WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

JOHANNES!!

Remove to JO, subtract the NE, and find lurking in there a one Mr. HANS from Seattle, Washington. Proud owner of a jar of delectable spoon sweeties (please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery, offer not valid for graduates of some liberal arts colleges). In my infinity density, I failed to recognize the correct answers when he submitted them, a very long time ago. And those answers are:

Riddle 1:
It's quince! Rearrange for "cinque" and move SE from Italy to find the EU member Greece. Add seven to five and get twelve, or as Homer would say: "dodeka."

Riddle 2:
It's a walnut! Do the prescribed alphabetical dance to get "aeplsr." Rearrange for "pearls" and give props to our oystery friends of the deep.

Hansie, we love you.