Easter Candy, NHL Style…

Holy Week Continued…

I guess since the beginning of time, we’ve been celebrating the good news of spirituality and hope with waxy, overly sugared treats.  Nothing says “New Beginning” like a big chocolate bunny with lazy eye and a real cloth bow tie.  Hope and life is best expressed with sugar-coated marshmallow chickens in many colors.  Just in time for Holy Week…Easter candy and NHLers.

The Chocolate Easter Bunny…

Do you like this? Is this your favorite?  You are in the company of Raffi Torres, Matt Cooke and a host of other NHLers who have decided to have a weird obsession with breaking heads.  If you just love biting into that hollow bunny and hearing that “snap” as you bite off the ears, this is your candy group.  Nothing like breaking off a head and looking down the body, eh?

Peeps…

Overly sugared and super-duper sweet.  Nobody over 25 can eat these things without a power-puke or sugar surge/crash.  Smooshy and easily consumed, thrown and put in a pocket.  If you like Peeps, you’re in the company of little girls and 5 year old mini-mites.  And maybe Sean Avery.

Jelly Beans…

Well, look.  Nearly everyone loves and hates these damn things.  Sometimes, they make you a bit sick.  Sometimes they hurt your teeth.  They can be perfect when you get the right flavor.  Jelly beans are like all players in the NHL.  Like I said, some are awesome and some just suck.

Off-Brand Wrapped Mystery Candies…

All hockey bloggers.  Some are cheap and worthless, some will surprise you. The problem is taking the chance and trying one.

White Chocolate Crosses…

This would be the NHL officials.  Think about it…we’re supposed to look at that and say “Oh, I’m in the presence of something greater” and then, you can eat it as easily as the hollow bunnies and it it melts faster.  A few hours into Easter morning, it looks like less of a cross and more like a crazy X with rounded edges and teeth marks.

Foil-Wrapped Crispy Eggs…

These are similar to the Refs…should be the same but some have more crispies and some will break your teeth.  Others are drier and you’ll choke on them if you aren’t careful.  They have looked the same since the beginning of time.  No basket is complete without them…even if you hate them.