COVID-19 themed food brings light relief to customers

Bakers and chefs have been producing dishes inspired by the coronavirus pandemic

Published: March 29, 2020 09:20 Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor and inputs from agencies

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Chocolate bunnies wearing protective face masks at the bakery Baeckerei Bohnenblust in Bern. Image Credit: AFP

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An upstate New York doughnut shop is featuring the likeness of the doctor leading the country's battle with coronavirus on its sweet treats. Donuts Delite in Rochester began selling hundreds of doughnuts with Dr. Anthony Fauci's face, surrounded by white frosting and topped off with patriotic sprinkles. Image Credit: AP

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A burger shaped as coronavirus is seen at a restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam. Image Credit: Reuters

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Restaurant owner Hoang Tung holds up a "Corona burger" in Hanoi, Vietnam. Image Credit: AP

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Quarantine-themed baked goods in Aloria Cakes, New York. Image Credit: Instagram

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Chocolate maker Jean-François Pre shows an easter egg shaped like a novel coronavirus, the cause of the COVID-19 outbreak, made of white chocolate coloured in black and red coloured almonds, in his shop in Landivisiau, western France. Image Credit: AFP

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Chocolate maker Jean-François Pre shows easter eggs shaped like a novel coronavirus. Image Credit: AFP

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San Francisco bakery Butter & has ingeniously started selling 'Quarantine Cakes' and delivering them to people's doors. Image Credit: Instagram

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The sweet toilet paper rolls which are spread with cream and wrapped in fondant have become a 'bestseller' during the Corona crisis. Image Credit: AFP

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Faced with a slump in sales as customers stayed away, baker Tim Kortuem got the idea when people complained about a shortage of goods in supermarkets after Germans started stockpiling. Image Credit: Reuters

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Biscuits featuring a face with a face mask are displayed at the bakery Schuerener Backparadies in Dortmund. Image Credit: AFP

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