Jessica Taige came to New York City to be an actress -- and now it's her famous homemade peanut butter cups that are taking center stage! An East Harlem resident, Jessica makes each candy by hand at East Harlem's own HBK Incubates, using her own from-scratch peanut butter and Belgian chocolate. She loves experimenting with new flavors, from Dark Sea Salt to Pretzel to P.B.J. to Oreo, plus flavors-of-the-month that have included Pumpkin Spice (dark chocolate with almond and pumpkin butters), and a Nutty Love Cup (inspired by her grandmother's Black Forest Cake). Order online and you can either pick up at La Marqueta or have your box shipped anywhere across the nation. (Yes, that is Jessie that you saw standing in line at the 124th Street Post Office.)
PLAYLIST AT THE PLAZA
Looking for the name of a tune you heard on the Jessie's Nutty Cups playlist at the Uptown Grand Central plaza? Click on the links below and sing along at home:
Hotta Chocolatta by Ella Fitzgerald
Peanut Vendor by Chubby Checker
Salt Peanuts by Dizzy Gillespie
Chocolate Chip by Isaac Hayes
Savoy Truffle by Bull Angus
Bread and Butter by The New Beats
Peanut Butter by The Vibrations
Peanut Butter by The Marathons
Peanut Butter by The Royal Guardsmen
Peanuts by The Four Seasons
Oreo by Sonic Sunshine
Chocolate Milk by Danny Elfman
S'More by Jodeci
Groove City by Chocolate Milk
Peanut Vendor by Anita O'Day
Peanut Vendor by The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Peanut Vendor by Perez Prado
Minor Swing from the "Chocolat" soundtrack
Candy by Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & other jazz giants of 1958
Chocolate Sundae by Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & other jazz giants of 1958
Sugar Dumpling by Little Milton
Sugar by Billie Holliday
Honey Dripper Boogie by Bobby Womack
Cigarettes and Chocolate by Rufus Wainwright
I Want A Little Sugar in My Bowl by Nina Simone
Chocolate High by India Arie
Death By Chocolate by Sia Furler
Lollipop by The Chordettes
Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
Candyman by Christina Aguilera
Chocolate by The 1975
Peanut Butter & Jelly by Cadillac Don
I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow
Candy Girl by New Edition
Candy Man by Mary Jane Girls
Lollipop by Mika
Sugar Sugar by The Archies
Go Go Girl by Hot Chocolate
Pure Imagination by Lou Rawls