Sept. 13 National Peanut Day – A Few Fun Facts

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  1. Peanuts are not nuts. They grow underground and are part of the legume family.
  2. Peanuts are an excellent source of several B vitamins, vitamin E, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, antioxidants and dietary fiber. They also contain about 25g protein per 100g serving!
  3. In the US by law, any peanut butter branded product must be at least 90% peanuts.
  4. It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12oz jar of peanut butter, approx. 45 peanuts per ounce of peanut butter.
  5. Women and children tend to prefer creamy peanut butter, while most men opt for chunky. East coasters prefer creamy and West Coasters lean towards crunchy style.
  6. The Huffington Post in Sep 2014 asked, “What makes the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich? Results: 36% say strawberry jam is favorite (grape is 31%); favorite bread is white bread (54%); favorite type of peanut butter is smooth (56%) and 80% like their PB&J with the crust left on.
  7. Arachibutyrophobia is a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one’s mouth.
  8. There are two former presidents who were peanut farmers: Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson.
  9. There are six cities in the US named: Peanut, CA; Lower Peanut, PA; Upper Peanut, PA; Peanut, PA; Peanut, TN and Peanut, WV.
  10. At Pearls, we have over 60 peanut made, filled and flavored treats. Not including Circus Peanuts – haha!

Source: National Peanut Board and JustFunFacts

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Can you believe another snow storm overnight and Easter just 10 days away?

Wanted to share a few Easter baskets available in store. Several styles and different pricing options available. Visit us for all your Easter treats, supplies and baskets.

 

 

 

 

 

St. Patty Day Candy and Leprechaun Treats

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! What began as a religious feast day in the 17th century has evolved into a variety of events celebrating Irish culture around the world with parades, special foods, music, dancing and a whole lot of green. We thought about turning the Merrimack River green for the holiday like they do in Chicago, but then decided a fun festive candy table might be more helpful in your celebrations. Visit us for all your St. Patty Day candy and leprechaun treats. Green, white and even rainbow!

Visit Us In Store for Prepackaged Easter Baskets or Pick Your Own Easter Basket and Have Us Assemble It

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Visit us in store. We have many colorful Easter Baskets made with top quality treats and gourmet chocolates. Also new this year – have us assemble your Easter basket. Easter is April 1, 2018.

• Pick your basket.
• Pick your candy.
• Pick out your bow color.
• Pay for basket, candy, $1.50 for bag, bow, fill and grass. Plus $1.00 for us to assemble.
• Then let us do the rest.
• Pickup before close of business Saturday, March 31 at 6 pm.
• Taking orders thru Saturday, March 17, 2018.

We look forward to seeing you and Happy Easter!

Jelly Belly Beanboozled Jelly Beans are 10 years old this month!

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What?!? Did you know: barf flavor started out as pizza that was intended to be good – but it wasn’t! Pro tip: always end with toothpaste or berry blue flavor. Try Jelly Belly’s 4th Edition mix of weird and nasty flavors mixed with regular ones. Makes a great game! Most memorable flavors per Jelly Belly are stinky socks, barf and rotten egg. Do you agree? What are your most memorable favorites?
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No more lemon creams unless you want them!

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Valentine's Heart
Some surprises are good, and some are not so good.

Do you hate throwing out all those “not so good flavors” from those pre-assorted heart boxes?
Take the waste out of Valentine’s and visit Pearls Candy NH to create a custom heart with just the ones you want.

One stop shop for all your Valentine candy and chocolates.

Everything from almond butter crunch to cashew turtles or chocolate covered cherry cordials.
Chocolate covered Oreos to English toffee to peanut butter cups. Yum to all of it and to everything in between.

75th Golden Globe Party Ideas and Tasty Treats

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The awards season is officially under way with the announcement of the 75th Golden Globe contenders. Visit Pearls Candy NH for everything you need for a tasty Golden Globe party. We have gold Lindt truffles, gold candies, gold foiled gourmet chocolates, Jelly Belly champagne bubbles, gold dusted solid milk chocolate awards, and filled chocolates (uhm, for those over 21 years of age) or cordial toasting cups for your own signature cocktails.

Have a great weekend and stay warm.
Hopefully all your favorites win!