Today on Food on Fridays we return to a theme I’ve touched on before: holiday desserts made from Quarkteig, dough made with quark, a soft creamcheese-like cheese.

For Easter, a couple of the bakeries make a running rabbit-shaped pastry made from this dough, just like they make Santa figures at Christmas time. Normally the rabbits are covered in sprinkled sugar, but this past week one place also had them covered in chocolate. Although I like chocolate icing as a rule, the sugar-coated ones were better, IMHO. In any case, photos of the two types are below.

I do love the Quarkteig in general. It’s a pity that they only make it certain times of year  – of course, perhaps it’s better that way, I don’t think a “Quarkteig Diet” would have the same effect as the gelato one did back in Bolzano. 😉 Anyway,  if you want to try the bunnies, you’ll need to come tomorrow; all the rabbits will be hopping out of the stores after Easter.

BTW, Monday is a holiday here, too, so I’m taking Monday off. Regular posts will resume on Tuesday. Happy Easter!