Wednesday, March 2, 2011

A mouth full of sweet teeth

"Disco Gummi Bears" at a farmers market in Poland

Yes, it's true. I'm addicted to candy! Last Saturday I ate gummi bears and Reeses Pieces for dinner and hardly felt remorseful at all!

When I was little (living in France at the time), my dad would leave a bowl of change on the kitchen counter. We were allowed to help ourselves should the need arise. I actually "needed" some change quite often. A third grader like me didn't have much impulse control walking from the house to school in the morning and passing by a bakery on the way.

This bakery had rows of bins lining the walls with all sorts of delicious candy. It was a veritable rainbow of sugary heaven, my friends. You paid by the gram, and if I only picked five or six pieces, it only cost about fifty cents!

Every few steps, I would pop another sweet into my mouth, saving the best for last (right before I walked through the school doors)!

Ahhhhh.... I do miss those days!

13 comments:

  1. we are meant to be friends, im a candy girl!!!!

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  2. One of my boyfriend's nicknames for me is Candy Mandy. As soon as I get home from work, I'm digging around for candy. Your childhood would've been dangerous for me.

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  3. What a "sweet" memory...I'd have been helping myself to the change dish too!!!
    When we were in Venice last year, there was this little candy store that had the BEST selection of everything...lots I hadn't seen before...the only trouble was I couldn't find again when I wanted to go back. :-(

    Love the pic of the gummy bears!

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  4. haha how cute are these!! man i love candy haha!!

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  5. L. O. L. I had a bowl of ice cream for dinner last night!!! :) My sweet tooth was calling the shots!! :)

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  6. i'm addicted to candy too! SO good!!!

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  7. Everyone in my house has a sweet tooth, and we are not bias what ever we find that is sweet works... Chocolate... yes please, sour straws...yum, cookies, cupcakes, mm-hmm, and if all else fails a pb&j will suffice.
    XOXO

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  8. love this! my favorite was always hot tamales!!! embarrassed to admit i used to buy them by the pound!

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  9. Did you know that I work at a bulk food stores on Mondays? There is a whole wall of candy. I make sure I sample them regularly to make sure they're fresh (quality control is very important you know). ;D

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  10. oh yay. i am totally the same way. i wear pajama pants with pockets around halloween time so i can stick all the candy wrappers in them as i walk around the house/do things.

    those bears look so good and colorful! :D

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  11. I wasn't going to have dessert tonight. Then I read this. Now I am salivating. No more self control! I am going for the cupboard.

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