Do you know what sweets the above tagline represents?
Well I was indulging in some of these lovely little fellows during the week, yes I know during lent, did I not tell you i've given up jaffa cakes and cream eggs, i've actually carried this wave of abstenence on since I first tasted both of them, but that's beside the point! I left my favourite flavour sweet til last as I normally do , had you asked me to be sharing and caring at that point you would have uncovered my selfish streak, probably a bit OCDish ,but it's not dominating my life so feck it .
Trying to be mindfull as I ate my sweet I commented ooh these are yummy, they almost taste like "real strawberries", guess which ones I'd left til last, although the makers of said sweets have invented a new kind in a turquoise packet where the colours don't match the flavours, so if you leave the red ones til last you may end up with the dreadful lime flavour!
So there is actually a point to all my rambling, why do we delight when we find a sweet with a flavour which closely ressembles the actual fruit? Why don't we choose the fruit , which contains less sugar , less colours, less sweeteners , more vitamins, more minerals, more anti oxidents instead. Why do we offer kids fruit flavoured sweets as treats instead of actual fruit! What is it that made me treat myself to a packet of sweets instead of a fruit salad??
Could it be mind over matter, is it a case of "the forbidden fruit" or do the sweets actually taste nicer?
Any thoughts on this one?
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