Le Poisson d'Avril

The most important part of most holidays is the food. St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine's Day all have certain foods associated with the celebration. But what about April Fools' Day? In the US, there are not really any food associations I could think of. Some people dye food weird colors but that is not a wide spread practice. So I was excited to learn in France people eat chocolate fish on Le Poission d'Avril. The chocolate fish originated from the practice of sticking a paper fish on someone's back as a joke. The victim of the prank was called Le Poission d'Avril, the April fish. Chocolatiers started making chocolate fish in honor of the prank.