Your free Thanksgiving Candy Corn is inside this package!
In the depths of the pandemic, somebody at the Brach’s Candy Company had an interesting idea: make a candy corn assortment that included all the flavors of Thanksgiving, right down to the stuffing and green beans. Soon after, a higher-up had an even better idea: “no way we’re doing that”. But apparently a few packages had already been produced and shipped, creating a rarity on the order of the double-struck Lincoln penny.
I know this because I was browsing at Walgreens, where the Brach’s website will send you if you click “where to buy”, and a clerk approached me and said, “I bet I know what you’re looking for.” She guessed Thanksgiving Candy Corn and said they hadn’t gotten any but she had seen the product somewhere in the Wilton Mall, maybe at Target or Walmart.
A search at those stores turned up empty, though I could get “Autumn Assortment” and “Pumpkin” as well as “Classic” candy corn. So I resorted to a back channel and got my own supply, though at a price that was certainly higher than retail. And I want to share it with you.
Here’s how it works: send a stamped self addressed envelope and a note with your email address to: Burnt My Fingers, 158 Lake Ave, Saratoga Springs NY 12866. I will promptly mail it back with a baggy containing two each of the six flavors:
Roast Turkey
Green Beans
Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce
Ginger Glazed Carrots
Sweet Potato Pie
Along with a legend to pick out which is which. (Gloves will be worn while packaging as a safety precaution.)
One first class stamp on a standard (not square) envelope will probably do it, though you might want to add a second as insurance since this will be a slightly lumpy package. And be sure to include your email, because at noon November 1 Eastern time, 9 am Pacific, we will get on a Zoom call and taste them together in real time and compare notes.
That’s right, on Day of the Dead while the kids are nursing their Halloween candy hangovers we’ll be having our own ghoulish treat. Will it be delightful or revolting? Will we be able to choke down all six flavors? We’ll know soon enough! But don’t wait to mail your SASE because you know how the post office right now…. we have 8 days to make the 2-way journey which is just barely enough. If you want FREE Thanksgiving Candy Corn, do it now! (And be sure to include your email for the Zoom invite.)
P.S. If my supply of candy corn runs out I’ll mail you a facsimile of my brisket recipe, which was acquired in a chain letter project similar to this one many years ago. Also, this is for US readers only since we’re dependent on our postal service.
