It was an ordinary day. Reading about an event in Lancaster's history that happened over the Easter holidays in 1919 when the Rebman Holiday business opened at West King and Water Streets in downtown Lancaster in what was eventually known as the Stevens House. Mr. Earl Rebman began his business career by making Easter candy in the kitchen of his home and selling his Easter merchandise from a wheel barrow at the Penn Square curb market. Over time, one of Earl's most famous items he would sell was his peanut butter Easter eggs. At one time the Rebman family sold their peanut butter eggs out of a trailer in East Hempfield Township, off Road Central on Columbia Ave. The peanut butter eggs were, and still are, available in both white and dark chocolate flavors. The Rebman family has been making these same peanut butter eggs for 114 years. The special recipe has been a family secret for many years. One of those family members was Bobby Rebman, whom I got to meet when we both entered Millersville State Teacher's College in the fall of 1962.
The Rebman business was established as a candy business in 1909 when Earl F. Rebman Sr. operated as many as three stores around West King and Water Streets in Lancaster city. The Rebman's also sold peanut butter eggs out of a trailer in East Hempfield Township, outside Off Road Central on Columbia Avenue. That site was the former location of the Rebman's store which closed in 2005. You can now buy Rebman's Easter eggs in a new location, at 441 East Main Street in Mountville near Two Cousins Pizza.
They will be there every day from now until Easter according to their Facebook post. Be sure to arrive early, as they often sell out. They do not take any pre-orders. Their fabulous peanut butter eggs are available in milk, white and dark chocolate flavors. A half-dozen sell for $11 with a dozen selling for $20.
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