I have two candies I cannot live without during the Easter season. The first just makes me pucker thinking about it. It’s Willy Wonka’s SweeTarts: Chicks, Ducks & Bunnies.
Now I know Nestle’ makes these and I can’t believe Mr. Wonka and his Oompa Loompa’s sold out to them. I mean here’s what they used to have in the bag.
Lovely Green, Pink, Yellow and Purple Chicks, Ducks and Bunnies!
But NOW! Well let’s just say Green and Yellow aren’t in Nestle’s vocabulary. They tossed them aside for Blue in a Tropical Punch flavor.
I hate tropical punch. I drank Hawaiian Punch as a kid all the time and now it makes me sick. AND The Boy has taken a liking to this particular flavor of HP so it’s in my house.
So what do I do? I eat all the purple and pink Chicks, Ducks and Bunnies and hand the yucky blue ones to The Boy. If I’m patient I’ll take them out of the bag first. I don’t want those blue ones touching my pink and purples.
My all time favorite candy at Easter is Russell Stovers Marshmallow Eggs.
I love those and must have them in multiples. Don’t try and fool me with some random generic kind. I can tell. Yummy!
One of the many traditions I love that we do at Easter is Cascarones or confetti eggs.
They are normally filled with paper confetti. You can fill them with bird seed too but prepare to make people mad if you add glitter or flour. That stays in for a while. I have 13 dozen so far but that’s really not enough for us. We usually go through 20+ dozen eggs for 15-20 of us. The little kids enjoy it a lot and since they can’t reach our heads we have to bend down for them. Although they do like it when someone is tackled and held on the ground (Yes we do that!).
Do you enjoy a “must have” Easter candy? Do you partake in Cascarones or some other tradition?
PEEPS! I have a serious Peeps addiction! It's so bad co-workers buy them for me throughout the year when they see them and leave them on my desk. And I love Cadburry cream eggs, but can only eat one. Actually, when it boils down to it, I eat all Easter candy 🙂
I just saw chocolate covered Peeps. I almost bought them until I realized I don't like Peeps. I think it's the sugar crystals. I know that sounds stupid because the SweeTarts are pure sugar. ;o)
I love the Milky Way eggs. The chocolate covered marshmallow is a very close second! (though I do have a package of peeps dipped in milk chocolate sitting on my night stand right now!)
Happy Easter!
I was wondering what had happen to my SweetTarts! I LOVED the green and the yellow the best – and I thought maybe I just wasn't looking in the right place to find them. Blue, pink and purple!? GAH! Maybe we should petition to bring back the best flavors! 🙂 I love the Russell Stover eggs as well – the strawberry creme and marshmallow are the best! Those are only carried at certain stores around here too — always turns into a treasure hunt to find the best candy. I'm also very partial to the Cadbury Creme Egg. I'm so jealous that the Brits can get the Cadbury Twisted Egg Creme bars all year long!
As a fellow candy addict I can't believe I've never heard of Easter Sweet Tarts!!!
PEEPS!! I love them. I'm so glad they sell them all year round at the dollar store. I also love Cadbury mini eggs. The generic kind (Eggies) will do, but aren't quite the same…
Mini Cadbury eggs – you know the pastel colored, hard shell ones? I need those! Happy Easter!