The United Methodist Women of Park Forest Village United Methodist Church have been making chocolate Easter eggs for 36 years.
“I was one of the first ladies to be involved,” said Carol Mumma. “We started small, but it has grown every year since.” She also named Marie Hargrove as one of the early “egg makers.”
The group starts in the six weeks prior to Easter and meets weekly, breaking the work into mixing and shaping, freezing, dipping in the chocolate, trimming and wrapping.
Mumma said they changed their method a little this year by leaving the eggs to chill, coming back the next afternoon and dipping them. It adds an extra afternoon of work, but the women don’t have to hang around waiting, as they had done in the past.
On average, 15 women are at the church making eggs each week, and they typically make nearly 5,000 of the delicacies. The treats come in peanut butter and coconut, and are sold for $1 each.
Money from egg sales goes to local service agencies and global missions.
Orders, which will be accepted until Tuesday, April 11, can be placed by calling (814) 237-4150.
This same group, which is lead by president Alice Browning and secretary Kathy Seymour, is known for making apple crumb pies in the fall. The group has a list of 80 people whom they call to see if they want their usual number of pies. The pies are all ordered ahead, and are offered once in October and once in November.
