Suckers

Our last Skype conversation with Claire sent us looking for caramel and green apple, hard candy suckers last night. As Pat remembers, the suckers come in green and white wrappers. First we went to Patricia's IGA, since it is a namesake store. Then we went to Break Time, Wal*Mart, Target and Hallmark. The lady at Hallmark said, Ooooh! Those are delicious, but we don't have them." She directed us to a locally owned candy store in the mall. There, the clerk told us several times that they are the nation's largest retail seller of Jolly Rogers candy for independently owned stores. They sell three tons a month. I was impressed. "That's 6000 pounds!" he emphasized. I was impressed by his math, too. He could not, however, find the caramel and green apple, hard candy suckers we were looking for and declared them sold out. Fortunately,Pat spotted a box of them hiding behind the clerk. So we bought suckers to send to Belgium and an extra one for the Hallmark lady. Who knew empty nesting requires perseverance and a sweets Geiger counter?