living in Hershey, Pennsylvania – the “Chocolate Capital of the World” – doesn’t help either of us.
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Bad Chocolate Capital of the world is more accurate. I rather have this
https://www.wittamer.com/sites/default/files/wittamer-paques-2015.pdf or
https://www.facebook.com/PierreMarcolini
MOfWC, the blue food dye (which I assume was used to color the top of those Peeps) is bitter. No wonder they have to load those Peeps with sugar to mask the horrid taste!
I am not tempted by those displays of M&Ms and chocolate figurines. I guess I developed resistance to craving sugar. I’d rather eat a hard boiled egg than a Cadbury egg sold in our grocery stores…
Oh, yeah, xiggi… that stuff is hard to look at without drooling 
especially the macarons.
Oops, sorry for the broken link. It was the Face Book entry for Pierre Marcolini.
This might work. https://mobile.twitter.com/pierremarcolini
I think Thumper might have seen those in Brussels.
I read chocolate labels and only go for the very high percentage cacao chocolate. Anything less than 70% cacao is too insipidly sweet.
OK so we stopped for ice cream last night and I had … just had … to have a serving of the Peeps ice cream. I resisted the fudge topping. YUMMY! (Vanilla ice cream with chunks of different colored marshmallow peeps stirred in. What could be better on Easter Eve!)
I started doing low carb (sometimes rigorously, sometimes not) about 10 years ago. I’m not thin yet (lol), but I have definitely lost my taste for many sugary things. I don’t miss Easter candy at all, and can even walk by the Cadbury Egg displays without a qualm.
"I started doing low carb (sometimes rigorously, sometimes not) about 10 years ago. I’m not thin yet (lol), but I have definitely lost my taste for many sugary things. I don’t miss Easter candy at all, and can even walk by the Cadbury Egg displays without a qualm. "
Now I’d be really impressed if you can take one bite of the Cadbury Crème Egg (including the creamy middle), and then set it down. Without pangs of longing.
I only eat Peeps one week a year. This year I did get the neon color–I’ve usually stuck with the white and yellow. ALso bought nasty jelly beans, heh, heh.
I think Cadbury eggs are disgusting, how do people even start eating them?
This thread didnt open up a dialogue about how pervasive and harmful added sugars are to the Western diet, but it has sure delivered a smack down to any urges for candy.
Have you had one? The ingredients are actually better than many similar items, unless they’ve changed the recipe lately.
Now since you don’t want it, hand over your chocolate bunny 
I’ve never had a Cadbury cream egg and have no desire. No Peeps either here. Now, the Cadbury mini-eggs? That’s a WHOLE other story!!!
I can leave the candy alone - the dessert table at our dinner will be calling my name though!
Happy Easter (and passover) to all. I am so grateful to have had my peanut butter egg before seeing this thread !!!
My youngest used to love Cadbury eggs, so I have at least tried one, but I haven’t bought any since she was about 5.
I dId send youngest and her friends that she lives and works with a care package, but the most candy like thing it had in it is cocoa almonds from PCC. Also Cards against Humanity.
It’s a gorgeous spring day here, and Happy Birthday to Michael McCready!
No bunnies here, but too many Whopper Robin Eggs…
Received this from a friend this morning.
http://jstbcs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/happy-easter-pictures-funny-i8.jpg
@busdriver–you might be right that I wouldn’t be able to half-eat a Cadbury egg if I started one, but luckily, having no desire to do so means that’s not likely to be a problem.
I think that’s the best plan. Don’t even start one, don’t look at one, have no desire, so why even have it tempt you? I’m fine walking by the chocolate aisle also, but I know if I take the first bite, I am lost.
So I may have given my two kids that were home this weekend waaay too much candy. Both of them said something about the weight of the bag. ( Gave up baskets as they are adults afterall)
So whenever I saw something I wanted to eat, I bought it. So now they are both going to gain five pounds thanks to their mother! And, apparently, hurt their brain!!
Anyone who doesn’t want chocolate easter bunnies, chocolate eggs, or candy covered chocolate eggs…please feel free to send them over to me. Just hold the peeps.
Personally, I enjoyed some mint chocolate coconut and other varieties of macaroons liberated from a seder I crashed with the assistance of a few grad students and the hosts themselves.
The hosts even encouraged us to take some macaroons home with us. Goes great with green tea. 
I’m surprised no one has mentioned jelly beans yet. There is pure sugar for you! Send me the red ones, please.
I’m eating my candy and taking my chances.
