Sweet, Sweet Passover Plagues
Plague-themed Peeps, candy molds, and chocolates: they're perfect for Passover!
The ten Passover Plagues in Exodus didn't involve much sugar or butter. If only Moses delivered G-d's demands in candy form, then those gnats and ticks could have been chocolate, not infectious insects! With Passover only three weeks away, here's a few candy homages to the anniversary of Egyptian calamities. Mmm, who wants a sugar high from boils and murrain?
Peeps Impersonating the Ten Plagues: The season of hot pink, bunny-shaped marshmallows isn't quite over yet. Grab the 75% off ones at CVS and torture them with fake lice and plastic livestock. And here you thought zapping them in the microwave was bad. According to G-d's orders, the first in the row of Siamese quadruplets should be slayed.
Frog and Cow Molds: As the Old Testament once famously professed, "and the river shall bring forth frog (candy molds) abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber..." Maybe the Egyptian homeowners would have appreciated frog infestation if the amphibian terrorists were made of sugar, not slimy scales.
The Sweet Tooth's Plague of Egypt: When else is it okay to eat chocolates resembling puss-filled boils or baby cribs (a nod to infantile death?). This tray of chocolates was created by North Miami Beach's chocolate company Sweet Tooth, and recently won St. Petersburg Times' "What a Bad Idea" contest.
About the author: Erin Zimmer, our Washington, D.C., correspondent, is a new media analyst and frequently writes for Washingtonian, DCist, and other local publications. While Georgetown's food columnist, she investigated the cafeteria's omelet station, Hoya coffeeshop's cultish pumpkin muffins, and what exactly the basketball players ate.
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6 Comments:
Cute idea, but Peeps are not kosher for Passover.
juliec at 2:32PM on 03/31/08
Actually, I don't think they're kosher the rest of the year, either (that pesky gelatin). Now that I think about it, I've seen coconut-covered kosher for Passover marshmallows, but I'm not sure what plagues they'd cover. Maybe the Plague of Bad Passover Candy. Ditto those jelly rings and cone-shaped chocolate "lollipops."
juliec at 2:38PM on 03/31/08
Passover peeps???!! A shondeh for the goyim!!!!
RichardCrystal at 3:53PM on 03/31/08
@Richard Crystal: agreed....next thing you know we'll be putting dyed eggs on the Seder plate. :)
sixsonnets at 4:06PM on 03/31/08
@sixsonnets: I actually once attended a Seder where the host family had a dyed egg on the Seder plate. The daughter had brought it home from school. I found it rather charming.
baboo at 5:11PM on 03/31/08
@baboo....yup, that's what my family does too, along with an orange. :)
sixsonnets at 4:00PM on 04/01/08