--- title: A $49,000 Bunny and 6 Other Crazy Numbers for This Holiday Weekend description: What people will spend on the Easter and Passover holidays in 2015. authors: - name: Susie Poppick url: https://money.com/author/susie-poppick/ at_money_since: 2013 articles: 117 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/susiepoppick former_staff: true published: '2015-04-03T16:31:26.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T10:11:44.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - cost - costliest - Easter - Easter Eggs - eggs - expensive - Holidays - most expensive - passover - passover seder - price - priciest - spend - Spending word_count: 290 canonical: https://money.com/easter-passover-numbers/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![(left) Marshmallow Peeps factory; (right) Passover matzo at the Manischewitz Co. factory in Newark, New Jersey.](https://img.money.com/2015/04/150403_em_easterpassovernumbers.jpg) *Marshmallow Peeps factory (left) ; Passover matzo at the Manischewitz Co. factory (right).* This year, Easter and Passover fall on the same weekend, which means grocery stores will be overrun by shoppers grabbing last minute-supplies for seders and holiday dinners. Consumers will shell out more than [$2 billion](https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/consumers-the-hunt-candy-new-spring-apparel-this-easter) just on candy alone. Here are some other impressive numbers associated with these two holidays. **$16.4 billion **The amount consumers plan to spend this year on Easter, compared with $15.9 billion last year, according to the National Retail Federation's [annual survey](https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/consumers-the-hunt-candy-new-spring-apparel-this-easter). That averages out to about $140 per person. **35 **The number of Peeps flavors available during Easter season. You can enjoy a sugar-coated marshmallow chick in flavors that include "party cake," "sour watermelon," "sweet lemonade," and "mystery flavor." **$49,000 **Cost of a [chocolate Easter bunny](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/23/worlds-most-expensive-easter-bunny_n_6926444.html) with diamonds for eyes being sold by chocolatier Martin Chiffers via luxury product site [veryfirstto.com](http://veryfirstto.com/fashion/the-worlds-most-extravagant-chocolate-easter-bunny/). Don't worry about waste: The site states that "Once the bunny has been eaten, the diamonds can be set into a bespoke piece of jewellery (such as earrings) free of charge." **30% **The typical premium for kosher foods versus nonkosher foods, year-round. Special "kosher-for-passover" products are even more expensive because of the extra requirements the food must meet. **$10,000 **The penalty for price gouging on kosher-for-Passover products, as proposed by a [new bill](http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S114-2015) in the New York state Senate. **$11,000 **The price of the eight-day "Prime Passover Experience" at the [St. Regis Monarch Beach](http://www.theprimeexperience.com/passover/monarchbeach) in Dana Point, Calif. For that sum, you get an ocean-view room and butler service, plus options for horseback riding, private sailing, limo service, yoga, spa time, and [vintage wine](http://nypost.com/2015/04/02/at-11000-a-head-this-is-the-poshest-passover-in-the-world/) with your Passover meal. **More than 40%** ![eggs](https://img.money.com/2015/04/150403_em_easterpassovernumbers2.jpg) Increase in the sales of eggs, which feature both in Easter egg hunts and on the seder plate, in the [week](http://content.money.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nielsen-easterpassover-april-09.pdf) before Easter. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/easter-passover-numbers/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Family", "item": "https://money.com/family/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "A $49,000 Bunny and 6 Other Crazy Numbers for This Holiday Weekend" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/easter-passover-numbers/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/easter-passover-numbers/", "name": "A $49,000 Bunny and 6 Other Crazy Numbers for This Holiday Weekend", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-04-03T16:31:26.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/easter-passover-numbers/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/easter-passover-numbers/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T10:11:44.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "A $49,000 Bunny and 6 Other Crazy Numbers for This Holiday Weekend", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/04/150403_em_easterpassovernumbers.jpg", "width": 3750, "height": 2339, "caption": "150403_EM_EasterPassoverNumbers" }, { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/04/150403_em_easterpassovernumbers2.jpg", "width": 800, "height": 345 } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susie Poppick", "url": "https://money.com/author/susie-poppick/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/susie-poppick/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/05/14-05-21_bio_author_poppick.jpg?quality=85&w=190&h=190&crop=1", "email": "susie_poppick@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/susiepoppick" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-04-03T16:31:26.000Z", "description": "What people will spend on the Easter and Passover holidays in 2015.", "abstract": "What people will spend on the Easter and Passover holidays in 2015.", "@id": "https://money.com/easter-passover-numbers/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-05-16T10:11:44.000Z", "wordCount": 290, "keywords": [ "cost", "costliest", "Easter", "Easter Eggs", "eggs", "expensive", "Holidays", "most expensive", "passover", "passover seder", "price", "priciest", "spend", "Spending" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Family", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family" ] } ] } ] } ```