Sunday, February 25, 2007
Bunny on the run!
| Here's an old knock knock joke I got out of my 101 Knock-Knock Jokes book when i was about 8 or 9: Knock Knock! Who's there? Ether. Ether who? Ether Bunny! I love that joke! But that's right, folks, it's that time of year. The bunny with the good stuff if lacing up the Nikes, and doing his warm up stretches. I don't need the calendar or my Catholic friends to know Easter is on its way. I just need to go to Kroger. They have an entire aisle that literally explodes with sugary goodness as the holiday approaches. Only one thing on that aisle matters, though:  Sadly, starting around the time I left for college, the Easter Bunny stopped coming to visit me. I figured since I was away at school, he was dropping off my stuff at home and my parents were eating all my yummy sweets. But once I got my first apartment after graduation, the bunny never did show up. I am unsure what it was I did to upset the Easter Bunny, but if you're reading this Mr. Bunny, please come back! You have no idea how miserable an Easter egg hunt is when you have to hide your own eggs. Over the years many companies have come up with their own twist to the Creme Eggs. One of the better tasting ones was by Dove chocolate (who happen to make perhaps the best chocolate on Earth). The problem though was the Dove "eggs" came in two halves, apparently because they felt no one could handle one whole egg by themselves. Cadbury has also made several different versions over the years, including the chocolate creme egg, and the caramel egg (pictured above). I also discovered this year they have an orange creme eggs. I won't be messing with that one. I have never cared for orange creme flavored stuff. It always strikes me as the favor you get when you take a drink of OJ and follow it too closely with a drink of milk. Yuck! My friend Penny used to always bring me the first Creme Eggs of the year. She'd track them down and then bring them to a hockey game. The reason, you see, is that I have a peculiar way I eat my first Creme Egg of the season: I eat it whole. Penny seemed to enjoy the event of me unwrapping the egg with my excited shakey hands, and them popping the entire thing into my mouth to savor the chocolate creamy sweet goodness. I do not recomend this approach with the caramel eggs, though, as you'll likely choke on it. The Caramel is much thicker and doesn't melt in your mouth as easily. They also make mini-creme eggs and those are good for a quick fix, but the whole unwrapping process just isn't worth it. Perhaps if they sold them unwrapped? If you hop over to the Cadbury web site you'll see that the Eggs aren't really even mentioned on their main page. Ther eis however excitement over this new Cadbury "Flake." They claim it is the "crumbliest, flakiest chocolate." Call me crazy but who wants to eat crumbly flakey chocolate? Well sure, on top of ice cream or a dessert, but this is a chocolate bar. Whats worse they apparently have chosen a model to be the "Flake Girl." Yes that's right, there's a Miss Flakey. As for the rest of the Easter treats, my roommate in college, Brian, got me hooked on peanut butter eggs. Sadly, the success of peanut butter eggs has now resulted in peanut butter pumpkins, Christmas trees, and other assorted peanut butter items. It all goes to show you, too much of a good thing is called capitalism. And lets not forget the peeps and bunnies. In the old days it was yellow or pink. Take your pick. Now there is blue, purple, white. If you have never visited Peep Research.com then you're in for a treat. (Yes that was an untentional pun.) When I was growing up I was infamous for doing all sorts of fun experiments on peeps, in particular with the microwave. (Be sure your mother is not home prior to any and all peep and microwave experiements!) So this Easter season, have a creme egg (or the 3-pack if you can find em). Don't microwave your peeps when your moth is home. And if you see the Bunny please send him to my house! P.S. If you store your Creme Eggs in the freezer you can have them all year long! A frozen Cadbury is kind of tasty in July, but don't try and stick the whole frozen one in your mouth!  |
