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Our Favorite Limited Editions

When holidays arrive, we love to indulge in sweet and salty snacks. To feed our seasonal frenzy for all things fattening, manufacturers deck the shelves with holiday-themed goodies.

Some of them are so addictive that we spend the whole year looking forward to them, some of us even pack our freezers and cupboards with extra supplies to carry us though the lean months when they're not offered for sale.

At the risk of making your mouth water, we present a seasonal products hall of fame -- items that we wish were available all year.

Click through our gallery as WalletPop's Jason Cochran profiles 14 popular limited-edition products. Did your must-have make the list?

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Kosher Coke

Growing dissatisfaction with high-fructose corn syrup has made a hot commodity out of this springtime pop, made with real sugar the way Coke used to be (and still is outside of America). It's intended for Jews who can't eat corn during Passover, but people of all persuasions have been led by their taste buds to eagerly snap it up.

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Williams-Sonoma

Williams-Sonoma Peppermint Bark

Chocolate topped with white chocolate topped with peppermint bits: Such a rich confection costs $26.50 a pound, but that doesn't deter fans, who hoard their tins deep into the New Year. Ghirardelli pumps out its own bite-size version, but this is the primo stuff.

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Cadbury Creme Eggs

Because you can't find them on store shelves for nine months at a time, we almost missed the fact that they've shrunk. The Office actor and producer B.J. Novak went on Conan O'Brien's show in 2007 with his stockpile of older eggs and proved Cadbury was reducing their size. The chocolate maker admitted it, but lost none of its cache: In Britain and Canada, Creme Egg innards are even mixed into McFlurry's at McDonald's.

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Sierra Mist

Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash

The Pilgrims never intended this: lemon-lime Sierra Mist with cranberry flavoring. This caffeine-free concoction is only sold from Sept. 7 to New Year's Eve. Canada Dry also makes a competing seasonal cranberry ginger ale.

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IHOP

IHOP's Pecan Pie Pancakes

It seems like everyone is on board the gingerbread and pumpkin flavor trains, but IHOP hooks into Southerners penchant for pecans by layering pecan pie filling with pancakes, then topping the indulgence with glazed pecans. It's so very wrong, but it's also so very hard to stop eating them.

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Girl Scout Thin Mints

For best results, stick this addictive chocolate-covered mint wafer in the freezer first. That is, if you know of a Girl Scout who will sell you your fix. The bad news: Once the little girl in your neighborhood grows up, you'll need to find a new dealer.

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Samuel Adams Summer Ale

Sam Adams (not descended from the beer-loving patriot, but a company that started in 1984) tosses in a tangy note of spice with Melegueta pepper, nicknamed "grains of paradise," something medieval brewers used. The result is light, refreshing, with a note of lemon zest, and it's so much more interesting than your standard, picnic-variety Bud. So why can't we get it from September to March? Because that's when Samuel Adams trots out its other seasonal beers, including Winter Lager and Octoberfest.

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Nabisco

White Fudge Covered Oreos

This is one of the reasons that New Year's resolutions are necessary. And you can't forget White Fudge Oreo's brothers: Mint Fudge Covered Oreos and Winter Oreos with red creme. This year, a dangerous new thigh-expanding cousin is coming to town: Fudge Covered Ritz crackers. Bet your pants you'll regret encountering this family of snacks.

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Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte and Gingerbread Latte

Caffeine junkies can ride the sugar train from September and through the holidays by starting with the autumnal Pumpkin Spice Latte (introduced in 2004) and then, when that's taken off the menu, switching to the Gingerbread Latte (dating to 2000). After New Year's, though, it's back to jones-ing, at least until the summertime Frappuccino hits kick in.

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Marshmallow Peeps

In 1954, a machine was invented that could pump up these puffy, sugar-dusted novelty candies, which previously had to be made by hand. First they were only chicks (for Easter), then in the 1960s they added Christmas trees and pumpkins. By the time stars were added for Independence Day in 2002, Peeps became available year-round, and those machines were put to good use. But those delectable chicks are still only sold in the spring.

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McDonalds

McDonald's Shamrock Shakes

Because only "participating" locations sell them, finding one of these minty desserts, which are only trotted out in the spring, can be harder than finding a leprechaun's pot of gold. Die-hard fans have been searching them out since 1970, the same year Mickey D's also introduced its Eggnog-flavored shakes.

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Cadbury Schweppes

Pomegranate 7Up

The festive drink appears in early November and is gone by mid-January, it blends the classic 7Up flavor with a splash of pomegranate fruit juice. Just add red coloring to establish a new holiday beverage.

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Ben & Jerry's Gingersnap

Ben & Jerry's gives its seasonal flavors a shot at year-round stardom through its "Resurrect My Favorite Flavor" web page. While Cinnamon and PepperMint Schtick passed into legend, its autumnal Pumpkin Cheesecake moved from the minors to the big leagues thanks to popular demand. Now boosters can turn their attentions to GingerSnap, a "limited batch" of brown sugar cinnamon ice cream with ginger snap bits that's similar to a retired "Seinfeld"-themed flavor of holidays past, Festivus.

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Necco Sweethearts

The Massachusetts company manufactures these sweet nothings, which began in the 1860s, for 11 months a year just so it can keep up with six weeks of pre-Valentine's Day demand, when 100,000 pounds are sold each day.

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Seasonal Products We
Wish Were Year-Round

Our Favorite Limited Editions

Kosher Coke

Williams-Sonoma Peppermint Bark

Cadbury Creme Eggs

Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash

IHOP's Pecan Pie Pancakes

Girl Scout Thin Mints

Samuel Adams Summer Ale

White Fudge Covered Oreos

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte and Gingerbread Latte

Marshmallow Peeps

McDonald's Shamrock Shakes

Pomegranate 7Up

Ben & Jerry's Gingersnap

Necco Sweethearts

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Seasonal Products WeWish Were Year-Round

Our Favorite Limited Editions

Kosher Coke

Williams-Sonoma Peppermint Bark

Cadbury Creme Eggs

Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash

IHOP's Pecan Pie Pancakes

Girl Scout Thin Mints

Samuel Adams Summer Ale

White Fudge Covered Oreos

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte and Gingerbread Latte

Marshmallow Peeps

McDonald's Shamrock Shakes

Pomegranate 7Up

Ben & Jerry's Gingersnap

Necco Sweethearts

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Health and finances leading generations to share homes

Restaurant discounts of 80% through Restaurant.com

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If you spend $100: Colorful spring shoes at Old Navy and Piperlime

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