Where did all of the solid chocolate bunnies, eggs, etc go?

I think you nailed it: They’re cheap bastards trying to screw you out of your money. It’s the same with the dimples on the bottom of peanut butter jars.

You know I was thinking the same thing. I was craving chocolate and I don’t like the hollow ones. But it took me an hour and looking at three different stores before I found one.
But it is so disgustingly sweet, I think the hollow ones are the way to go.
But on a good note, my friend found a huge non hollow Dove chocolate rabbit at Big Lots.

I imagine they would be a bit hard to eat, quite literally. They would also be quite heavy. Imagine a truckload of those chocolate statuettes not being allowed to traverse bridges because they exceed allowable mass.

I’m pretty sure Godiva still makes a solid bunny.

I don’t think it is being cheap. Chocolate is expensive, so for a decent sized bunny, if it were solid it would be quite expensive, and a lot of chocolate.

Russell Stover, Cadbury, and Hersey do make some.

Oh, and Harry and David. I am pretty sure they have a solid bunny.

@optimisticpessimist OMG your link has a Lindt bunny! I cannot wait for Monday!

@JLeslie… but I couldn’t find whether it was solid or hollow so… I didn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up.

I think Dove makes small solid bubbies too.

(Wait -that was a typo! I meant “bunnies!”)

The most commonly used molding methods actually don’t allow for solid molding. These days, chocolate is dosed into one half of the mold, the two halves are clipped together, then the molds are spun in random motion orbiters to evenly coat the inside of the mold. Using that method, you couldn’t do solid if you had to.

There is also a limit to how big you can make a solid molded figure because the chocolate can’t cool quickly enough in a large mass like that. So perhaps you could look at it this way: hollow molding gives you a bigger bunny for your money.

@optimisticpessimist Hollow is fine. I hope I come across some on sale after Easter. Lindt on sale is a rare thing.

@JLeslie Lindt on sale is an awesome thing.

Check at World Market if you have one near you. They have the real deal on bunnies.

I was just hearing on the way to work today that chocolate is getting more expensive lately.

@MyNewtBoobs It is worth noting that there is no consensus on the origin and function of the punt in the underside of jars and bottles.

Might have something to do with all the turmoil in Ivory Coast. It really drove the prices of chocolate up.

Actually, since we are talking about the jars, it was found that Heinz, a long while back, was shorting their 16oz size (I think it was 16oz) by one oz. A law suit was brought, the people were not looking for compensation, the settlement was Heinz had to overfill by an oz for a year in hopes to equal things out with the people who bought their ketchup.

I just Googled shopping results for “solid chocolate bunny” and a ton of them came up, some in white, milk and also dark chocolate. Yum, I want a marzipan or nougat filled bunny, thanks :)

Hollow Bunnies are such a disappointment! I want something I can just gnaw on all day!

When I was little, we had an orchard and sometimes I’d pick a fruit to find it all ruined inside by parasites. The first time I ate the ears off a chocolate bunny and then had the whole head snap off to reveal a hollow shell…. I screamed…. “This bunny has worms!!!”

Lindt bunnies are hollow. (bought one today.) :(

Hey, while we are complaining about cheapo products being sold in the stores, lets not forget toilet paper. The roles are now ½ inch narrower than last year, but the price is still the same.

I guess they figured us consumers would not notice this, but we did.

It takes more now than it did before, simply because they have cheated us out of ½ of an inch in width in toilet paper.

Last year, I saw two solid chocolate easter bunnies. The were so small, you needed a magnifying glass to see it.

Up with the price and done with the product…...................their motto.

@squirbel Where did you buy it?

You can still buy them if you are willing to pay the price. Specialty chocolate shops carry them, but don’t expect to find solid chocolate at a reasonable price in the supermarket.

I’m not exactly sure on the price but Dove makes an excellent and decent sized solid chocolate bunny and can usually be found in the Easter section at many grocery stores (Acme, Kroger) as well as CVS.

And for those who don’t like overly sweet, they offer a Dark Chocolate one as well as the regular one.

I’ve bought them in years past and they are definitely difficult to gnaw through. Plus Dove is a really quality brand, nice and smooth the way good chocolate should be (not like that Hershey’s crap)

Hopefully they’ll have some leftover to go on sale afterwards.

I’m with you on Dove @Buttonstc.

They and Cadbury have the only affordable good quality chocolates in the mass market.

Of course there are other quality chocolates (Godiva and other high end stuff) but their prices are way up there.

As in so many things, we agree, my dear Buttons.

Costco had (about 6 weeks ago) two solid Lindt bunnies for $10. So Lindt is one.

Last night I was in Walmart doing the bunny shopping and I saw Russell Stover, good size, solid. They also had smaller Dove, solid. I believe they had Hershey solid, too.

Dove is delicious. Their milk chocolate seems to have a little more cocoa than most (just going by taste).

I love the little solid Dove eggs at Easter time. I buy a bunch of bags and put them in the freezer.

I think Cadbury should make a giant cream egg rather than just a hollow Easter egg with some cream eggs in the box.

@NorbertFish4 How giant? Those eggs are pretty rich. The normal egg size seems enough, can’t have more than two at once. The mini cream eggs are a waste in my opinion.

Not too giant, just bigger. I agree it would be very rich though, you couldnt have many at once.

I agree the mini ones are a complete waste of time though