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Is there a Jelly Bean Shortage in 2023?

January 23, 2023 by
It would be hard to imagine Easter without Jelly Beans….but it is possible!

Each candy has a time in the year when it’s “in season,” almost like fruit. Instead of growing conditions, we have taste bud conditions. 

While every candy can be eaten in any season and still be delicious, there are certain times of the year when the candy tastes even better. 

For example, it might feel odd to eat a candy cane in the summer unless you are celebrating Christmas in July, and while eating jelly beans in any other season than spring wouldn’t feel wrong, it just wouldn’t feel right. 

Jelly beans are a symbol of spring, a symbol of growth, Easter Bunnies, and sunshine. Unfortunately, as we wrote in many recent blog posts, although supply chains are returning to normal, we still face shortages often of products that we take for granted!

Unfortunately, for this upcoming spring season, we may face a shortage of our beloved jelly beans because of a shortage of starch. Due to the war in Ukraine, which supplies a large portion of the world’s wheat supply, starch is in very short supply. Who knew?

Brands such as Just Born will not be making pectin Teenie Beanies.  We couldn’t believe this either.

Sunrise Confections, one of the largest confectionary producers, will not be making more of their beloved jelly beans – Black, Fruit, and Spice – once their initial batch is gone and Brach’s Jelly Beans, like all of their products, have become increasingly hard to find!

While we are just as disappointed as our jelly bean-loving customers, we have a limited supply, so we encourage you to scoop them up while supplies last!

This upcoming spring season, we will have almost every “other” kind of candy egg to offer, except the ones you have to keep in the fridge. 

There are eggs filled with Swedish Fish, Cadbury Creme Eggs in many variations, Twix Eggs, and even Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs. There will be Peeps of all colors, and we even have chocolate-covered Peeps. 

We will also have chocolate bunnies of all different shapes, sizes, and flavors. In addition, many different Easter candy mixes are delicious and festive. 

However, there is no need to fear.

We will still have many other delicious spring candies in stock, ready to be eaten! So there will still be a sweet spring even when faced with a short supply of jelly beans

Easter Candy, Hannah Brelsford's Sweet Thoughts

A Taste of Easter Candy in 2022!

April 6, 2022 by

Some people say that holiday candy is the best candy, I would have to agree. Holiday candy tastes extra sweet, especially when it comes from the inside of a plastic egg or the contents of your easter baskets. However, something about holiday cheer adds to its delicious taste and makes it unique. 

I’m sure that it’s already on your calendars, but the next candy-centric holiday is Easter! Easter for me has been filled with eggs, no, not the eggs that you hard boil or scramble. Instead, I’m talking about the superior version of eggs, CANDY EGGS!

Just like regular eggs, candy eggs come in many different forms. For example, you could have chocolate, marshmallow, gummy, or even filled ones. 

However, Easter Candy isn’t limited to just eggs. 

Easter candy is known for its pastel colors that welcome all signs of spring. It also is known for its shapes. Eggs, bunnies, carrots, and beans line stores all across the nation, waiting for their moment to shine on Easter morning. 

I thought it would be fitting to review a few available candies to let you all in on our Easter stock this year. 

Today’s lineup has our Gummy Sanded Bunnies, Eggstravagant Gummies, Easter Juju, Easter Jelly, and Nonpareils. I have also brought in some reinforcement for today’s test to make sure we give you a well-rounded review, my twin sister (Claudia). 

No, we are not identical, and we certainly do not have similar taste buds, so today will be interesting. 

THE EASTER CANDY IN OUR TASTE TEST WILL BE JUDGED ON THREE UNIQUE QUALITIES:

EASTERABILITY (How Eastery is this candy really? Is it perfect for every bunnies basket, or could it be left out?) 

IS IT A SIGN OF SPRING? (Does this candy convey the arrival of spring, or does it have us wishing it was winter?) 

CATASTROPHIC CARROT OR EGGSCELLENT: (Does it taste delicious or like a dirty carrot?) 

Gummi Sanded Bunnies

GUMMI SANDED BUNNIES:

Hannah: 

Easterability: 4.5/5

Is it a sign of spring? 5/5

Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Eggscellent

Comments: Good sweet taste, cute shape of the bunnies, loved all the different colors 

Claudia: 

Easterability: 4/5 Is it a sign of spring? 4.5/5 Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Eggscellent

Comments: Good colors, shapes could’ve been more apparent; it was a little confusing that they were bunnies, I loved that it was bunny themed, not sour, and I thought it was gonna be yummy taste

Eggstravegent Gummi Easter Eggs

EGGSTRAVAGANT EGGS:

Hannah: 

Easterability: 5/5

Is it a sign of spring? 5/5

Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Eggscellent

Comment: So cute, loved the pattern, colors, and shape, great sweet taste.

