A Maryland company is adding some crunch to their candy this year.
Chouquette Chocolates is selling chocolate-covered cicadas to celebrate the 17-year reappearance of the noisy insects. The fresh cicadas are frozen, before being air fried and dropped in milk or dark chocolate.
Experts say cicadas are low in fat and high in protein. Billions of cicadas will emerge as temperatures warm in the eastern part of the U.S., with this year expecting its largest cicada appearance since 2004.
If you aren’t into eating insects, the store has other cicada celebrating items without the bug in them!
Source: WBAL TV
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