MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Are Jellybeans An “Easter Candy”?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Are Jellybeans An “Easter Candy”?

Unlike Christmas & Thanksgiving, Easter doesn’t really have a traditional food menu. Apart from the dyed, hard-boiled eggs that kids hunt on Easter morning, the foods we most closely associate with the Christian holiday of Easter are actually…mass-produced candies, like chocolate bunnies, marshmallow Peeps, and Cadbury Eggs, all of which make sense since Easter happens…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How Long Can You Safely Keep Halloween Candy?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How Long Can You Safely Keep Halloween Candy?

Whether you’ll be trick-or-treating tonight or buying discounted candy you’re your nearest drugstore tomorrow, Halloween is the season to go nuts when it comes to consuming sweet treats. I know it can be tempting to burn through your Halloween bag in one fell swoop, but if you exercise patience with your haul of Twix &…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Stores Sell Halloween Candy So Early

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Stores Sell Halloween Candy So Early

The first sign of fall isn’t always colorful leaves or a nip in the air. No, the first sign of fall nowadays is seeing fun-sized candies in black-and-orange wrappers going on sale in stores, up to a month before their holiday’s actual start date. Why do stores start selling Halloween candy so far ahead of…