Claudia: 

Easterability: 4.5/5 Is it a sign of spring? 5/5 Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Eggscellent

Comments: Liked the colors, fun and cut spiral pattern, chewy but good taste 

Easter Juju Mix

EASTER JUJU MIX:

Hannah: 

Easterability: 3.5/5

Is it a sign of spring? 3.5/5

Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Eggscellent

Comments: Each color is a nice new flavor; I love all the different shapes, they are very chewy and get stuck to your teeth, but the taste is so classic

Claudia: 

Easterability: 4/5 Is it a sign of spring? 4/5

Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Eggscellent 

Comments: Very chewy; I loved the intricate designs on the gummies, the colors were lovely, and the flavors were good. 

Easter Jelly Candy Mix

EASTER JELLY MIX:

Hannah: 

Easterability: 3/5

Is it a sign of spring? 3/5

Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Eggscellent

Comments: Shape was lost with the sanding of the gummies, but they were cute, very chewy, sweet in flavor but not my favorite

Claudia: 

Easterability: 3.5/5

Is it a sign of spring? 3/5

Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Eggscellent

Comments: Very chewy, different flavors, shapes were cool.

Chocolate Easter Nonpareils

CHOCOLATE EASTER NONPAREILS:

Hannah: 

Easterability: 4/5

Is it a sign of spring? 2.5/5

Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Extra Eggscellent

Comments: Other than the colors, they weren’t very “eastery“, but they were so cute, dark chocolate is more of a winter vibe, but it’s so good 

Claudia: 

Easterability: 3.5/5

Is it a sign of spring? 2.5/5

Catastrophic Carrot or Eggscellent: Extra Eggscellent

Comments: I love the colors, like how it’s the same classic candy, but with the colors to make it “eastery“; dark chocolate isn’t very “eastery“, but it’s still good; I love the taste 

Overall we loved all of them, and they made us eager to get into the spring spirit. 

These five candies are just a tiny taste of what we have in our spring selection for Easter at CandyFavorites. 

 If you want to see all we offer, check out our 2022 Easter Candy Catalog to fill your baskets with eggcellent candies that will have every bunny bouncing for joy. 

Candy News, Easter Candy

Easter Candy Offerings – 2021

January 28, 2021 by

We have a great selection of Easter Candy with many old classics such as Cadbury Eggs and Marshmallow Peeps and new things such as Easter Nerds Ropes and Easter Hubba Bubba Tape.

We also have many different unwrapped bulk candy options. For more information or for custom packaging options, please contact us at support@candyfavorites.com

As with almost everything in 2020 – 2021, supplies are limited and we will not be able to reorder so please plan accordingly.

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About the Goose that laid the Golden (Brach’s Marshmallow Easter Hunt) Egg

March 15, 2019 by

It may not be laid by a mythical Golden Goose, but Brach’s Marshmallow Easter Hunt Eggs are pretty much the proverbial “golden egg” when it comes to Easter candy even if they only come in soft pastel shades. They are also among the hardest to find.  So, why are these eggs so special?

brach's marshmallow hunt eggs
Brach’s Marshmallow Hunt Eggs have longer been a must in any well stocked basket.

For over 50 years, our wholesale division has been selling these colorful oversized sugar laden eggs, and they have changed little over the years.   The size has gotten smaller – name us a candy which hasn’t – but the colors and taste have remained consistent with the hard candy outer shell covering soft marshmallow. Flavors combinations don’t often get better.  

Like many “cult” candies, they can be divisive.  Some claim that they taste better when they are soft to the touch while others claim “Hunt eggs” are better when slightly hard. This argument applies to another marshmallow based Easter candy, Peeps.  There may not be an answer to this esoteric question, but there is no doubt that they are one, if not the, most sought after Easter candy that we offer.  (for the record, we prefer them slightly crunchy)

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Did you know that we are one of the oldest Brach’s Candy distributors in the nation!

Since Day One, whenever that may have been, each bag contained a rainbow of colors and flavors.  In 2019, the color assortment features Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, and White with delightful tastes such as Grape, Lemon, Lime, Orange, Raspberry, Strawberry, and Vanilla.  Each piece is individually wrapped making them perfect for Easter Egg Hunts hence their name.   

We have a customer who dropped them out of a helicopter, another who tossed them from the top of a Ferris Wheel and one who scattered them over a nine-hole golf course!   Of course, you don’t have to go to lengths to enjoy them. They taste just as good when included in an Easter Basket or put in a colleagues candy jar or retrieved from your briefcase or purse or found a few months later in a desk drawer.

