Prickly Pear and Huckleberry

[ysabetwordsmith]

Previously we had gotten blue corn pancake mix and prickly pear syrup from the Southwest Indian catalog.  We made those recently and were delighted with the syrup in particular.

So my partner Doug went out and found another source of prickly pear syrup, that also had it as jelly and honey.  We just got these, and haven't opened them yet because the jars are cold.  But the box from Shadow River also contained a freebie: two pieces of huckleberry saltwater taffy.  Now I'm a fan of taffy, but I'm fussy about it, and it's hard to find good taffy that actually tastes like its advertised flavors.  This is really  good and really tastes like huckleberry -- close to blueberry but wilder, almost blackberry-esque.  Yeah, that's going on my wishlist.

Comments

[fyreharper]

Yum!

[siberian_skys]

I love huckleberry. I had never tried it until I was in Montana several years back. I found what was basically a non-named brand Twizzler-style sticks of huckleberry ones. They were awesome. Huckleberry taffy sounds really tasty. Now I have to go poking around.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

If you search Shadow River, their Amazon page comes up, and they have the huckleberry licorice sticks! Also comes in prickly pear.

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[siberian_skys]

Thank you. I have an order that I've been putting off, because it's so small and not important and this would add to it so I can get that order done. I do need some craft supplies, too, because I'm going to make a birthday present for Feb. That will bulk my order up as well. And that I do need to get done.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

That sort of thing is why I set a resolution to make plant orders by February, because waiting until the last minute means people run out of things. I've finished one already.

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[siberian_skys]

I'm with you. I do everything early. Much less stressful that way.