Valentine’s Day Candy

The month of February brings two seasonal candies of note. One is Conversation Hearts, the crack cocaine of the candy world. The box is labeled as a single serving, but you can buy them in packages of eight and that’s typically the amount you’ll eat in a single sitting. Just make sure they’re Brach’s Classic Flavors—The Necco brand isn’t as tasty and the tart varieties of the hearts are just plain wrong.



SweeTARTS Hearts also become available this time of year and like traditional conversation hearts have messages on them. However if you think all SweeTARTS are the same, think again. These aren’t just SweeTARTS pressed into a different shape—Bite into these and they crumble apart into a powder that melts away in your mouth. Mmmmm. It’s a welcome change from the SweeTARTs that come in rolls; those require some serious mastication to get at their sugary treasures.



And while we’re on the subject of SweeTARTS, when I’m Earth Overlord the production of blue raspberry and green apple SweeTARTS will be prohibited. The usurpers will be replaced with the original rightful flavors of lemon and lime.