Sad to say, I think Russell Stover season is over.
This is an idea that actually popped
into my head yesterday as Easter rolled around and I was eating one
of the cream-filled chocolate Easter eggs the company makes. Loraine
and I have this tradition—right after Halloween we head to to
Walgreen's and see what kind of chocolate the company is putting out
for that Christmas. Usually, this will consist of all kinds of
chocolaty goodness filled with all kinds of interesting flavors,
molded into the shapes of the season—reindeer, Santas, and the
like. It's actually one of the ways we know Christmas is coming.
Then the day or two after Christmas,
Walgreen's takes down the holiday Russell Stover chocolates and
replaces them with the Valentine's Day Russell Stover chocolates,
which are actually the same as the Christmas chocolates except
they're the shape of hearts and whatever else you associate with the
February holiday, things like, oh, I dunno, bitter breakups. Then
the day after Cupid pays a visit Walgreen's takes down the
Valentine's Day chocolates and replaces them with Easter Chocolates,
which are the same as both the Christmas and Valentine's Day
chocolates except there are in the shapes of eggs and bunnies.
Not one bitter breakup in the bunch.
It's a glorious four or five month
span, a time when we get to sample all kinds of quality American
chocolate, as well as a time when Walgreen's gets to separate us from
a good-sized chunk of our money. But once Easter wraps up, we're
kind of stuck. There's not another chocolate-giving holiday that
rolls around until the Christmas stuff gets put out right after
Halloween. As far as I can tell, Russell Stover doesn't make Arbor
Day chocolates in the shape of trees, or Memorial Day chocolates in
the shape of headstones, or Fourth of July chocolates in the shape of
fireworks, or Labor Day chocolates in the shape of people slaving
away for minimum wage. Nope; between Easter and Christmas we just
have to make do with the chocolate we have on hand.
You know, the stuff we buy in Europe.
So don't think you have to shed a tear for us or anything.
It's probably a good thing Russell
Stover doesn't make chocolate for all those summer holidays. After
all, chocolate doesn't always hold up as well as you'd like it to
during warm weather months. And if we were to eat it year-round, it
would lose a little of the special feeling you get when you bite into
one. Besides, I'm sure our waistlines appreciate it, as well.
So now that Easter's come and gone
we're left with what we've not yet eaten, which in my case are a
couple of sea salt caramel-filled dark chocolate eggs and one key
lime-filled dark chocolate thing, which, believe it or not, has a
simply amazing taste. In fact, if you happen to see one next year, I
highly recommend you try it. But just because the Stover season is
over is not a cause for concern; after all, Halloween's a mere six
and a half months away, and, sad to say, it'll be here before we know
it, thereby letting us know one simple thing--
It's time to ring in the 2017-2018
Russell Stover season!
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