My sister works for Fender Guitar in Phoenix, AZ. As a company moral-building activity, today they’re having a Bunny Melt contest. The participants each kick in $1. The person whose guess is closest wins all. The estimated high temperature is 112 degrees. The bunny will be placed in direct sunlight at 2:00 PM. It will be placed on a 2" stand on an aluminum tray. It will be at room temperature when it is put outside. The time ends when the bunny is flat. Note: when they did the ice melt, it took a 5 lb block of ice 9 hours to melt at 105 degrees.
The Victim:
Hollow chocolate bunny
Size: 6"H X 2.5 " W
Weight: 3 oz
Ingredients: Milk chocolate, sugar, whole milk, cocoa butter, chocolate, soy lecithin (an emulsifiier), vanillin/artificial flavor.
Does anyone want to guess how long it’ll take to Melt the Bunny?
This is truly an awesome plan. Someone needs to put the time-lapse on YouTube.
As long as you’re getting into the specifics of whether or not the Bunny contains soy lecithin or not, can you tell us the SITE of the Bunny Melt? (And… can you also provide a cite? Sorry.) Like, is this taking place in the middle of a black-asphalt parking lot? …or in the middle of a grassy meadow? The reflected heat will make a big difference, trust me.
Put me down for an even 100 minutes. I’m feeling Monk-ish.
According to my sister’s e-mail, the melt site will be the east side of the parking lot outside the lunchroom area. So presumably in the nice hot asphalt, but raised up so not touching the surface.
Bunnycide is complete. It only took about 4 1/2 minutes to melt-ecution. At a less than a minute it toppled and it didn’t take long after that for complete meltdown.
Here’s the email my sister received.
Well, it was over like a well anticipated Heavy Weight Championship Fight with a knockout in the first round. Here’s the low-down:
First of all, it was frig’n hot outside.
The bunny toppled off of its stand in 40 seconds (twisted and melting).
It was flat at 2 min 30 sec with some signs of life.
The melt was called by the judges at 4 min 30 sec.
Fay is our winner with a time of 6 min 53 sec.
Thanks for participating. We are going to have an Ice Melt very soon, since the weather is perfect!!!
Rules are:
5 lb block of ice
In direct sunlight the whole time
On a barbeque grate so that the water can drip through and not puddle.