Blarney Scone Irish Soda Bread

"Perhaps you've heard of Ireland's famed "Blarney Stone." If you're not in the know, allow us to bring you up to speed: it's a famous block of stone set into the tower of Blarney Castle, about five miles outside the Irish town of Cork. While nobody seems to know exactly where this particular hunk of limestone originally came from or why it's so special, legend has it that kissing (that's right, kissing) its cold, stony face blesses the smoocher with "the gift of gab" forevermore.

Now, practically speaking, a spontaneous trip to Ireland is out-of-the-question for most of us average Joes. Plus, if we're being honest, we far prefer immediate, tangible (and chewable) gratification to esoteric "gifts." So we've gone and whipped up our own, edible version of the Blarney Stone: introducing-drumroll, please-Trader Joe's Blarney Scone.

Trader Joe's Blarney Scone is a super-dense, scone-shaped hunk of traditional Irish Soda Bread, made with real buttermilk and real butter and studded with raisins and caraway seeds throughout. It's sweet, but not too sweet, and tastes divine toasted and slathered with Kerrygold® Irish Butter and Trader Joe's Seville Orange Marmalade, or topped with slices of Kerrygold® Dubliner Cheese and Trader Joe's Corned Beef.

Weighing in at over one pound, this is a hefty hunk o' Scone, perfectly suitable for sharing. (But unlike the questionably-sanitary Blarney Stone, our Blarney Scone will only touch the mouths of those with whom you choose to share it.)

No need to fork over an entire pot o' gold for this seasonal treat-we're selling each 20-ounce, kosher-certified Blarney Scone for $3.99. So take a break from chasing the rainbow's end, head to your neighborhood Trader Joe's, and pick one up today! You deserve it... and that's no blarney."