National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day is April 2. There’s a National Peanut Butter Day and a National Jelly Day too, but not in April. Photo by Carol Gering | IST.

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April 2005
Updated April 2009

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April Food Holidays

Easter Is Huge...But Why Stop There?

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No need to worry about April showers when there are food holidays to be celebrated, including:

National Florida Tomato Month
National Food Month
National Grilled Cheese Month

National Soft Pretzel Month
National Soy Foods Month

We’re not sure exactly how to celebrate National Food Month—it seems a bit redundant. Isn’t every month food month?

National Bake Week Begins First Monday
National Egg Salad Week Second Week
National Hot Cross Bun Day Good Friday (March or April)
National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day Easter (March or April)
April 1: National Sourdough Bread Day
April 2: National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
April 3: National Chocolate Mousse Day
April 4: National Cordon Bleu Day
April 5: National Caramel Day
April 5: National Raisin and Spice Bar Day
April 6: National Caramel Popcorn Day
April 7: Coffee Cake Day
April 8: National Empanada Day
April 9: Chinese Almond Cookie Day
April 10: National Cinnamon Crescent (Croissant) Day
April 11: National Cheese Fondue Day
April 12: Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
April 12: National Licorice Day
April 13: National Peach Cobbler Day

April 14: National Pecan Day
April 15: National Glazed Spiral Ham Day
April 16: National Eggs Benedict Day
April 16: Day of the Mushroom
April 17: National Cheeseball Day
April 18: Animal Crackers Birthday
April 19: Garlic Day
April 19: National Amaretto Day
April 20: National Pineapple Upside-
Down Cake Day
April 20: Lima Bean Respect Day
April 21: Chocolate-Covered Cashew
Truffle Day
April 22: April 22 is Earth Day
April 22: National Jelly Bean Day

We’ll celebrate National Glazed Spiral Ham
Day, April 15, with this beauty from
Nueske’s.

We celebrated National Cherry Cheesecake Day, April 23, with a box full of miniature cherry cheesecakes from Eileen’s Cheesecake.

April 23: National Cherry
Cheesecake Day
April 23: National Picnic Day
April 24: National Pigs-In-A-Blanket Day
April 25: National Zucchini Bread
Day
April 26: National Pretzel Day
April 27: National Prime Rib Day
April 28: National Blueberry Pie
Day
April 29: National Shrimp Scampi
Day
April 30: National Raisin Day

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