Food Holidays: Jelly Beans, Cotton Candy, and Raspberry Cake

by Bob Sassone, Posted Jul 31st 2007 @ 11:45AM

Here it is -- July 31, and it looks like they tried to squeeze in three food holidays before the month was over.

Today is National Jump For Jelly Beans Day, National Cotton Candy Day, and National Raspberry Cake Day. Why Raspberry Cake is so popular it gets its own holiday I have no idea, but there you go. Here's a recipe for Raspberry Cake from Annie's Recipe Kitchen, and did you know you can make cotton candy at home?

As for jelly beans, you can get some recipes from Jelly Belly. They aren't "recipes" in the classic sense, they are actually combos of jelly beans you pop in your mouth that create a dessert. For example, 2 chocolate pudding jelly beans + 1 cappuccino jelly bean + 1 peanut butter jelly bean = Mud Pie!

Filed Under: Trends, Ingredients, Holidays
Tags: candy, dessert, jelly belly, national cotton candy day, national jelly bean day, national raspberry cake day, NationalJellyBeanDay

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7-31-2007 @5:31PM Lisa said... I am so bummed - I have excitedly been pushing national Jelly Bean Day all day today, only to discover that it is actually April 22nd and I missed it!
http://www.candyusa.org/Candy/jellybeans.asp
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