I was talking with a friend recently about Easter candy.
We were listing off all of the greatest hits the holiday has to offer: jelly beans, Cadbury eggs, and of course Peeps, which still include a potentially hazardous food dye but have managed to avoid the spotlight this year when it comes to annual Easter scandals.
When my friend and I started discussing the giant chocolate rabbits, it struck me how many “cute” animals are being dismantled and consumed as part of the American corporate candy tradition.
I suppose I shouldn’t find this strange. Chickens, eggs, and rabbits are eaten regularly in human culture, after all. But there’s just something about plainly biting the ears off of a bunny-shaped piece of cocoa and sugar that seems disturbing when it’s given any thought.
Your average candy-eater likely isn’t giving chocolate Easter bunny ears any thought other than “yum,” however, and perhaps that’s the way it should stay for now.
Next winter, we can reconvene to discuss the gingerbread men.
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Improper merging? Drummond gives Gatz a citation
Electric election: Norman’s shocking powerline politics
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Boardwalk at Bricktown serves up hot pie in the sky
Pass the pizza rolls? Special session a lame pre-party
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Just the sip: ABLE Commission mixes a bitter beverage
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Personal fowl: Switzer blitzes Stitt on rooster rumbles
Sen. Markwayne Mullin takes his fight and bite national
Stitt antes up for February fight on sports betting
Bad luck Halloween: The rainy trick spoiling your treats
New OKC Thunder arena election may not be a layup
The water meter spins at the Edmond aquatic center
Ryan Walters explores new math with budget request
Endless consumption: Pac-Man popular in Oklahoma
Cheers to 8 years of (sometimes political) cartoons
What to do when there’s no room at the Edmond inn?
Behold, OU students: Lindsey Street tailgating returns
PAC 12 implosion continues conference realignment
The Earth must be quite a pothole for UFOs
American Heartland Theme Park raises some eyebrows
Sick of Stitt hammering the machine, Drummond seeks a spin
Introducing a Razr-thin margin of plausible deniability
Bright future: OKC Thunder rookies ready to get to work
Blockbuster: Oklahoma weather presents DVD-size hail
Uncommon ground in Edmond: No art of compromise?
Stitt knows how to get, how to get to Override Street
Former Justice Steven Taylor broke open a tie ballgame
Welcome to the whirlwind of graduation season
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