This year, there’s an Easter treat called the Cumberbunny, which is Benedict Cumberbatch fashioned in chocolate, available from chocolatician.com.
It’s very charming, if you’re into the idea of a chocolate Cumberbatch with rabbit ears and a human head transplanted on to a rabbit’s body. If there’s a downside, from some angles it could be construed as looking a little bit creepy, as though a terrible Easter-themed sci-fi accident had occurred, similar to the human-bug hybrid in the David Cronenberg film, The Fly.
As the mother of a teenage Cumberbatch fan, I’m more concerned with the Cumberbunny price – 50 nicker! In fairness, a bit goes to charity and there’s gold leaf on the bow tie. Still, £50 seems a lot considering that sooner or later, Cumberbatch – so sorry, I mean, the Cumberbunny – is going to go off.
If money were no object, then perhaps the Cumberbunny could have been a bit more Sherlock-y. Surely Cumberbatch fans would prefer their hero to be clad in a deerstalker hat? Such a hat could easily have been moulded around the Cumberbunny ears, with a bunny tail peeking out of the back of the famous long overcoat, but in a classy non reverse-flasher kind of way? Now there’s a design idea for edible Benedict Cumberbatches of the future!
Right now, it’s just nice to think that, in years to come, all those grateful recipients might be sitting in family therapy sessions, nostalgically remembering just how much fun they had licking, gnawing and masticating the face of their first true love.