Although increasingly hard to find, these delightful Easter Candy have brought joy to many generations, and we hope this continues as Easter wouldn’t be the same without a colorful Brach’s Marshmallow Egg.  Let’s hope we don’t lose the Goose who laid them!

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Here Come Kinder Joy Eggs, Hoppin’ Down the Candy Trail

March 1, 2018 by

“A day without laughter, is a day wasted.” — Charlie Chaplin

Don’t touch that dial, errr . . . I mean that remote. “It’s time for the Family Feud. Oh wait a minute, I mean the Candy Feud! Today we are going to have some fun with an old favorite game show that was first hosted by Richard Dawson back in 1976 and since 2010 is hosted by Steve Harvey.

Ready people?  OK, here we go!

What’s the top answer to this question: Finish this phrase ________ basket.

Bread basket? Waste basket? Laundry basket? Picnic basket?

And the number one answer is . . . (at least in this blogger’s brain) . . . (drum roll please) . . . is Easter basket!

Alright, alright, I hear you! Yes, I do own a calendar and yes I do live in the present month (sometimes). And yes, it’s true that some days my thoughts are a little scrambled. Some days I honestly don’t know if I’m coming or going. But one thing I do know is that Kinder Joy Eggs arrived in the U.S. and specifically to CandyFavorites. So let’s live dangerously and put all of our eggs in one basket to see if this cult favorite in Europe is all it’s cracked up to be! (Sorry. Some days I just can’t help myself!)

Kinder Joy Eggs

The Italian company, Ferrero manufactures the Kinder Joy Egg, and this chocolate delight was invented by William Salice. The original Italian egg was called Kinder Sopresa, (sopresa meaning Italian for “surprise”). And that surprise inside is what is so unique and popular with kids and collectors about this confection.

Each Kinder Joy Egg is made up of two sides of the egg. One half consists of two creamy milk and white chocolate layers topped with two crispy wafer bites filled with cocoa cream. The other half of the egg holds the toy which varries from cars, to animals, to funny looking creatures, to Disney princesses, to Hello Kitty, to Fairies and Friends and a whole crate load of others.

kinder joy egg

Kind of like what Cracker Jack is to the U.S. but without the “candy-coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize!” Did you know Cracker Jack is over 120 years old and many of the metal toy prizes were made by TootsieToy who made the game markers for Monopoly? And during World War II the prizes were made out of paper.

And just for fun I thought I’d leave you on the “sunny side” with a little humor to go.

Why does a chicken coop only have 2 doors?
Because if it had 4 doors it would be a sedan!

What day of the week do chickens hate the most?
Fry-day!

And last but certainly not least . . .

What did Snow White call her chicken?
Egg White!

Remember you’re never fully dressed without a smile! 🙂

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It’s a Marshmallow “Peep” World

April 14, 2017 by

“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.” ~From the television show The Wonder Years

marshmallow peepsWith a Peep Peep here, and a Peep Peep there, here a Peep, there a Peep, everywhere a Peep Peep!

Easter baskets loaded with all kinds of goodies. Jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and lambs and of course yellow Peeps peeking out of the plastic green and pink straw that lined my brother’s and my Easter basket! Mmmmmm. . . Delicious memories.

I remember my dad searching for that big plastic bag in our basement that held our Easter baskets captive. It was time to get out the coffee cups and the bottle of white vinegar out as my mom cooled the dozen of hard boiled eggs. Then my younger brother and I would sit at the kitchen table, plop the color tablets into the cups and see how long it would take to make the darkest purple, blue, pink, yellow and orange egg you’ve ever seen!

Yellow, pink and white were the only color Peeps I can remember way back then (I am old you know) but still young at heart. But the other day, I walked into a super store and was flabbergasted to see a myriad of Peeps in every color and flavor imaginable.

I saw orange creme, vanilla delight, strawberry, chocolate mousse, raspberry, cherry limeade, cotton candy, fruit punch, limeade, blue raspberry, triple chocolate, vanilla caramel brownie, bubble gum, party cake, sour lemon-lime, sour watermelon, and even sugar free Peeps! My eyes as well as my taste buds were thrown into a sugary, rainbow, marshmallow world!

Did you know that Sam Born founded Just Born, Inc. in 1923 in New York, and this family-owned candy manufacturer then moved its headquarters to Bethlehem, PA. in 1932?

It used to take 27 hours to make the Peeps but Born created a way to automate the cooling process and make them in 6 minutes from start to finish. About 5.5 million Peeps are made each day. And now you can find green trees at Christmas, orange pumpkins at Halloween and red hearts for Valentine’s Day in addition to chicks and bunnies.

If you love Peeps, you’re not alone. Justin Bieber, Miranda Cosgrove and even Joe Jonas love this sugary treat. More than 1.5 billion will be consumed this spring!

