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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Cinnamon Imperial Hearts
Around Valentine’s Day each year they’re available in little heart shapes. (Actually, lately this is the only way I can find them unless I’m willing to buy the stupidly expensive packages from the cake decorating companies, teensy boxes of Ferrara Pan Red Hots or in huge quantities via the web.)
They’re the perfect little candy and a rather simple construction. The center is a tiny pressed hard candy in the shape of a heart. They’re then tumbled in a panning machine and given several coats of red flavored sugar syrup and then shined up with a little edible wax. They’re not super hot, just a pleasant spicy cinnamon. These feature the devilish Red #40, but for some reason the cinnamon flavor masks it well enough for me to keep eating these. Of course everyone knows I’ve been eating them because my tongue has been red for the past week. They’re a fun candy to share and great for putting in a covered jar for everyone to enjoy. Definitely something to put on your list of items to pick up when they’re wildly on sale after Valentines. I’ve never noticed much difference between the brands. I’ve had Ferrara Pan & Necco and probably a bunch of other brands that I never managed to figure out. The Food Network’s Unwrapped show did an episode on Valentines candy last weekend and showed a company named Primrose in Chicago also making them. I’m fairly certain these were produced after Brach’s was taken over by Farley’s & Sathers last fall. The coding on it is the Farley’s & Sathers style. This particular bag has a code of 7332CYP5, using a Julian date system for the first four characters which means that it was produced on the 332rd day of 2007. That’d be November 27th, 2007. I’m guessing that a panned hard candy like this is good for at least 12 months. Tasted pretty fresh to me. Related Candies
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This reminds me of Mark Bittman’s TV show “How to Cook Everything.” In the episode Mark Bittman vs. Jean-Georges Vongerichten they had a challenge in which each had to cook a poultry dish which included a candy ingredient. Jean-Georges made Broiled Squab with Jordan Almonds, and Bittman cooked Broiled Cornish Hens with Red Hots. Recipes below.
http://www.howtocookeverything.tv/htce/TakeOnTheRecipes/detail/recipeId-55.html
http://www.howtocookeverything.tv/htce/TakeOnTheRecipes/detail/recipeId-74.html
I love cinnamon hearts, because I love anything cinnamon (still miss the white cinnamon Life Savers! will they ever make them again?) but these can be tell-tale as they turn your tongue red. And everyone knows you have been eating them (unlike Mentos, the perfect stealth candy)!
One of those little dinky candies that just works!
I miss cinnamon Reed’s, though not as much as the root beer.
Man, I’ve been looking for these the past few days, mostly for nostalgia’s sake. There always seemed to be some of these around when I was growing up, and I wanted to give my daughters the same taste memory--but I could not find them ANYWHERE! I wasn’t even looking for a particular brand--just any of the red cinnamon candies I remembered calling “red hots.” So unless I happen by a store tomorrow that has them, I’ll have to do without this year…
MMM....looks good. Makes me want to eat one! Great for Valentine’s Day!
I bought a bag of these and used them, along with red sugar, as decoration on cupcakes. It looked cute, and I still have nearly a full bag to munch on while surfing the net.
Dear Cybele - You know these are good in pudding - you didn’t mention that. Love, Mom
Hi all....
I love these at this time of year too. My Walmart has them in the candy section, where they sell the “movie theater” size boxes of stuff - for a mere 88 cents. They are the Ferrara Pan “Red Hots” and are a steal since the little tiny bottle for decorating costs at least twice what the big box sells for.
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