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It may be a week after Easter, but I’m still going to write about candy!

And I realize that it’s been just as long since a post has appeared on this site. I had actually been in New Hampshire last week visiting my family, and didn’t get any chances to write any D&D goodness for all of you while I was there, despite my intention to do so. So please accept my apologies.

Kill Your Food and Eat it Too!
Easter is often known as a time of egg hunts and candy. At least, that’s about as far as I’ve ever gone with it. And sometimes we may end up being so inundated with candy that we have far more than we know what to do with! Thankfully, they make for great markers for combat encounters.

DaviRM has written a good article on using Peanut M&Ms for battles. He even goes as far as to list the approximate amounts of each color in a bag! But why settle with just M&Ms? There’s all sorts of candy that we can use. And not just candy, but other kinds of munchies as well.

So, with that said, here’s a list of goodies that may be good to use for your future D&D battles:

• Skittles
• Any bite-sized chocolate product (Butterfinger, Milky Way, etc.)
• Peanuts
• Pistachios
• Dried Peas (also Wasabi Peas)
• Gummy Bears (or any other kind of gummy)

And why just settle for things that fit within the standard 1″x1″ square? Your party will undoubtedly encounter creatures of all shapes and sizes, so use larger foods as well! One idea, to keep with the theme of Easter, is to use a good-sized chocolate bunny to represent a creature such as a dragon. Then, as you do battle, one of the party members can climb up on the dragon and nibble its ears off!

And you don’t have to necessarily be limited to using foods to represent creatures. You can probably use them to show the area of effect of various spells that the PCs or NPCs may cast. A magical fog could be represented by a cookie. Now that’s some food for thought!