Best Easter Candy Line-up:
5.) Cadbury Mini Eggs - Delicious and hard to follow serving suggestion so be weary. These bags hide well under your bed for convenient snacking!
4.) Starburst Jelly Beans - I repeat, Starburst. Not the generic 5 lb. pound you get for 99 cents at the checkout line along with baby wipes and a clip-on Purell in Walgreens the night before Easter. Who even buys those? You're not fooling your children with the disgusting coconut and licorice flavors thrown cheaply into the corny syrup jumble.
Starburst Original flavor, not Tropical, Sour, or Crazy Combo Explosion in Your Mouth and Face flavor. They are addictive, ridiculously bad for you, but so good at the same time.
3.) Sweet Tart Chicks, Ducks and Bunnies - Uh, again, an indulgence inspired by my size 0 sister. She would go the day after Easter or Christmas when all the candy is like 98% off and buy bags by the load and get the Christmas trees or Chicks, Ducks and Bunnies for the ultimate sugar high. That was all in the past, and after losing sensation in your taste buds and a horrible numbing and chafing at the roof of your mouth, this habit dies quickly.
2.) Cadbury Crème Eggs - Here's the thing, I am actually not super fond of this gooey concoction. I grew up surrounded by addicts such as my sister and was thrown into the Cadbury fire pit thanks to my half British background. I can have a bite and be satisfied.
Did we know that Cadbury Crème Eggs in America are smaller than everywhere else, but dont' be alarmed, they still hold the same 150 calories and 5 grams of fat. How American, give consumers less bang for the buck and still make them fat. Did we also know that the center is a mix of white and yellow fondant aka sugar and water beaten into a cream aka don't wear a bathing suit this summer.
1.) Peeps - Marshmallow, sugar coated, artificially colored, lacking any nutritional value whatsoever PEEPS! My favorite! It has gotten a little out of control though because now they do have Peeps all year round, special Valentine's Day, Christmas, Halloween ones, etc. The thrill when I was younger was waiting for Easter season to come around and stock up on them. Now they have chocolate mousse flavored, dark and milk chocolate dipped, and even ones made with Splenda. I was given an Easter basket this year and there are mountains of Peeps staring at me on the table but I find myself struggling because I began a strict "clean-eating" regimen this week. I wonder if I can freeze them for a later time. No? Gross? I used to justify my habit because each Peep has no fat BUT is packed with 8 grams of sugar and 32 calories each. Kill me. Also, it takes a mere 6 seconds to manufacture a single marshmallow Peep with an output of almost 4 million Peeps a day. Where my peeps at!? I should stop, I know.
GREAT BLOG! I <3 EASTER. Cant wait to buy candy for my kids this weekend.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy Anonymous! Happy Easter!
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