Candy-aholics, Unite!

June is National Candy Month. For those of you who want to send someone a virtual e-card in celebration, click here.

I love candy. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I craved Starburst Fruit Chews around Hallowe'en, and ate almost an entire bag by myself over the course of a week. My favorite candy is a plain old Hershey's Candy Bar, but I love milk chocolate anything. Second favorite would be fruity candies like Starburst or Skittles. At Eastertime, I glut myself with Cadbury Creme Eggs (although they aren't as good as they used to be when I was a kid). In fact, I like almost every type of candy, except candies with nuts.

One of my earliest memories is the smell of chocolate: we visited Hershey, Pennsylvania when I was about five years old. It rained the whole time, and I recall standing with my grandfather inside some building, a factory perhaps, and it smelled like wet chocolate.

CandyUSA is a site describing all kinds of candies. American Food Holidays are listed here. And there is even a book out, called Candyfreak by Steven Almond, which you can read a review of here.