We’re having grilled chicken tonight, and we’re using the rest of our bottle of Texas Rib Candy on it. This won’t be the first time we’ve used Rib Candy on chicken, either. So far, we’ve used Rib Candy on several kinds of meat, but my family seems to like it best on pork ribs and chicken.

It was after reading the review of Texas Rib Candy on Shylah’s blog that inspired me to grill some chicken again tonight. The pictures and descriptions on Shylah’s blog made me so hungry for grilled Rib Candy chicken again! She wrote that she almost licked the stuff off the basting brush. I confess that I actually did, although I did manage to wait until after I was finished basting the chicken. Germs? I was past caring.

The chicken is thawing as I write, and tonight after work we’ll fire up the grill and put the chicken on. I hid what’s left of our last bottle of Rib Candy behind some leftovers in the refrigerator so the kids wouldn’t find it and use it on lunch meat – shut up; it’s awesome on lunch meat! – and I just finished making Spicy Potato Salad to go with the grilled chicken.

Oh, and how will I cut up the chicken before slapping it on the grill? With my awesome Messermeister poultry shears, that’s how.

Come on over; we’ve got enough chicken and potato salad for a crowd. Isn’t that how the best cookouts are?

I’m really excited about Texas Pepper Jelly’s newest product, Texas Rib Candy! And now I’m even MORE excited because Texas Rib Candy gives you more choices than ever: now you can get it with the fabulous peppers, or without!

Here’s a note from Texas Pepper Jelly’s awesome big boss, Craig Sharry:

Here at Texas Pepper Jelly we are always trying to think of something new for our customers. A couple of months ago we introduced our new Texas Rib Candy. The response was huge. Honestly, I knew it was good but I never imagined the type of success that we have seen already from this product.

PS … I almost forgot. Texas Rib Candy also comes in three fantastic flavors. Apple , Apple Cherry and Mango. And you can get with or without peppers. Be sure to try one of each!

First of all, if you haven’t signed up for our awesome newsletter yet, get over to the Texas Pepper Jelly website and sign up! We’re offering all kinds of freebies and bonuses if you sign up now – ecookbooks, discounts, and more!

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As far as recipes go, it’s been too hot to cook today, so we’ve been snacking on cream cheese and Pineapple Habanero Pepper Jelly pretty much all day. The kids are here, and the four of us have, over the course of an entire day, gone through two boxes of Ritz crackers, an entire stalk of celery, and all the carrots that were in the vegetable bin. And we’re all smiling.

Texas Pepper Jelly is proud to announce a new product, and it’s so awesomely good I’m going to let the big boss himself, Craig Sharry, tell you about it:

Hello Texas Pepper Jelly fans.  I hope this newsletter finds everyone happy and doing well.  Charlynn and I are doing fine and looking forward to a busy summer.

After months of testing I am happy to announce our newest Texas Pepper Jelly product.  Now available:  Texas Rib Candy. This new product is fantastic. It is the easiest thing I have used on ribs in a long time.  Not only is it easy, it is a winner as well.  Every time I have used it during competition I have placed, and that, my friends, is what it is all about.    I love it, judges love it and I know you will love it as well.  It as easy to use as opening the bottle and pouring. It really is that simple.

Our initial plan was to create a product that was not just good on ribs, but a product that was “great” on ribs.  Well we did that.  This product makes any kind of rib a winner.  You can use it on spare ribs, baby backs or country style.  All you need to do is pour it on the rib the last 15 minutes of cooking time.  If you want a more robust flavor add it your ribs when you wrap them in foil.  Then add again the last 15 minutes, and  then sit back and watch those ribs disappear.  Your friends and family will think you slaved hours to make something this good.

The best thing is,  our plan provided a bonus we never thought about.  Texas Rib Candy is great on everything.  This stuff makes chicken rock.  Pork Butt just loves it.  And don’t forget to try it on ice cream.  The best part is you can just open and pour.  Honestly, that’s about as easy as it gets.

So here’s the deal.  July 4th is just around the corner.  Order your Texas Rib Candy today and be the hit of the summer BBQ party.  Amaze your friends.  Impress your family.  Be the hit on your block with your bbq ribs. But you must order now to ensure delivery before the holiday.

Order Now!

As always, it has been a pleasure to serve you our customers.  I hope you enjoy our newsletter and if you have not tried our product, what are you waiting for?  Trust me, you’re going to love it!

