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For $49K, you can buy the 'World’s Most Extravagant Chocolate Easter Bunny’

Diamond Easter Bunny

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Got almost $50K to blow on chocolate this Easter? We’ve got just the bunny for you.

Weighing in at 5 kg, this 38-cm tall chocolate Easter bunny is made by a master chocolatier using 75% Tanzanian cocoa, gold-leaf accents, and sporting two 1.07-carat solitaire diamonds, valued at more than $37,320, for eyes.

This is one seasonal treat that is not for those watching the budget, or the waistline. The bunny will add a whopping 548,000 calories to your spring diet.

Or you can let it sit around for a while.

The one-of-a-kind bunny was commission by VeryFirstTo.com, an online British luxury retailer that occasionally makes headlines for its over-the-top luxury items and experiences. (The site offered a Christmas hamper worth $134,650 last year.)

Oddly, this “World’s Most Extravagant Chocolate Easter Bunny” is categorized under “Fashion Accessories” on the site. (Perhaps because it costs more than most designer handbags?)

Feeling philanthropic? The site vows to donate $1,000 of the cost of the bunny to The Prince’s Trust, a charity for at-risk youth.

This bunny takes two days to complete: award-winning chocolatier and pastry consultant Martin Chiffers hand-carved the Easter goodie, and 77 Diamonds in London supplied the show-stopping eyes.

“I’m delighted to be working with 77 Diamonds on such a glamorous item which is certainly a culinary phenomenon,” Chiffers said in a statement. “Whilst I am very accustomed to teaching about and creating extravagant luxury chocolate pieces, incorporating diamonds is a first!”

To receive the over-the-top chocolate bunny in time for Easter, the $49,000 statuette must be ordered by March 28 for UK customers. International orders will be subject to additional courier charges and country-specific food-import regulations.

If you do order the extravagant bunny, be sure to show it off for a while before you take a bite out of one of its ears.

According to VeryFirstTo.com:

"The decadent delight can be displayed for 2 years, as long as the temperature is regulated to around 16 degrees.”

Not sure you can afford the diamond-studded bunny but still really, really want one? Or you wish the diamond eyes were emerald ones, to match your Easter date’s green eyes? You’re in luck. The site allows you to custom-order the chocolate creation with different coloured — and even lower cost — gems.