Mmmm, Crunchy!
December 15, 2017 Hey, kids! Do you know what tomorrow is?!
It's Chocolate Covered Anything Day!
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[Kermit flail]
YAAAAAAAY!
Yep, today is the day when you can take anything and everything and cover it in CHOCOLATE!!!
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And you thought chocolate-covered bacon was awesome.
Caught a fish on your camping trip?
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Cover it in chocolate!
Wolf Spider crawling on you in the middle of the night?
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COVER IT IN CHOCOLATE.
There's literally no end to the things you can cover in chocolate!
Right, guys?
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Ew.
Um...
;)
Hang on.
Dipped or sculpted?
[grabbing baker by lapels]
DIPPED OR SCULPTED?!
Well, whichever it is, you're going to larva this one:
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*hurk*
Okay, seriously. Japan? We need to talk.
[putting arm around Japan]
Look, I get it. You're fun! You're kooky! Hello Kitty and tentacles and all that. But chocolate covered beetles? Really? Is that even a thing?
It is?
*sigh*
Well, could you at least make them a little less creepy?
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Apparently not.
Thanks to Kristina M., Cattie P., Jessica C., Amy M., & D.L., who will never look at that chocolate fountain in Golden Corral the same way again.
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Reader Comments (16)
Not going to lie, I would eat the first one O_o
1) Looks like someone who was carrying a container of melted chocolate tripped, and this was the result. Bakers probably tried to pass it off as a lava cake.
2) Speaking of Kermit, does he know his love was decapitated and then covered in chocolate?
3) This thing is just so bass. Salmon ought to be punished for this. Whoever did it, his career must be floundering. It is just eely awful. Who made it, Gilligan? It wouldn't make zero on a scale of one to ten. Okay, we're finished here. (I said all that just for the halibut).
4) Eight legs that creep.
Chocolate doesn't help it.
Eight legs that creep.
Better kick it down the stairs.
(Apologies to John, Paul, George and Ringo).
5 - 8) My nerdy side is going to show now. I thought these were pretty cool. Of course, I used to do insect collecting as a hobby. Even now my wife and I raise caterpillars to turn into butterflies. So, yes, I liked these.
Mmmm!!.....The piggy head reminded me of the the film "Lord of the Fondue".
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Yeah, what is with Japan? One minute they're selling us cute, cuddly Pokémon. Then we turn around and they bring out the chocolate-covered beetles! They fetishize the weirdest things. I don't know . . .
Confession, I couldn't tell what the pig head was until I came to the comment section. When I saw the Miss Piggy reference I scrolled back up and it suddenly came into focus. Now I'm scarred for life.
I’m worried about that first one. It’s like some kind of bakery crime. What do they have to hide? What is under that chocolate? WHAT?
I think the spider one is actually pretty cute. Then again, I hold decidedly unpopular opinions on our six/eight/hundred/no-legged friends...
These particular beetles are associated with (boys') childhood fun in Japan. They are collected and set up to fight each other. You can buy them in pet shops for that purpose.
The Merry Christmas one is well done. Loving denial as I do I choose to think theres a chocolate molded elephant (Squint! It's an elephant!) and sugar croissants. Don't tell me what the base is made of!
Sticks fingers in ears and sings Fa la la la I can't hear you! La la la la!
I, too, would enjoy that first one. yum! Now I want some gooey chocolate mess!
Oh man the laughter here. And the disgust especially seeing those beetles..creepy and perfect for Halloween.
Chocolate *modeled* rhinoceros beetles. Weird, geek factor 13.4. WANT.
Are you sure that's Japan? It looks South Asian to me. Maybe Sri Lanka? Or Thai?
Stag beetles are popular pets in Japan, especially with young boys. (Bonus points for catching them themselves instead of buying them at the pet store.)
wandertokyo.com/stag-beetle has info on the care of them as pets.
The ones with Japanese writing on them are birthday cakes, btw. That last one wished a young boy named Kotarou a happy birthday. It says, in roman letters, "Kotarou-kun otanjoubi omedetou", which more accurately translates as "Congratulations on your birthday, Kotarou-kun." The pretty one with the strawberries didn't have a name, just the birthday congratulations. :)
As other people said, stag beetles are popular children's pets here in Japan. Two of those cakes are birthday cakes, so I'm guessing they're for kids with pet beetles. (: /Also as someone who loves insects I think they're adorable.
I’d LIke to note that those beetles look like DUNG beetles....as if they weren’t already gross enough!