When/who first came up with the idea of having *chocolate eggs* at Easter in addition to the traditional eggs?

Chocolate Easter eggs date back to Germany and France in the early 1800's. There was a tradition of giving solid chocolate eggs as gifts. The first chocolate eggs were not the sweet milk chocolate that many people know today; they were small and made with a very bitter dark chocolate.

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In 1819 The pioneer of Swiss chocolate-making, François Louis Callier, opens the first Swiss chocolate factory in Corsier, near Vevey.

For what it's worth:

1839

A German baker named Stollwerck begins a business that grows into one of the largest companies in Germany, producing a variety of chocolate products and brands.

1840

The first pressed chocolate tablets, pastilles and figures are produced in Belgium by the chocolate company Berwaerts.

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Rabbits are a pagan fertility symbol. Just like chocolate!