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Texas Feels a Lot Like Heaven

Having never lived anywhere except southwest Louisiana  until I was . . well, let’s just say I was kinda getting up there in years when I moved to Kentucky 15 years ago.  When we moved away, I knew getting crawfish was going to be difficult but little did I know that there were places in these United States of America where Gold Brick eggs were not sold.  As spring arrived and the Easter candy made its way to the shelves our first year in Kentucky, I began searching for my beloved Gold Brick eggs.  They were nowhere . . not at Wal-Mart; not at Walgreen’s; not at the grocery store.  I assumed everyone in Kentucky loved them as much as I did and I began asking store managers if they were getting in more Gold Brick eggs.  No one knew what I was talking about.  The sad truth was that  unless I went home to Louisiana to visit during the weeks preceding Easter, I was doomed to do without Gold Brick eggs.

When we moved to Missouri, I thought surely they would have Gold Brick eggs there.  Nope, not in our little town, not in Joplin . . no Gold Brick eggs to be found.

But here in Heaven Texas, yesterday, while walking down the aisle at Kroger, I squealed with delight when I saw this display.

I said to Vince “I’m only getting one package because I’m on a diet!”  He insisted I get two packages because for 15 years I’ve looked for them and haven’t been able to find them.

How can someone who doesn’t even like chocolate love these chocolate eggs so much?  I wish I knew the answer to my own question!

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  1. Goodness, I’ve never heard of these! I guess I live a sheltered life! Enjoy every bite of them. Funny how regional things are in this country.

  2. I have never even heard of these! (I am in NW Washington). The thing I look forward to at Easter time is the Cadbury eggs. MMM. Especially the caramel ones, ooooooh.

  3. *texas accent* yep! next thang you know, you’ll be a taking back all them hateful thangs you was sayin’ ’bout texas when you first moved down. we’ll make a texan outta ya yet!

  4. I am in Dallas I will have to go and look for them, weather is heavenly today.

  5. That’s like when I was living in PA I couldn’t find pickled okra anywhere, and now that I’m back in TX, I hardly ever buy them! LOL

  6. I’ll have to look here for them. But tell us, are they filled or something that makes them so special?

  7. Are they solid chocolate or do they have something in the middle? I’ve never heard of them but I’ll keep a look out.

  8. Funny … I am a chocolate person, but chocolate Easter eggs have never really appealed to me, so I rarely spend that much time in that section of the Easter candy aisle. Since we’re Alabama, maybe we will have those Gold Brick (?!?) Eggs — I’ll have to look and see! We may be too far north. LOL! Gold brick eggs??! 🙂

  9. If you want to make sure that they last a really long time put them in the freezer & only take one out at a time. That is a tip that one of my friends gave me a while ago — not about your eggs but about these chocolate eggs that she gets from a church group in southern NJ. . .they are just the best thing that I have ever eaten (at least so far) . . . . but if I’m not careful I could eat alot of them at one time.

    Enjoy your find!

  10. Judy, my little grandson gave me a package of both Gold Brick eggs and Heavenly Hash candy for my birthday yesterday. Smart little boy!

  11. Oh….I am so very happy for you!!!!

    I searched everywhere in my area for them and couldn’t find them. I remember thinking the same thing–everyone here must love them so much they sold out early. No one here had any idea what I was talking about.

    I have not had one in YEARS. Oh just the thought is making my mouth water lol

  12. I’ve not heard of these either, Judy. I’m not a real big candy person. I can get into it every now and then, but I prefer crunchy salty things to sweets. I’ll have to see if they have them around here and at least give them a try!

  13. I’ve never heard of them either, but I’ll sure check for them, since you found them here in Texas!

  14. I’ve never heard of these, either. Please tell us what they are…what makes them so delicious…that you’ll have a giveaway of one of those packages so one of clueless people can try them too!

  15. It’s nostalgia. The memory from your lifetime of eating them. Buy them enjoy them and don’t worry about the diet. Your only eating them once a year.

  17. I took a look at the ingredients– seems more like a chocolate praline than just a chocolate egg. That might explain why you love them, coming from Lake Charles. Makes me wish I had one, just to try it. I’ve never seen them in California.

  20. Guess I’ll have to see who carries them here in Round Rock. I still miss my Mom’s peanut butter eggs and coconut cream eggs that she would make at Easter.

  21. Oh yes, and soon we should have fresh crawfish to go with those eggs!!!!!

  22. It,s the pecans Judy. They are really good for you and well, so is chocolate.I know this is true because they keep telling me on the computer health and diet sites. LOL—- and also—I so enjoyed reading about your eating the egg! You are on a good humor roll this day. Thanks for the belly laugh. Sarah in OK

  23. Well, it’s got 1 gm of protein so it can’t be all bad! I’m going to have to look for them in St. Louis. Hopefully I won’t find any.

    • Ha Ha Karen! I hope you don’t either but if you do, let me know! I am in St. Louis about once a week and would love to get some.

  24. We have no Kroger stores and I’ve never seen Gold Brick eggs, but I’ll look for them even though I’m trying to reduce both my chocolate and sweets consumption!

  25. I’ve never heard of Gold Brick Eggs. In my part of Louisiana (River Parishes and New Orleans) chocolate is Elmer’s. I’m not too crazy Bout chocolate, but I used to like their white chocolate.

  27. I’ve never heard of them either. It’s like when we moved from Ct to Ma when I was a kid. My mom loved the prune danishes that they sold at the local bakeries. You could even find prune butter in some of the stores down there. She tried looking for prune butter up here but whenever she asked someone in the store they looked at her like she was nuts. To this day the only time she can have prune danishes is when my aunt buys them for when we go down to visit or they come to visit at our house.

  28. We found the same thing when we moved to Atlanta. The rest of the world doesn’t know what they are missing. The REAL Easter bunny brings Gold Brick eggs:)

  30. I’ve never heard of Gold Brick Eggs but I lived 42 years of my life in Nevada, MO and the surrounding area. I hadn’t even noticed them in Arkansas or Texas. I’m not a chocolate lover or chocolate liker even, so if I noticed them, I doubt I would have bought them.

  31. I’m from Erie, Pa.. transplanted to north of Orlando and I’ve never heard of them either.

    Are they filled? What do they taste like?

    I Used to ADORE Russell Stover’s coconut nest eggs…. until about three years ago when they “reformulated” them to make the smaller, cheaper and nasty. I can’t believe how they took a fantastic candy that I would buy boxes of and put the freezer so I would have them for a long time, and completely ruined them.

  33. It is not Easter without Elmer’s chocolate. Heavenly Hash for my household is a must. I better not move too far from Louisiana.

  34. They must be a regional thing. we have a candy shop here that makes CHOCOLATE CHARLIE at christmas time. it can only be shipped so far for some reason. it is marshmallow, peanuts and all covered with chocolate. like a rocky road candy. really good.

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