Trick or Treat!

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. It is my great pleasure to inform you that I have successfully found not one, but TWO food items this month that have long eluded me. I was so surprised I thought I being tricked. Instead, I got two awesome treats.

       The first was introduced to me a short time ago. It is a Halloween Edition York Peppermint Pattie, which is shaped like a pumpkin and has orange filling.

       One of these divine confections appeared one night in my room-mate's hand, and once she ate it, there were no more to be found. I searched the land, high and low, from Food Lion to Walgreen's and everywhere in between to no avail. Alas, on a trip to the Target in the thriving metropolis of Simpsonville, when the candies were a mere speck in the dark corners of my memory, there they were. There they were! In a mixed bag of Hershey chocolate, lining the aisle like it was no big deal! I could hardly believe my eyes! Needless to say, I scooped them up and have been enjoying them since.

       The second is a long lost food that I once enjoyed as a microwaveable treat. Even though it has been years since I last held the egg/bacon/gravy goodness of a Red Baron Biscuit-Style Scrambles Bacon Breakfast Pizza on my tongue, I remember their taste and aroma perfectly.
       All my cravings for these little frozen delights had gone unsatisfied for so long that I had given up hope...until...I found them. I FOUND THEM! On the same day as the peppermint patties! In the thriving metropolis of Simpsonville!

       This is how it went down: On a whim, my friend and I pulled into the Dollar Tree to pick up a few things. I nonchalantly pulled into a parking place facing the front of the store. I turned off the car, took the keys out of the ignition, and looked up as I was about to get out of the car. There, right smack dab in the middle of the window in front of me, was the most beautiful advertisement I have ever seen. It depicted a series of miniature Red Barron Pizzas, one of which was the Bacon Breakfast Scrambles. My mouth dropped open, I might have screamed, and I immediately started strategizing ways to buy and transport as many of these small wonders as possible. I ended up buying all 8 packs the store had in stock, and yes, they are just as good as I remember them being. Plus, they are in a cute, miniature form of themselves made especially for the Dollar Store!

       I was surprised at both of these discoveries and overjoyed with their timing, but I don't even want to know the nutritional facts of either of these products.... lol. Happy Halloween, everybody!