Easter Candy — mmmmmmmm, I love it. I love it. I LOVE IT!

Yeah I really like Easter candy. Each of my sweet taste buds look forward to this time of year the way little children look forward to Christmas. In fact, I’m 28 and I’m pretty sure I will be getting an eater — uh, I mean Easter basket for myself this year. I’ve been thinking about it all day, so I figured I would share my sweet Easter dreams with you via blog.

Cadbury Crème Eggs
I have sort of a weird reaction in some foods – I get ritualistic about eating them. Not ‘praying for rain’ ritualistic, just ‘I always do it the same way and for some reason it makes it more satisfying’ ritualistic. That’s not weird is it?

Well, whether it is weird or not, Cadbury Eggs (and pretty much every other Easter candy I love) evokes this ritualistic response from me.

I won’t go into the eating ritual I have with Cadbury Crème Eggs, but I will say I eat them in private because it is rather involved and I like to eat the middles before I finish the shell.

Hershey’s Eggs
First of all, I think the shell to chocolate ratio in Hershey’s Eggs is fantastic. And the shells are thicker and taste better than any other candy shell I have tasted. When I ritualistically devour these little pastel beauties I always try to bite them exactly in half and then chip the shell off. After crunching up the shell I let the two remaining chocolate chunks melt on my tongue.

Peeps
Okay, I know most people think these little crystal-sugar-covered marshmallow chicks are gross — and, honestly I agree. But I also cannot resist them. My first step when eating these day-glo yellow treats is to lick all of the sugar off the back. Then I bite off the tail. After I swallow the tail I pick the eyes off the chick, and then I go for the head. After that I eat the body in 2 separate bites.

Jellybeans
I like to crush the outer shell of a jellybean and then sort of peel it off with my teeth and my tongue. Then I slice the jelly center into little slivers with my teeth and swallow the slivers one at a time.

Mmmm, this is making me feel like I need to get some sugar. Am I the only one?

Plus, now I’m dying to know, do any of you have food rituals?