Until next time,

Craig Sharry

PS … I almost forgot.  Texas Rib Candy also comes in three fantastic flavors.  Apple Habanero, Apple Cherry Habanero and Mango Habanero.  Be sure to try one of each!

(by the way:  if you subscribe to the Texas Pepper Jelly newsletter, you’ll notice that Craig has divulged his secret, award-winning rib recipe for you.  Craig wins big time every year with his rib recipes, so if you sign up for the newsletter and use that recipe, your family and guests will never stop talking about how good your ribs were.  Ever.)

The Greater Houston Weekly has an awesome article about rodeo and barbecue!  And as we all know, rodeo and barbecue go together like salt & pepper, gin & tonic, and, well, rodeo and barbecue!  Reporter Marene Gustin gives us the details, and I hope y’all sit up straight and notice that Texas Pepper Jelly’s big boss, Craig Sharry, is featured AND quoted!

Polish your Luccheses and pull the Stetson out of the closet, it’s rodeo time in Houston.

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has some stellar talent this year — everyone from Brooks & Dunn to Mary J. Blige — plus the midway rides, funnel cake, mutton bustin’ and steer wrestling. But there’s also some serious competition outside the rodeo ring this weekend as the 2010 World Championship Barbecue Contest kicks off Thursday, Feb. 25.

More than 350 teams of serious and not-so serious barbecue cooks will be brewing up pounds of brisket, spare ribs and chickens to vie for bragging rights as the world grand champion cook. And thousands of folks will flock to the three-day event where they can grab a chopped beef sandwich, listen to the bands at The Garden, do a little boot-scootin’ and watch the teams slave over hot pits and smokers. Corporate and Go Texan teams often offer entertainment from barbecue pits decorated to look like armadillos and chuck wagons, to cooking shenanigans.

“Oh, it’s just such a fun time,” said Shirley Meadows who has been going to the event every year for 15 years. “They decorate the booths and it’s a big party. You see old friends and meet new ones.”

But how’s the barbecue?

“Who eats!” Meadows said with a laugh. “We all drink, but yeah, the barbecue is pretty good.”

Definitely the beer will be flowing, and some of it may actually make it into the barbecue sauce. But for one cook, the secret ingredient won’t be beer but jelly.

“Jelly isn’t just for breakfast,” said Craig Sharry, a long time cook off contestant and owner of the Texas Pepper Jelly company. “Of course, I use my own habeñero and jalapeno jellies, I use them in the brine and in my barbecue sauce.”

Sharry’s been barbecuing with his spicy jellies in competitions for years, traveling the circuit from Texas through Louisiana. In fact, he was the overall grand champion two years in a row at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, which guaranteed him entrance to Houston this time. A good thing since there is a years-long wait list to cook here.

While each team will be cooking up mounds of beef and pork and flocks of fowl, the judges will select only two pieces to taste. And, they tag the meat before it is cooked so no one brings in a ringer.

For Sharry, it’s chicken he’ll serve the judges, brined for 12 hours then smoked and slathered in his barbecue pepper jelly sauce.

“It’s spicy,” he said. “It’s not hot, any fool can do hot; you just throw more peppers in. The key is getting a blend of heat and sweet that make you happy to eat it.”

And happy maybe the key ingredient to the kick off contest. As Meadows said, “it’s the perfect upbeat way to start off the rodeo season.”

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Wow!

Of course, readers of Craig Sharry’s Texas Pepper Jelly blog already knew that pepper jelly, as well as Craig’s other fantastic rubs, sauces, and salsas, can kick up almost any recipe a notch or two.  And there is NO pepper jelly anywhere that can compete with Craig Sharry’s Texas Pepper Jelly.  I use it several times a week, and my family will back me up on any of those statements.

Heck, my husband stirs it into his hot coffee and tea.  He also stirs Texas Pepper Jelly into his, um, OTHER drinks, but we won’t go there.  They sure are good that way, though!

Yay, Craig Sharry!  You show ‘em all how it’s supposed to be done, Boss!

Texas Pepper Jelly is giving some great stuff away for free again!

If you click that link above, it will take you to the page where you can sign up for THREE free e-cookbooks:   Country Sweet Texas Heat, 101 Recipes in a Flash, and South of the Border Mexican recipes. Thats over 300 pages of recipes. And all you have to do is sign up.

