17:43:41Z")
Wasn’t this a Nena song? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/36 "2026-03-30T19:46:44Z")
Only if they’re German chocolate eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/37 "2026-03-30T21:20:48Z")
Hi @Ellecram! I just found this thread, so I’ll add my own story. I grew up in [Workington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workington), a small town in way-off north west England. Sixty years ago, it was properly isolated and kinda had its own way of doing certain things. One example: kids were given Easter eggs just like everywhere else, but in Workington these were aways displayed in the window, visible from the street. Showing off your haul of eggs to the world. Mrs Trep (who was born in London) always cites this as one of the weirdest customs she observed. Whether this bizarre ostentation still goes on, I don’t know. I should add: that far north the sun in spring is so weak that the risk of chocolate melting was negligible. We also had [Pace Eggs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pace_Egg_play#The_eggs) (eggs hard boiled with onion skins) which were used in a game where two people armed with eggs would take turns banging eggs (like conkers) to see whose cracked first. Or you could go [pace egg rolling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_rolling). Very weird. j ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/38 "2026-04-15T12:52:52Z")
Every time I see this thread title, my brain adds: “…Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Stupid brain. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/39 "2026-04-15T13:02:50Z")
What happened in Missouri, that’s related to chocolate and/or Easter? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600/40 "2026-04-15T13:33:14Z")
Woody Harrelson movie titled “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/92-chocolate-easter-eggs/1028600.md?page=3)