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Check your calendar for fun bakery and snack holidays

These may be made-up occasions but they offer a reason to celebrate favorite treats.

portillo's hot dogs — *Courtesy of Portillo’s*

A few years ago on July 17, a friend posted on Facebook that it was National Hot Dog Day and shared a picture of a Chicago-style wiener (all-beef dog on a poppyseed bun, topped with yellow mustard, neon-green relish, chopped onions, sliced tomatoes, pickle spear, sport peppers, and a dash of celery salt).

“Sounds like a made-up holiday,” I cynically commented.

She wasn’t having my naysaying. “Technically, every holiday is made up, so why not celebrate this one?”

She had a point, I thought to myself, and decided to join her by having hot dogs for dinner that night. Being a journalist by trade and by nature, I researched the origin of the holiday and came up empty, but I discovered not only that July is also National Hot Dog Month, but that whoever is making up these food-related holidays has one for nearly every day on the whole danged calendar.

Since the readers of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery and its microsite Candy Industry are enthusiasts of snacks, baked goods, confectionery treats, and all sorts of other edible and drinkable items, I am sharing just some of the notable holidays the internet has suggested we all celebrate on different days in May:

May 1: National Chocolate Parfait Day
May 2: National Truffle Day
May 3: National Chocolate Custard Day
May 3: National Raspberry Popover Day
May 8: National Coconut Cream Pie Day
May 11: National “Eat What You Want” Day
May 13: National Apple Pie Day
May 14: National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
May 14: National Brioche Day
May 15: National Chocolate Chip Day
May 23: National Taffy Day
May 26: National Blueberry Cheesecake Day
May 28: National Hamburger Day
May 29: National Biscuit Day
May 31: National Macaroon Day

While there is no law on the books that I can find saying you absolutely have to celebrate the food being honored on any one of these days, I also would like to point out there is no rule or regulation on the record stating you can’t celebrate your favorite snack or baked good on any day of the year. Bite into a bagel, chow down on some cheesecake, or nibble on some nougat any time you want. In the firm belief held by everyone at SF&WB, you never need a reason or occasion to celebrate bakery and snacks.

KEYWORDS: NCA Sweets & Snacks Expo

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Jenni Spinner is the chief editor of Snack Food and Wholesale Bakery with more than 25 years of experience in business-to-business communications. She has written extensively about food production, safety and packaging; pharmaceutical drug development; concrete and masonry construction; and more. She holds a Bachelor’s in Communications from the University of Illinois. Jenni can be reached at spinnerj@bnpmedia.com.