I love this time of year, people. Peep time. Cadbury Creme Egg time. There is something about Easter candy that just makes me so happy and free…
Certainly one of my most favorite things about it is grossing out all the people who hate Cadbury Creme Eggs. CCE’s are one of those things you either love or hate with a passion. I am one of those people who enjoys nibbling off a wee bit of the chocolate top and then energetically sucking the creamy fondant center out of aforementioned wee hole. It is something that apparently induces vomiting in my husband. Amazing.
Circus peanuts are also Easter related, and either loved or hated. I recently discussed on these very boards the merits of circus peanuts that have been left out for 24 hours. Long enough to become slightly stale on the outside, yet still gooey on the inside.
max carnage, hold on to your tummy. the people who brought you circus peanuts have branched out. they now have the same wonderfully nutritional substance shaped into bunnies, ducks, and scary looking chickens.
i use them in the peep kabobs. they are greeeaaat!
I love using my fingers to gently pry apart a Cadbury Chocolate Creme Egg, as my tongue slowly and lightly flicks at the warm, moist interior. Occasionally there is still a piece of foil stuck to the shell that I have to spit out. Ptooey.
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Seriously though. I love CCE and Peeps. I haven’t seen the Circus Peanuts bunnies or chicks,though I will be looking for them on my next trip to the grocery store.
My personal fave at Easter(besides Peeps)are those little candy-coated marshmellow egg thingies they always used at school for the Easter egg hunts.drools
IDBB
I love Robin Eggs. They are basically malted milk balls with jaw-breaker type shells in white, pink, yellow, and radioactive blue. They say that there are 8 in a “serving,” but by the time I get to 8 I can’t feel my legs anymore.
The best thing to do with a Cadbury Creme Egg is to get all of the creme out of it using your tongue. You don’t even have to put a big hole in the shell. Don’t suck, don’t use your finger… just lick.
My latest discovery is Cadbury Mini Creme Eggs, which come in boxes of a dozen. MMMmmmmmmm…because while I like the fondant center, there’s an awful lot of it and not enough chocolate. This is more proportionate. But I think I still like the Mini Eggs bestest of all.
And Robin Eggs.
And the local candy store’s Easter offerings, which are just heavenly.
Peeps are not worth talking about in the same sentence with Easter chocolate, the best chocolate of the year.