The Easter Candy Thread
 

I was never much of an Easter candy kind of a person, for a number of reasons:
- Hollow bunnies (et al) were out, as I disliked (plain) milk chocolate
- Peeps were out, as I disliked marshmallows (unless ensconced safely within a s'mores)
- Cadbury eggs were out, as they just looked nasty as all &!$%
- Jelly beans were out, as I always seemed to get stuck with the black ones, which tasted nasty as all &!$%

I would have happily pledged my life to ridding the world of these noxious items, but I discovered a Starburst jelly beans several years back, and they are SOOOOOOO yummy that I've forgiven all other Easter candy for existing! And a few years later, when I discovered that the black Starburst jelly beans were grape and not &!$%-flavored, I was even more happy!!!!! :) :) :)

But then I moved to Dubai, where I haven't seen any Starburst jelly beans in 3 different Easter seasons, so I am sad. :( But at least I haven't seen any nasty Cadbury eggs around either (though in fairness, I haven't looked), so perhaps it's a wash.

So with that randomness aside, let me ask, what are your fav/ least fav Easter treats?

Have you asked anyone to send Starburst jelly beans to you?

I love the Cadbury mini eggs--not the creme eggs.

Anything dark chocolate from See's, the best!

Fanny May Buttercream Eggs. I like the Milk Chocolate and the Yellow (white chocolate) ones filled with vanilla cream best.

Dark Chocolate Marshmallow Eggs from Kehr's in Milwaukee are delicious.

My two personal favorites.

Jelly Belly Jelly Beans
Stale Peeps...like open and sitting on the counter for a month (anyone else have this affliction?)
Reese's Eggs...bonus peanut butter filling!

But...Those Cadbury Egg things turn my stomach!

Caddbury eggs are way to sweet, and is much better candy out there than Cabury's, if Cabury's were the only candy out there I would really be a thin guy, would rather go without.

The need to only eat sugar-free limits my choices. But I do like the Sees s/f stuff. Peeps are also made in s/f, but are pretty hard to find.

:confused:

How they make s/f marshmellow? Isn't it basically corn syrup and egg white?

Moved to PHL area from Silicon Valley not too long ago, and oh, do we miss See's! Chocolate butter cream eggs, the best thing in the Easter basket! Surround the center piece with Jelly Belly dye-free fruit beans, and few Hershey's eggs - tradition! - and what more could one ask the Bunny for?

BTW Cadbury caramel eggs are better than the cream ones, but still too sweet.


p.s. the best use for hollow chocolate bunnies/santas is as extra chocolate bits in a batch of cookies

I adore Cadbury Creme Eggs, but everyone thinks I like overly sweet foods and those are the only overly sweet dessert I really like.

Gold Bricks and Heavenly Hash from Elmer's Candy of New Orleans
http://elmercandy.com/seasonal_easter.htm

I've been enjoying the Sweetarts Jelly Beans.

Also the Starburst Jelly Beans, we used to have them all the time in Australia, we have a lot more starburst stuff then you guys do, gummi fruits & what not. You guys are missing out.

I pretty much only lilke jelly bellys when it comes to Jelly Beans. Juicy Pear and Cotton candy flavored are the best :)

Milk chocolate - blech.

Peeps - blech

Cadbury eggs- double blech

Solid dark chocolate bunnies - ^

I'm a sucker for Reese's peanut butter eggs.

The little Cadbury eggs with the hard shell. A whole bag of black jelly beans. I'd be in heaven.

Brach's spiced jelly beans, which you can only get this time of year.

But hands-down favorite is a See's chocolate walnut or Bordeaux egg. Yum! And I can't get them here in TX.:td::td::td:

Some rather disheartening news from the Middle East -- apparently, it is possible to find Cadbury Creme Eggs here (where is that puke smiley when you need it?), though I am too scared to go into a store and investigate for myself (a girl -- who is no longer my friend thanks to her fondness for such nastiness -- informed me earlier today). She had nothing to report on Starburst jelly beans, however (where is that broken-heart smiley, while we're at it?). :(

I have thought to have the jelly beans shipped from home, along with a lot of other yummy stuff that you can't get here, like Hershey's Kit-Kats (the Nestle ones are just a cruel joke on the senses). But it seems silly to send junk food from home when there is already ample (if inferior) junk food here. So I just light a candle and remember all the fond times I had eating Starburst jelly beans at home, and pray that I keep the memory alive until the day that we are again united in the land of the free and home of the brave (hmm, a flag smiley would be nice, too -- we could really use a smiley upgrade!)! ^

I'm addicted to the Cadbury creme eggs and the mini eggs. Everyone else is welcome to the marshmallow stuff.

Ice Cubes ---In the blue foil wrapping. Delicious but hard to find. Also like Elmers and Gold Bricks!.......
Happy Easter! ;)

Peeps solubility testing;

Given enough time, the proper resources, and access to some really toxic stuff, one can probably dissolve just about anything except Peep eyes. :eek::D

+1 - and I like the creme eggs in different flavors and textures. I could suck down a bag (or 2...or ...) of the mini-eggs in the time it takes most people to eat a popsicle.

I knew I liked you. :) I love the little Cadbury eggs with the hard shell.

I've been popping into CVS on the way home quite a bit this month. So far I've picked up Cadbury Creme Eggs (both classic and orange creme), Choclate covered marshmellow eggs and choclate covered peanut butter eggs (by Reeses). I'll probably have to get some jelly beans too.

The ones made in the UK are better than the US and the ones in the US are good!

I've never tried the ones in the UK. I did notice that at least when I was there years ago, the Kit Kats in the UK didn't have the "may contain peanuts" label that the ones in the US had... One of these days, I'm going to take Benadryl, give it time to kick in, and then devour a Kit Kat and a Nestle Crunch.

You like me because I bought you pizza and beer. Now you like me more. :D

:D Ok, so you have a point there... But, it would be pretty difficult not to like you. :D

OMG!!
 

Ran to the grocery just now and what was there to greet me besides some giant, as-big-as-my-head cadbury creme eggs! :eek: :mad: :td: :eek: :p :rolleyes: :td:

I was about to run out of there, screaming, but I maintained my composure and held my ground. And good thing, because just a few aisles away were bags and bags of delightful, delicious, de-lovely Starburst jelly beans!!!!!!!!!!! :-: ^ :D :cool: :-: ^ :D :cool: ^ :) :-:

It's the best Easter in Dubai, ever!! :)

PS. Wow, apparently you can only use up to 20 smilies in a post. Who knew?

If you like US Kit Kats, do NOT eat a UK Kit Kat. They are NOT good. :mad:

I love Kit Kats, but can't have them in hte US, because they won't guarantee they don't have nuts. :(

Ferrero Rocher makes special spring candies (coconut, berry, and lemon) I've only seen in Europe.

Did anyone get a chocolate cross? I saw some at Walmart, both white and milk chocolate.

On an unrelated note, my girl friend and I got two dozen confetti eggs and had the most fun I've had in years attacking each other. Then, I left town and now she's stuck cleaning it up! :p