What’s your favorite flavor of jelly bean? Mine are grape, cherry and strawberry – pretty crazy about each, but if I had to pick one, it’d be grape. I was really shocked by the results of the favorite jelly bean flavors around the country (see the interactive map below). Licorice?! Seriously?? That’s undoubtedly my LEAST favorite, and here it is a favorite with a lot of people. In fact, it’s the favorite in my own state (Kentucky).
People, what are you thinking?! Grape’s where it’s at. Or cherry or strawberry…. watermelon or green apple, even.
I’m giving myself a craving for jelly beans now. I’ll leave you with the map and see if I can find some in our Easter candy dish. Some grape ones, that is.
Source: 10+ years online candy sales data from CandyStore.com.
Interactive Map Credit: Candy Store
the review it deserves. The more I like a cookbook, the harder it is to do a review. I get so excited that my adjectives tend to run around and bump into each other. I’m hoping the Chai Tea Latte will give them some direction.
is a perfect source for both salt and pepper shakers and candy dishes by the way. They have gazillions of unique pretties.
, below, is deliciously nostalgic. I remember my grandmother having one just like this. Each Christmas she’d have those wonderful hard candies in her sleigh candy dish. This dish would be perfect filled with 
(pictured below) is absolutely breathtaking and no candy dish collection is complete without it. Wow. Wow. Wow!
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(below). Are you like me… do you tend to think of the 90’s as “just 10 years ago.” Don’t get me wrong, I can do basic math, I just tend to think of them as more recent as they really were.
for September because I wanted to tell you all about it right before Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas baking.
on the inside of the pan. Make sure the bulb on the end is fully immersed in the chocolate mixture, but don’t let it touch the bottom of the pan.
