For me it would be candy corn, or dots.

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    21 days ago

    Whoppers are 95% great. It’s that gross 5% that really makes me savor the rest.

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    21 days ago

    How about circus peanuts?

    The first bite of circus peanuts tastes to me like an alien artificial intelligence had to create a sugary treat and only had petroleum by-products to make it with.

    The second bite tastes like accepting your fate.

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      Maybe once every two or three years I get in the mood for circus peanuts. I eat maybe five of them, horribly regret every decision in my life that has led to me purchasing this bag, then vowing to never touch them again.

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        Same. The instant it touches my tongue I’m transported back to being a kid and my grandmother thinking these were amazing treats and giving them out to us and then getting really upset if we didn’t finish them.

        And then I remember I have to actually eat the rest of it. So I finish off the first one and then I see the tiny little 59 cent bag that’s only got four more of them in it and I feel like it would be a waste of my money and my effort in acquiring the circus peanuts and so I force myself to eat the rest of the bag and then vow to never eat them again.

        Until I forget and get another bag.

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            I’m not 100% certain they would melt. And I’m not going to spend my own time and money to try to fix everything that’s wrong with them.

            If you have an idea on a way to make them better, how about you implement them and then make millions of dollars selling them to ignorant rubes like myself?

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      19 days ago

      Wait… Is it always the same circus or a brand named circus? What are circus peanuts?

      Edit: Nope found it. WTF? Do they taste like peanuts?

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        My aunt used to get the jello concentrate cubes. They were like intense jelly candy.

        (For anyone who has not heard of them: they were in a box, like segmented chocolate bar. But super concentrated jello base. You would tear off 2-3 cubes and add hot water, then let it set. Or as a kid tear off a cube and munch on it.)

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      If you’re reading this and have never tried this, get some, it’s a religious experience. You might find god. God might be a very sick cat.

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      20 days ago

      Some of that is amazing.

      If you ever see a Pantteri Mix bag, pick one up.

      Some or most salty licorice is pretty shit tho imo

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          Sure, yeah.

          Some are more…“beginner friendly”, as it were. But if you get some proper salty licorice from the pharmacy (and our pharmacies aren’t like US pharmacies where they sell everything like a grocery store), that’s definitely an acquired sensation.

          I say sensation, because it’s honestly more about sensation than taste. Kinda like chili in food. (Although ofc chilis have taste as well. Habaneros are very different from Scotch Bonnets etc.)

          Sensation, because it’s ammonium chloride that’s in there.

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            I got introduced to the DZ ones by a dutch friend. At first it was wow OK, not what I expected from liquorice, but the grow on you.

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    What you do is you let them dissolve in your mouth, do that and they turn into at least an A tier candy trust

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    21 days ago

    Lol, you’re something else, candy corn?? That stuff is vile.

    The worst I can say about dots is they’re just sugar, albeit glued to paper.

    Will you come organize my candy bowl this year? 😆