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The Easter basket of my youth contained a month’s worth of goodies, a payload of processed sugar topped only by the haul at Halloween: waxy chocolate bunnies, plastic eggs with coins inside, dipped-and-dyed hard-boiled eggs (always loved my name block-printed in wax crayon), speckled malted milk balls, chocolate dipped marshmallow eggs (which were, if you remember, only half an egg), Brach's "Jelly Bird Eggs," and several “flavors” of Peeps, which we refused to eat until they got good and stale.
Today, our preference in chocolate has shifted…to quality over quantity. Brian Pelletier of local Kakao chocolates and Christopher Elbow of his namesake chocolate company in Kansas City would no doubt agree.
For Easter, Pelletier has crafted 4 varieties of lop-eared chocolate bunnies: in semi-sweet (at left), milk, white, and white with raspberry. Wrapped and ready, and cute as a baby bunny, the cost is $10 to $12 per. Get 'em now as they're going fast.
But as Relish was picking up its ration, something else caught our eye: geese. Chocolate geese. Big ones. Five pound, foot-tall geese. Should you want one for the center of your Easter table, it’s not too late, but we advise acting on that impulse immediately. Call Kakao and tell them you really want a goose. It'll cost you $50.
For something even fancier, check out Elbow's Easter Egg Collection. Our favorite comes in a 9-egg "crate" in colors Paas would never even have dreamed of. They are only available locally at Nadoz EuroBakery & Cafe (Boulevard location only) and supplies are limited, so if you’re considering one, reserve it now. The boxes are $24.
We’d normally consider pairing wine with such chocolate, but as the occasion will be Easter Brunch, a Mimosa will have to suffice. Oh, the sacrifice...
