# After Easter cheap candy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724 "2014-04-23T00:04:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/1 "2014-04-23T00:04:27Z")
All right, confess. You admit you have checked out the cheap prices on post Easter candy, mostly the chocolate, right? For me it is the Cadbury eggs and the Russell Stover eggs. Oh, and a couple packages of Peeps, to get stale for summer marshmallow roasting. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/2 "2014-04-23T00:26:50Z")
I was just sitting here reading the Dope, kind of wishing I had some chocolate for after dinner. Came upon this thread and was like “oh yeah! Sales!” So I ran to Walgreens, and bought the last 4 things they had. Butterfinger eggs, a bag of mixed-filling chocolate eggs, chocolate-covered marshmellow bunnies and something else I can’t recall (I left it in the car for now lol) What I really wanted was Crunch eggs but beggars can’t be choosers. They literally had these 4 bags of things and then a bunch of big chocolate bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/3 "2014-04-23T00:32:46Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I was just sitting here reading the Dope, kind of wishing I had some chocolate for after dinner. Came upon this thread and was like “oh yeah! Sales!” > > So I ran to Walgreens, and bought the last 4 things they had. Butterfinger eggs, a bag of mixed-filling chocolate eggs, chocolate-covered marshmellow bunnies and something else I can’t recall (I left it in the car for now lol) > > What I really wanted was Crunch eggs but beggars can’t be choosers. They literally had these 4 bags of things and then a bunch of big chocolate bunnies. I bought some at the Walgreens closest to me and they still had quite a bit left. You don’t live in NE Kansas though. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/4 "2014-04-23T00:38:25Z")
The shelves were literally bare so they must be over it already. Perhaps the Walgreens Extra Candy Pick-Up Truck moves from east to west? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/5 "2014-04-23T02:24:16Z")
My Walgreens hasn’t marked theirs down yet! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/6 "2014-04-23T12:14:49Z")
Hopping over to Cafe with this thread. From MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/7 "2014-04-23T13:14:37Z")
My local Target actually had a good enough deal on Creme eggs before Easter that I stocked up on enough to get me through to June. That seems like enough. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/8 "2014-04-23T13:16:07Z")
Robins Eggs–essentially oval Whoppers covered with M&M shell. The most addictive candy _ever_ was on sale and I picked up a bag. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/9 "2014-04-23T13:21:41Z")
My name is Annie-Xmas and I am a stale Peeps addict. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/10 "2014-04-23T17:12:54Z")
I got 6 (six!) bags of Carrot Cake M&Ms from Wal-Mart to last me til next Easter 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/11 "2014-04-23T17:29:20Z")
> [@](#): > > My name is Annie-Xmas and I am a stale Peeps addict. Another, here. Once my sister in New England sent me a big box of peeps she’d bought cheap after the holiday, and staled for me. Problem was she sent them to me in Arizona. In August. And the mailman put the box where I never saw it until she inquired. So of course they were sticky globs of peep guts. HOWEVER!!! I let them sit 6 mos. or so, and they were back to lovely Peep staleness. NOM ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/12 "2014-04-23T17:35:47Z")
For me, it’s gefilte fish all the way! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/13 "2014-04-23T19:09:00Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > For me, it’s gefilte fish all the way! Do they mark it down after Pesach? ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/14 "2014-04-23T19:09:56Z")
I forgot! I talked about it on the boards yesterday and then went shopping last night and I forgot to go to Laura Secord. Moving stress is now impacting my ability to hunt and gather chocolate. Situation critical! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/15 "2014-04-23T19:27:37Z")
Amazon had a “lightning deal” for six 4-pack boxes of Cadbury Creme Eggs for $12, and I couldn’t resist. Mmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/16 "2014-04-23T20:44:21Z")
On the eastside of Indianapolis the stores no longer sell marked-down post-Easter candy (or post-Christmas candy, etc.) You can buy discounted Easter baskets, Easter grass, plastic eggs, but not the candies. They’re all packed up the day after Easter and sent away somewheres. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/17 "2014-04-23T21:22:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > On the eastside of Indianapolis the stores no longer sell marked-down post-Easter candy (or post-Christmas candy, etc.) You can buy discounted Easter baskets, Easter grass, plastic eggs, but not the candies. They’re all packed up the day after Easter and sent away somewheres. Apparently to NE Kansas. StG ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/18 "2014-04-23T21:31:34Z")
Here in SoCal the Wal\*Marts are open 24 hours so I stopped in on my way to work Monday morning, before 6am. There were already at least half a dozen people pawing through the discounted stuff, most of them with carts FULL of candy. I don’t know if they eat it or hoard it or ebay it, but apparently you have to get up EARLY to be able to score anything worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/19 "2014-04-23T22:36:21Z")
I don’t celebrate Easter. I celebrate Clearance Candy day! Way better holiday IMO, and I get to celebrate it twice, the other being Feb. 15. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724/20 "2014-04-24T01:12:50Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > I don’t celebrate Easter. I celebrate Clearance Candy day! Way better holiday IMO, and I get to celebrate it twice, the other being Feb. 15. 🙂 Thrice! (Remember, remember, the first of November. 😉 ) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-easter-cheap-candy/686724.md?page=2)