Sugar rush

Here are the famous Brach’s Chicks and Rabbits I mentioned in an earlier post.

My parents put them in my Easter basket every year when I was a little kid, so it’s not like they’re anything new but I’ve learned some people both near and far didn’t know what they are and have been missing yet another delicious opportunity to consume high fructose corn syrup and get cavities. (Today’s Exercise Finished post is sponsored by your local dentist.)

Chicks and Rabbits are made of that wonderful dry chewy marshmallow stuff like circus peanuts, only better. I bought two bags over the weekend. One for now and one for well, um, later. No worry about them drying out or getting stale. The drier they are, the better they are. Of course, that might be a matter of taste since you’re talking to the person who opens her Peeps and leaves them on the counter for a week to “cure” before eating them. Fresh Peeps are just wrong. I realize some people think any kind of Peeps are just wrong.

Ever notice how Chicks and Rabbits look like those Easter Island statues? Apparently there was fighting in the bag. The blue chick is missing a beak.

I may have to go buy a couple more bags. They can be hard to find. Stores that carry a full line of Brach’s candy don’t always have Chicks and Rabbits . As much as I love Cadbury cream eggs, Russell Stover’s chocolate-covered marshmallow eggs, solid chocolate bunnies, malted milk robin’s eggs and jelly beans (yes, black ones, too!), the spring season just is not complete without Chicks and Rabbits.

Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Brach’s doesn’t make a Halloween or Christmas version. I think I need to go back to Target.