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Jelly Belly jelly beans come in all sorts of crazy flavors and bright color combinations. With a little imagination, you use these delightful, chewy candies to add a fun new twist to your Easter decorations. Top off sugar cookies or cake icing with jelly beans, or use them to create an edible, egg-shaped centerpiece. For party favors, fill up little spring baskets or plastic easter eggs. Your guests will definitely enjoy the multitude of flavors that come in such small packaging.

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Tired of giving out the usual, knick-knack-type party favors that end up falling apart in a week or gathering dust on a shelf somewhere?  Unit 16 Sweets offers a delicious alternative to the usual mugs and figurines – the option to create your own personalized chocolate bars for birthdays, corporate events, thank you gifts, and other special occasions! Each bar is made out of nothing but premium milk or dark chocolate that all your guests will love (except for those who are allergic to chocolate).  A 25 gram chocolate bar costs Php 20.00, but you need to have a minimum order of 70 bars. Visit the Unit 16 Sweets website for more information.

You can also catch these chocolate bars at the Trinoma Dessert Haven till March 16.

Ice cream is great all year round but summer is still the best season to enjoy these sugary, ice-cold treats.  Dairy Queen is famous for buffet of flavors for the Blizzard but their ice cream also comes in other mouthwatering forms, like chocolate-dipped ice cream cones.  For around forty pesos you can enjoy your favorite vanilla ice cream scoop in a crunchy wafer sugar cone covered in hardened chocolate.  For a little more you can also get a cone with rainbow sprinkles on the chocolate.  Unless you’re really craving for something cold to bring the temperature down, you might want to get someone to share this with because all that sugar might be too much for just one person!

I remember first tasting Jelly Belly beans as a kid when my grandma brought some home from the States. My grandma said that the White House Chef snuck it away from the stockroom. Apparently, Jelly Belly was the favorite snack of former President Ronald Reagan. I remember sticking my hand in the jar and picking up a random bean without looking so that every bite was like a small surprise. There were times when I’d dig through the whole jar in search of my favorite, watermelon, and eat nothing but that until the jar was out of watermelon-flavored beans.  But most of the time I’d munch on random beans; it’s more fun that way.

At the time, Jelly Belly beans couldn’t be found in the Philippines and I’d have to wait til aunts or uncles arrived from the States before I could have my fix. Now you can get them Candy Corner in bags or in boxes that come with a little guide sheet that tells you which flavors are which.  The guide sheet’s pretty helpful for avoiding the ones you don’t like (chocolate flavored jelly beans are kind of strange) but it’s always fun to try out the beans you haven’t tasted before.

So…I can has watermelon-flavored beans for Christmas?

Through the combined initiatives of Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and Toblerone, October 20 was officially declared as National Thank You Day and has gained overwhelming support from different societal sectors. The pleasant surprise was the unmatched cooperation retailers have shown in this pioneering effort to revive the lost art of saying Thank You—redefining appreciation as they lend their support to instilling a sense of gratefulness in the metro.

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