the chocolate jonesin'

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

I am on a mission. A mission to find half-priced Easter candy. Specifically, I am seeking Reese's peanut butter eggs (like this). I have had no luck at the two CVS stores in Harvard Square (where I work). Does anyone know whether they still have them at the CVS or Rite Aid in Davis?

Go ahead and mock me, but these things are ambrosia. I gotta have 'em.

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Seems to me that to get the GOOD half-priced Easter candy, you have to be there when the stores open on the Monday morning after Easter, because after that, there's mostly crap left!

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

yeah, I was hoping that Monday afternoon would be soon enough, but no such luck -- probably too many college students in this area. damn kids taking my chocolate!

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

i realize this doesn't help you, but they have a few left at the cvs in belmont center (where i work :> ), so they might at the davis square cvs too. i was in rite-aid on sunday and don't remember seeing them, altho the place did have a lot of cadbury creme eggs.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

ok, thanks for the info :) Cadbury Creme Eggs are teh suck now that they are made by Hershey. But you can still get the "real" kind, imported from England, at Carberry's here in Harvard Square.

umm, not that I am obsessed with Easter candy or anything....

[komos.livejournal.com]

It's not exactly a recent development. Hershey's has been licensed to make and sell Cadbury's products in the US since 1988.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

yeah, well, it's only recently that I've become aware of it all. And turned into a bit of a creme-egg purist, belatedly.

[komos.livejournal.com]

So did you decide that the commonly-available creme eggs were teh suck after 1988, or only once you had heard that Hershey's was making them?

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Well, given that I usually only have one or maybe two of them per year, I always sort of thought "gee, these aren't as tasty as I remember them being when I was a kid," but I chalked it up to being a boring grownup. But then this year I stopped and said, "gee, not only are they less tasty, but I'd swear they are smaller too." And only then did it occur to me to check the Cadbury website and learn the whole story.

I probably would have come around to it sooner, but when it comes to Easter candy, the creme egg is a distant second to the peanut-butter egg in my mind. :P

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Do you mean Cardullo's in Harvard Square? Or are you talking about the bakery on Prospect in Central?

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Oops, yes, I meant Cardullo's. I always mix those two up.

[ron_newman]

Hmm, would they more likely still have it in a neighborhood where Greeks live? Their Easter is over a month from now. (Is Armenian Easter the same day as Greek?)

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Good point. Maybe I'll try the Rite-Aid on Somerville Ave., near the Greek church on Central Street.

[ron_newman]

The Davis CVS had lots of Reese's eggs on Saturday night, but I have no idea if they still have them. (Try phoning them?)

[joylewis.livejournal.com]

I love how this community pulls together in time of need. :D

[nuns.livejournal.com]

hehe!

[blondeamazon.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reminding me. I need to go to the CVS near where I work in Woburn and scavenge for cheap candy!!

[cowhockey.livejournal.com]

they were at the cvs in arlington on mass ave yesterday, i got a 6 pack...it's really close to somerville

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Yesterday at 5pm the Rite Aid still had peanut butter eggs.

Often the CVS on Broadway in Ball Square has after-holiday candy for longer than other places.

[ron_newman]

I assume you mean Magoun Square? There hasn't been a CVS in Ball Square for several years now.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Yes, thank you for the correction.

[masslibrulgirl.livejournal.com]

I ♥ your icon!

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

You should hit up the Rite Aid. I was in there Monday night, and they had a TON of candy left. The good stuff, too - Reese's eggs, Cadbury eggs, jelly beans of all shapes and sizes...