freckafree I remember doing the same thing in school. Even the kids who didn’t like eating them liked them for the “lipstick” effect
Foil wrapped chocolate eggs - dark, milk, cookies n’ cream, caramel, peanut butter filled - from the candy section in bulk foods at the grocery store. They’re never stale or waxy or old! And they’re always there wrapped in the appropriate foil for every holiday.
I don’t care for Palmers, always filled with rice krispies, but this year they wrapped little rabbit shaped chocolates in realistic-rabbit printed foils, and they’re just adorable! No goofy easter bunnies, but real looking rabbits. My favorites are the Black and White Dutch Giants and the Butterscotch Flops…
Non-chocolate: malted milk sugar-shelled ‘eggs’ to put in coconut nests!
This picture is an example of the Palmer candies: http://www.flickr.com/photos/typetive/4397654414/in/photostream/
Cadbury mini eggs. Accept no substitutions.
Interestingly enough, my MO has always been to suck on them until the candy shell cracks, chew that, and then allow the chocolate to melt. But last year, my best friend told me about holding them in her fists until the chocolate melts inside the shell, then popping them in her mouth and cracking the shell, releasing a liquid chocolate flow.
I’m pretty sure we talked about that more extensively than we’ve ever talked about sex.
A lot of those are actually “chocolate flavored.”
As for the OP, it’s Cadbury Creame Eggs or nothing.
Heheh, I like the way both of you think. You can’t just immediately crunch down on a Mini-Egg, you have to induce a phase-change in the chocolate to truly appreciate it.
I see that Peeps are controversial. It may just be one of the those “all or nothing” candies that you either adore or can’t stand (like licorice), I’ve never met anyone who kinda liked Peeps. I actually really like marshmallows, but marshmallows coated in crystal sugar are a bit much for me. My sister is addicted to Peeps, however.
The chocolate flavored Peeps seem like a cop-out to me, though. Why eat one of those when there are so many chocolate-covered marshmallow candies out there?
I’ve given up eating sugar, but Cadbury mini-eggs were always my favorite. Probably my favorite candy, period. It took immense self-control not to eat the whole bag in a day.
How does she do this without melting the candy shell in her hand?
Now I want some.
Robin eggs are the absolute best. I agree, make sure they’re genuine. Off-brand robin eggs suck.
Peeps are great, the fresher the better. I can tolerate some loss of freshness but there’s a point of no return for peeps.
Solid chocolate bunnies are usually good, the hollow ones are usually crap.
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society.
I think I’m the only person on the planet still buying the Bunny Basket Eggs. Marshmallow fluff covered with a hard candy shell. In other words, sugar covered with more sugar. I can’t get enough!
Oh, and I have a story about Mini-Eggs.
In college I had a friend whose all-time favorite candy was Mini-Eggs. One day I noticed he was eating from a bag of Mini-Eggs, which struck me as odd as it was early February and the area stores hadn’t yet replaced their Valentine’s candy with Easter candy.
“Oh, are they selling Mini-Eggs early this year?”, I asked.
“No, not yet. These are some that I saved from last Easter.”
I like to drop them into a cup of coffee, let them “marinate” a while, then fish them out with the spoon.
I have to go to the drug store today after work and I will probably be leaving with about 8 bags of Easter candy
I do love those Cadbury creme eggs. I like a lot of easter candy, but those are my favorites.
Cadbury Mini Eggs are worse than heroin.
Step 1: Open a 12 oz. bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs.
Step 2: Reach into bag thinking if you only take two or three at a time you’ll be okay and you can make the bag last a few days.
Step 3: Return to bag several minutes later with the same self-delusional assurance.
Step 4: Repeat Step 3 until the bag is empty less than an hour later.
And that’s just the milk chocolate kind. The dark chocolate Mini Eggs combine the addictive properties of heroin and crack and multiply it times infinity. For me, the only other candy that comes close are the Mint m&m’s that are out around Christmas.
Deepest darkest chocolate covered coconut cream eggs, like this. Really hard to find them, anymore.
This is exactly right. You can’t eat just a couple, you just can’t. You can’t even eat just two handfuls, or four. They are truly the methamphetamines of the candy world.
Another Cadbury Mini-egg fan here. Something about the chocolate in them, it’s very creamy. No other candy covered chocolate will do. I am usually very happy after Easter to be able to find bags of these at half price. I stock up then but there’s no way I could make a bag last a year … although, I wonder if you could freeze them?
The mini-eggs save Cadbury from my hate over those disgusting creme eggs thing. I think they look disgusting so my mother bought me one a long time ago and dared me to try it, one bite and I knew I was right to hate them. It’s like some one found a way to sugar coat sugar. It was the most disgustingly sweet thing I’d ever tasted.
I like peeps though.
YES!
I was just talking with Mrs. NAF the other day about these and we decided that they may be the perfect bite sized candy, holiday or regular. They put mini peanut butter cups to shame.
Two years ago I found a bag of dark chocolate Cadbury mini eggs in a local grocery store. I’ve never found them again. It’s become an Easter grail quest.