--- title: Donald Trump Jr. And chocolate Bunny photo become meme description: A photo of Trump Jr. apparently giving an in-depth interview to a gaggle of life-sized chocolate bunnies has gone viral. canonical: https://time.com/5197187/donald-trump-jr-chocolate-bunny/ author: Flora Carr article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-13T12:57:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:18.540Z og:title: Photo of Donald Trump Jr. and the Chocolate Bunny Is a meme og:description: It's a festive Easter treat asking the tough questions og:url: https://time.com/5197187/donald-trump-jr-chocolate-bunny/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1da54407d55c54e/6988e4f1656a3f0252bd261d/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Attend Opening Of Trump International Hotel & Tower In Vancouver og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Photo of Donald Trump Jr. and the Chocolate Bunny Is a meme twitter:description: It's a festive Easter treat asking the tough questions twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1da54407d55c54e/6988e4f1656a3f0252bd261d/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Photo of Donald Trump Jr. and a Life Size Chocolate Bunny Inevitably Memed Itself > Sponsored content. 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The tower is the Trump Organization's first new international property since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - FEBRUARY 28: Donald Trump Jr. delivers a speech during a ceremony for the official opening of the Trump International Tower & Hotel on February 28, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. The tower is the Trump Organization's first new international property since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) Jeff Vinnick—Getty Images by [Flora Carr](https://time.com/author/flora-carr/) ## Flora Carr Mar 13, 2018 12:57 PM UTC [Donald Trump Jr.](http://time.com/5195384/donald-trump-jr-gentry-beach-undisclosed-business/) has a habit of going viral, whether it’s for Twitter typos that [become “dank” memes](http://time.com/5130384/donald-trump-jr-dankness-tweet/), or for his latest photo opp with an unexpectedly inquisitive chocolate bunny. Trump Jr. was visiting Sarris Candies, a candy factory in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, during a campaign stop, when a well-placed journalist snapped a photo of him apparently giving an in-depth interview to a group of life-sized chocolate bunnies. Andrew Rush, a journalist for the Pittsburgh Post-_Gazette_, posted the photo on Monday, Tweeting: “This is the danger of campaigning at a candy factory”. > [](https://twitter.com/andrewrush/status/973275113121550343) The image has, inevitably, taken off on social media. See a selection of the takes below. > [](https://twitter.com/MattsIdeaShop/status/973280957468893189) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/973285333445029888) > [](https://twitter.com/ziwe/status/973284064739381253) > [](https://twitter.com/valleyhack/status/973282077067173888) > [](https://twitter.com/darth/status/973283525758656512) > [](https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/973280590429589505) Later on Monday, Trump Jr. addressed the meme with a Tweet of his own, retweeting Rush’s original Tweet and quipping: “The chocolate rabbit gave a hard hitting interview and was delicious afterwards.” > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/973300196221378562) The President’s eldest son was visiting Sarris Candies alongside Rick Saccone, the Republican congressional candidate for the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th District on Tuesday. Last month Trump Jr. tweeted out a typo that seemed designed to go viral, when he misspelt “darkness” as “dankness”, as he attempted to refer to the _Washington Post_ slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/959090384814133248) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ]. 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