The tradicion starts on the 4th Century when the Church dit not allow to consume eggs during Lent. However, the chickens were laying eggs and throw eggs would have been a sin. So no choice but to save them. At that time a lot of eggs were collected and had to be distributed.
Easter Sunday was the first day that this rule ceased to exist and became the appointed date to give the eggs were not eaten during Lent. Thus he was born this custom.
Offering a basjet full of fresh eggs was a wonderful gesture, Ofrecer una cesta de huevos frescos era un magnífico detalle, but if it were coloredpainted eggs it became a real treat.
From the 18th Century, fresh eggs were emtied and then fulled of chocolate. In Spain, the regions with a more tradition are Catalonia and Valencia
y a rellenarlos de chocolate. En España, las regiones con más tradición en la elaboración de figuras de chocolate para celebrar la Pascua es la zona de Cataluña y Valencia.
These figures acquired great importance from the middle of the past century. Easter cakes are chocolate that adopt infinite forms, whose only limit is the imagination of the master chocolatier. Here are some examples of the most original ones.
Torreblanca Bakery (from Paco Torreblanca)
Oriol Balaguer
Alberto Barrero
Eskimo and seal from Mateu Closa
Napoleón and Pancho Villa from Miquel Guarro
Mamá Framboise
Chocolate hens from Mamá Framboise
“Star Wars” from Chocolat Factory
