The Letter E: Easter Candy!

As a kid, Easter is a great candy holiday, second to Halloween and may even fall in front of Christmas from a volume of sweets perception. This year, while your diving into that sweet heavenly pile of sugar, consider these facts...

                                                                     Peep Show         

How far you need to walk to work off your giant ass after the giant bunny leaves candy at your house:

• 25 small jellybeans: 1.4 miles
• 5 Peeps: 1.6 miles
• Cadbury Creme Egg: 1.7 miles
• 1 large chocolate bunny: 10.5 miles

                             This is proof that you can make really dumb shit out of jellybeans

Amount of sugar in your candy:

• 25 small jellybeans: 7 1/4 teaspoons
• 5 Peeps: 8 1/2 teaspoons
• Cadbury Creme Egg: 5 teaspoons
• 1 large chocolate bunny: 20 teaspoons

                                               I'm pretty sure they're doing it in this picture...

Some interesting ideas on sugar from our friends in the medical world, where it's all factual and sciency:

• Sugar causes wrinkles
• People who consume 25% of their caloric intake in sugar are twice as likely to have low levels of HDL (that's the good cholesterol. I have none of it. My doctor wants to punch me in the face all the time because of shit like this)
• Too much sugar can cause depression, poor memory formation, and even learning disrorders....dirsorerers.....didsorders....whatever.
• What was I saying?

                                                    Food Porn...I am so HOT right now!

Sugar can do a body (and other stuff) good:

• Mix sugar and Vaseline together for a great lip exfoliator. I did it once. I still can't believe I ate all that Vaseline.
• Sugar has been used throughout olden times and such to heal wounds
• Burn your tongue on something hot? Suck on a sugar cube. It stops the pain.
• Mash up an overripe banana with 3 tablespoons of sugar and a teaspoon of olive oil for a hippie body scrub. My husband would get one whiff of me after the shower and probably have sex with me until I passed out. So if you try this, please stay away from him.
• Add three teaspoons of sugar and two tablespoons of white vinegar per quart of warm water for fresh-cut flowers. The sugar feeds the stems and the vinegar restricts the growth of bacteria
• Add 1/4 cup of sugar to a coffee or spice grinder to clean and absorb odors

So, I hope this little trip into Easter candy has made you sick and hungry at the same time. Happy Easter if you celebrate it! And if you don't, I hope you will still partake in some Easter themed candy. I mean, who wouldn't like to bite the heads off of chocolate bunnies?