Why Easter candy is the best of all the holiday candy - a thread:

For the purpose of this discussion, we are going to ignore all candies that parade as "Easter" candy by wrapping their completely unchanged contents in pastels. Kit Kat, I love you, but you are the worse offender

Easter candy has something for everyone, but it's a real treasure for the chocolate lovers amongst us.

For the non-chocolaholics - there are the jelly beans and Peeps.

Now, I'm going to admit. I don't love traditional jelly beans. But Starburst brand? Delicious!

Peeps are a bit of a controversy, I know. But... if you love marshmallow, and you love sugar, it's really a can't-go-wrong sort of candy.

Do NOT get the weird sour flavors. When it comes to Peeps - traditional is best.

That's all I'm saying about the non-chocolate candies. The real Easter candy connoisseur knows that chocolate is where it's at.

Where to begin? I start with the humble bunny.

Someone somewhere once said, "let's sell a solid block of chocolate. and let's make it a cute bunny"

And to that person, I say THANK YOU!!!

What every holiday really needs is a solid block of chocolate.

Tips for chocolate bunnies:
* There are a variety of flavors available, but for optimal melt-in-the-mouth, go milk chocolate
* Avoid hollow bunnies. They are a LIE

Chocolate eggs - take whatever you love, wrap it in chocolate, and it's automatically better, right?

But Easter does it right, because the egg is the perfect shape to vehicle in whatever filling you prefer.

Marshmallow - Russell Stover's makes excellent ones.
Peanut butter - Reese's has your back!
Caramel - Oh yeah, we can hook you up.

You name it... the egg shape makes it taste better.

Why? Well, it's all about ratios.

Now, I feel I must devote some time to Cadbury, but before I do, I should just add the caveat - I'm American, and I make no apologies for loving Americanized Cadbury. I know my friends from across the pond probably hate me for this, but well... there it is.

Cadbury chocolate, in its purest form is perfect. It's smooth and creamy. It melts in your mouth. You literally cannot eat too much Cadbury chocolate.

But with Easter comes, yes... the Cadbury Creme Egg.

Has any candy done more for a holiday than the Cadbury Creme Egg?

I don't think so.

Melty good milk chocolate wrapped around an ooey gooey sugary center? Sign me up. I could eat a thousand.

I stockpile Creme Eggs like a squirrel preparing for winter. I hide them from my children. And still... it's not enough!

For those of you who are wildly INCORRECT and don't like Creme Eggs... Cadbury offers a chocolate-filled version as well as a caramel.

But that's not all! Cadbury also has these delicious candy coated dark chocolate eggs. And sure you might be thinking glorified M&Ms

And yes, to some extent, they are just glorified M&Ms, but to a trained eye, they're so much more.

Remember, Cadbury's chocolate is superior and the egg shape has optimal coating to filling ratios, so... in every way, these are M&Ms but a million times better.

Then we have our Robin's Eggs. Malted milk balls wrapped in chocolate, then wrapped in candy coating. You literally cannot mess this up. Egg shaped for optimal flavor distribution.

At the start of this thread, I mentioned the pastel wrapped every day candies which are a lie I will not abide during this most important of candy-eating seasons.

But the candies that embrace the egg shape for the holiday? Those, we accept into our baskets

Such candies include: Butterfinger, Snickers, Reese's (if you're not putting Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs in your baskets, I can't help you. You're beyond hope) and so many more.

In summary - Easter has the best candy because:
* Egg shaped chocolates
* Solid chocolate bunnies
* Cadbury

Don't waste your time with:
* Hollow bunnies
* Non-egg shaped chocolates

I'm sure I forgot something, so tell me what I missed.