Over the long weekend, I plan to eat my way through several Crunchie chocolate bunnies (over 800 calories each), a few of those mini Cadbury easter eggs (about 100 calories each even though they’re only mini) and about half of a Nigella chocolate cake with chocolate ganache topping (probably about 6 million calories).
Oh, and I think I will have chocolate chip hot cross buns for breakfast, too. 300 calories a pop.
And you know what? I will regret nothing.
It’s Easter – the one time of year that we see those delicious chocolate hot cross buns and Crunchie bunnies in the shops. The one holiday where presents aren’t expected, unless they’re in chocolatey form.
And over the next four days, I’m going to eat ALL THE CHOCOLATE, and I’m not going to feel bad about it. I plan to let go of all chocolate-associated guilt.
Here are five reasons why you should also put away that chocolate guilt and just eat the damn bunny…
1. It’s delicious.
There’s a reason why people love chocolate. It’s damn tasty. And there are SO many good Easter egg options on the shelves. How about that Lindt egg with the soft centre? How about that Humpty Dumpty one that comes with Smarties in the middle? How about the little Malteser bunny? Sign. Me. Up. For. Everything.
Note: Do yourself a favour and buy the good-quality stuff so you’re not resorting to munching on those super-crappy cheapo eggs that your kid’s school gave out for freesies at the end of term. The kids can have them. They can’t even tell the difference – to them, it’s all chocolate and therefore worthy of being eaten.