Insect chocolates take off

Bug bling: Even coated in edible gold dust, and even at a glance there is no chance of mistaking the once-living decorations perched atop the chocolates. - AFP

Chocolate-maker Sylvain Musquar has so far sold 60 boxes of his worm and cricket-topped confections for RM95 each.

FROM the country that brought the world the culinary delights of snails in garlic, frogs’ legs and foie gras, comes another gastronomic first: cricket and worm chocolates.