It doesn’t matter what religion you behold, all holidays are about eating. One thing people worldwide can agree upon is that one of life’s greatest joys is eating.

Which brings me to Easter and the Easter Bunny. Back in the day my father sold Easter baskets at the hardware store and they sold fairly well. Whatever baskets were leftover he brought home and we each got our own basket.

Without a doubt my favorite thing was black jelly beans. Red ones were pretty good too. But I had absolutely no need for the pink fluff rabbit and the hollow chocolate bunnies. I also enjoyed the malted milk eggs and solid chocolate eggs.

As a kid, we always had jelly beans in the house during this time of year. How easy is it to lift the lid, scarf a handful of beans and pop them into your mouth one-by-one or in one fellow scoop?

As my kids grew up, Cadbury came out with one of the chocolate world’s greatest inventions: The Crème Egg. These are so good, so satisfying and yet, fairly low in calories and fat. Now they have different flavors and sizes, but nothing beats the original.

Nothing like holidays and seasonal candy. The candy makers are geniuses! Now I have to get some black jelly beans.

Happy Thursday!

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