I assemble a chocolate Bunny Army every Easter. But this year, I’m facing defeat

April 2, 2026 — 2:30pm

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Every year I like to recruit what I call the Bunny Army. Each Easter, before Good Friday, I select 12 “soldiers” from the huge Lindt displays brimming with golden bunnies in the supermarkets. Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, salted caramel, hazelnut: all are gathered into service, a “delicious dozen” set to be deployed among friends and family.

I don’t name the bunnies – that would be a bridge too far, kind of like a chocolate version of Watership Down – but I do like to imagine their relative army specialities. One, I imagine, is a wisecracking medic in the manner of Alan “Hawkeye” Alda from M*A*S*H. One of them, a sweet optimist, is sure that this will be a short deployment, followed by a swift, delicious victory, although he wonders why last year’s recruits never kept in touch.

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