So what are you waiting for? Pick up a box or two for Easter and remember how fun they are to eat, and eat and eat. And now if you’ll excuse me those triple chocolate Peeps, oh and those vanilla caramel brownie Peeps are calling my name! And wait! Maybe just one box of the chocolate covered marshmallow ones. . .

Happy Easter Peepsters!

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Vintage Gourmet Easter Chocolates

March 13, 2012 by

When I was growing up, the one thing that outlasted anything else from my Easter basket was that one bunny. It was always the biggest, most solid bunny, and it always had round, sugary eyes. Most of the time, there was even an element of colored chocolate. Weeks after Easter, I’d finally start pulling that guy out of the freezer.

First I’d break off the ears (and the eyes, of course). Next time, I’d hit it on the counter or drop it on the floor, hoping the base would break off. Then the middle part would provide two or three more moments of chocolatey bliss. This ritual somehow managed to extend the Easter experience (an underdog of a holiday if there ever was one) beyond the duration of more candy-centric holidays like Halloween.

Back in the Day…

My chocolate Easter bunnies came from the 80’s, and I totally enjoyed them. But it turns out that history has brought us bunnies and peeps that were even more special — vintage ones. In  the 50’s and 60’s, Easter centerpieces were veritable sculptures made from intricately detailed high-quality chocolate. These treats were enjoyed by the whole family. People made memories about and around them. And the natural ingredients were as beautiful as the final product. I’m willing to bet that some families even admired their chocolate bunnies for so long that their ears turned white (the bunnies’, not the families’).

Great Easter Presents — in the Present

This Spring, CandyFavorites.com brings you a line of Easter chocolates that has all the goodness of old-fashioned favorites. Great chocolates of the past had two things going for them in the quality department — form and formula. Our gourmet Easter treats deliver both of these.

They’re all created for us by a local chocolatier that uses only traditional methods for making chocolate. The finest natural ingredients are hand-poured into authentic vintage chocolate molds from the 1950’s. These incredible confections will give you the chance this Easter season to enjoy the simpler things in life.

Bring back memories or create new ones with our hand-crafted vintage chocolates. They’ll give everyone in your family a chance to savor a piece of that bunny…or hen…or rooster…or cowboy.

Easter Candy

Brach’s Puts the Happy in Your Easter

February 2, 2012 by

We know. It’s early. But we have the most interesting and scrumptious-looking array of Easter Candy, and we figured you might as well have dibs on it! I keep walking past the stack of Reese’s Peanut Butter Bunnies and thinking, “Who wouldn’t want one of those?!” But there’s some specific candy in particular that I want you to know about.

What would Easter be without Brach’s?

After all they’re the ones who taught the world about the circle of chocolatey-marshmallow life. You know the story. In magical springtime moments, marshmallow chickens sometimes fall into chocolate puddles. Then they lay chocolate-covered marshmallow eggs. When those eggs don’t get gobbled up fast enough, they hatch into chocolate-covered marshmallow rabbits. If the Easter Bunny didn’t spread these yummy goodies across the globe, they’d take over the Earth!

For the past several holidays, we’ve received tons calls and emails asking us where to find all kinds of Brach’s candy. Evidently, certain classic favorites, especially those popularly used for baking and crafts, have been impossible to track down. Well, we’ve got the real deal.

Brach’s Easter Candy

stocking stuffer lollipops
christmas lollipops for stockings
lollipops that spin
stocking stuffer lollipops
christmas lollipops for stockings
lollipops that spin

 

Hard-to-Find Classic Brach’s Candies

While we’re at it, it’s worth mentioning that classic Brach’s candies are available at CandyFavorites year round. Why go searching from store to store when you can stock up and (probably) get free shipping? Now you can bake just like grandma without leaving the comfort of your own home! Or if you’re less domestically inclined, you can at least make your house her favorite place to snack.

stocking stuffer lollipops
christmas lollipops for stockings
lollipops that spin
Candy Memories, Easter Candy

Peeps: The Taste of Springtime

April 15, 2011 by

I don’t know if it’s just me, but Springtime tastes a bit like marshmallow Peeps, at least in my mind. It’s hard to separate the two, since my childhood Easter memories are permanently intertwined with these little bits of deliciousness.

I love this photo because of the off-center placement of the Peeps, in addition to the combination of colors. Yellow and blue go together when set off by green, at least in this picture. Beautiful Girlfriend would tell me that they complement each other or supplement or something. She’s a real artist and knows this stuff. Plus she brings a whole palette of springtime colors to my day every time I see her. unfortunately, she doesn’t care for Peeps as much as I do, which I guess means more for me. If that’s not complementary, I don’t know what is!

Good job on the photo, Sofia, and enjoy the taste of Springtime!

happy couple