Ants, crickets and scorpions -- baked, coated in chocolate and promoted as a high-protein snack -- are proving popular among peckish Londoners. Designer Todd Dalton, a trained chef who acquired a taste for insects on his travels in Asia and central America, says 5,000 chocolate-coated bugs have flown off the shelves in England since December. "They are very high in protein and very low in fat. They have a higher percentage of protein than any meat or fish that we commonly eat," he said. The creepy-crawly chocs sell for between $4.30-$5.00 at upmarket London stores and will soon be appearing in shops in Munich and Zurich.
Buggy Bon Bons
Ants, crickets and scorpions -- baked, coated in chocolate and promoted as a high-protein snack -- are proving popular among peckish Londoners. Designer Todd Dalton, a trained chef who acquired a taste for insects on his travels in Asia and central America, says 5,000 chocolate-coated bugs have flown off the shelves in England since December. "They are very high in protein and very low in fat. They have a higher percentage of protein than any meat or fish that we commonly eat," he said. The creepy-crawly chocs sell for between $4.30-$5.00 at upmarket London stores and will soon be appearing in shops in Munich and Zurich.
