Jenn went with the girls to a birthday party for a friend's kid.

[conuly]

She came back with party favors - little boxes of goldfish crackers with a picture of the birthday boy on them. We rarely buy goldfish, and when I checked the ingredients I noted that there was no food coloring. "But," I said, "the multi-colored goldfish have food coloring. I mean, right?"

The next day I saw them in the store and checked, and it turned out that no, they don't have artificial food coloring either! Who knew? They're still unhealthy, but now you know. Of course, they aren't as good as they were when I was a kid. My grandmother used to cover them with "it's a dilly" spice blend, which you can't get anymore, and they were delicious that way.

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[kyrielle]

So, I searched on "It's a Dilly" to see if I could get any info on the spice blend, or a recipe. Instead I found this:
http://www.engageorganics.com/product/its-a-dilly/

No idea if it's really the same, it appears to be a different company than before, but I thought it might interest you.

[conuly]

Amazon comments suggest they are the original company, they sold to McCormick but when McCormick discontinued it they started making it again...? The recipe is slightly different, apparently - stevia is included, but not paprika or onion. Thanks so much :)