Besides your three awesome free e-cookbooks, you’ll also get Texas Pepper Jelly’s free monthly newsletter, full to the brim of tips, hints, coupons, deals, discounts, and fantastic recipes.

Then, when you are ready to order something, you’ll get a 10% discount off your first order!

After you sign up, will receive an email with a link to download the free recipe eBooks and instructions on how to save 10% off your first order.

What are you waiting for? Sign up today for your Texas Pepper Jelly freebies!

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Everybody loves to get a gift certificate!  A gift certificate is the PERFECT GIFT!

Gift certificates are always a wonderful present to give someone; you get         to choose the ‘category’ but the recipient gets to choose the ’specifics!’

Texas Pepper Jelly now has gift certificates! YES, you can now give the gift of choice to those you love, with a Texas Pepper Jelly gift certificate.

You can purchase your certificate in either $25, $50, $75 or $100 amounts. Our certificates do not have an expiration date. After your purchase we will mail you an actual certificate. All you will have to do is enter the gift certificate number during checkout. If the complete amount is not used, that’s ok. Our fancy shopping cart keeps up with what you spend and any remaining balance can be used on future purchases.

Don’t be nervous about shopping online, either.  Remember: Texas Pepper Jelly has buySafe!

Our customers can also use their PayPal accounts here; it’s easy as can be to shop at Texas Pepper Jelly – all the more reason to do all of your holiday shopping with us!

I am a great admirer of the Texas Pepper Jelly grand master, Craig Sharry.  Craig is a man who really knows his stuff when it comes to good Texas cooking, particularly with barbecue.

Craig is a member of TGCBCA (Texas Gulf Coast Barbecue Cooker’s Association), a past officer for the organization, and is the current webmaster for the TGCBCA website.

In 2006-2007, Craig was TGCBCA’s Cook of the Year, and this year he’s ranked #5 – with only four more events till the season ends.

BBQ cookers were Craig’s first customers, and the Texas Pepper Jelly website and blog both encourage serious barbecue lovers to use his products in cookers everywhere.  Craig is developing a bbq sauce himself, and it will be ready to sell before long.  If his BBQ sauce is anywhere as delicious as his pepper jellies, I know in ADVANCE that it will be a huge hit!

Craig’s Texas Pepper Jelly site and blog have a longstanding connection with Texas BBQ Rub; it is their rub that’s sold on our Pepper Jelly website.  I’ve tried it, and boy, is it ever YUMMY!

Back in January, Craig was Grand Champion at the San Antonio Rodeo BBQ Cookoff, which is the third largest “sanctioned” event in the USA.  He beat 225 teams for that honor!

Just this weekend, in fact, Craig was competing in yet another BBQ competition, and if I were a gambling woman, I’d bet big that he’ll come back home another winner!

As for me, well, I can’t WAIT until Craig starts selling his barbecue sauce!  Everything else on the Texas Pepper Jelly site is so awesomely, exceptionally, wonderfully delicious, that I know before I even taste it that his BBQ sauce will be the best in the universe.

Yes, Craig Sharry is a remarkable man and an awesome cook, and I have nothing but the utmost respect and liking for him.  Like Tony the Tiger, Craig is GRRRRRRRRREATTT!

Bloggers Special!!!!!!!!  Bloggers, pay attention!

Texas Pepper Jelly is proud to offer a special deal to all of our bloggers who support us:  For a limited time you can purchase our 3 most popular flavors for only $20!

Enjoy Pineapple Habanero, Berry Medley Jalapeno and Peach Habanero when you order this 3 pack.  These are the big 10 oz jars! Plenty to share and use in multiple recipes. So what are you waiting for?  Order today! This special is only available from the the link on this blog.

3 Jar Blog Special
$20.00

You heard it here first!  Texas Pepper Jelly has always offered jars in small, large, and extra-large, and now we are also offering MEDIUM!

That’s right; you can now order your favorite Texas Pepper Jelly flavors in a 4 oz. jar – bigger than the small 1.5 oz jar, but smaller than our 10 oz jar, and a LOT smaller than our awesome gallon buckets!

The price is good, too; our small jars are $2.57, our new medium jars are only $5.57, our large jars are $7.77, and our extra-large bucket ‘o pepper jelly is $78.78.

Click on over to the Texas Pepper Jelly website and order some now!  They’re all absolutely DELICIOUS!

Keep checking this blog; we’ve got several new things a’cooking here at Texas Pepper Jelly, and you’ll read about them here FIRST!