Food for Thought : Sweet Easter

Easter is almost here, which means if you haven’t already filled your Easter baskets with those sweet treats children — and adults — crave, you’d better get a move on.
It used to be such a simple thing. Go to the store, grab some jelly beans, Peeps, Robin Eggs and chocolate bunnies and you’re done. But now, with so many more choices and even more variations on the classics, it can be difficult deciding what goes into your baskets. So, in the quest to find the most popular Easter candy, I asked around to see what people preferred in their Easter baskets. Some favorites included red jelly beans, Cadbury Eggs, Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs, chocolate bunnies (hollow or solid) and — who would have thought — carrot cake M&Ms.
So here — in no particular order — are some of the all-time favorites. So go fill those baskets, or just skip the basket and go straight for the candy
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Peeps. These chick or rabbit-shaped marshmallow delights covered in sugar at one time only came in a few choice colors — yellow or pink. But since their introduction more than 60 years ago, there are now a lot more colors and flavors from which to choose.
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Chocolate bunny. An Easter basket is not an Easter basket if it doesn’t have at least one of these. Although they come in different sizes, the bigger the better. But one thing’s for sure — nobody can pass up the opportunity to bite off the ears of this Easter mainstay.

Cadbury Creme Eggs. Not to be confused with Cadbury Mini Eggs, this egg-shaped mound of chocolate is filled with a white and yellow gooey fondant that is supposed to resemble the inside of an actual egg.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs. If you’re a fan of peanut butter and chocolate, these egg-shaped peanut butter delights surrounded by chocolate are a must for Easter baskets.

Robin Eggs. These malt-filled chocolate eggs covered in a speckled pastel shell add plenty of crunch to your Easter basket offering offerings.*****************************


*****Jelly beans. These colorful bean-shaped sugary treats have filled many an Easter basket. Not only do they come in a variety of colors, depending on the brand you choose, the different flavors are seemingly endless.***** Cadbury Mini Eggs. These miniature crunch-coated eggs could very well be placed in the same category with Robin Eggs; but let’s face it, they deserve their own spot.
*****Chocolate Marshmallow Eggs. If you have a hankering for marshmallows, these chocolate-covered treats should be included in your Easter basket. And you can’t miss them in the store. They’re the ones in the egg cartons.
*****Bunny Munny. Something fun for the little ones, this coin-shaped assortment of crispy milk chocolate is wrapped in colorful paper.

Words of Wisdom
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"I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly a list of beautiful quotations from minds profound - if I can only remember any of the damn things."

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything and people who know absolutely nothing."

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A Proud Grandpa              G.