A friend and I were just talking yesterday about candy corn – how really awful it is, how hard it is to stop eating it.
As I suspected, it turns out it’s made with high-fructose corn syrup, which accounts for the horribly addictive qualities of the stuff. Every time I eat it, I think to myself, “Why am I eating this? It makes me feel terrible!”
And yet, I keep eating it. Sugar heroin!
Has this always been true? I’ve been a compulsive eater-of-candy-corn since I used to trick-or-treat myself — and that was more years ago than I like to remember. Back then, it was my favorite (mini Almond Joys weren’t available). Now that I think about it, I have to get some and see if I like it as much as I used to…
well since hfcs wasn’t invented until 1967 and the stuff we started eating as kids was just as addictive. you know i abhor hfcs but sugar in and of itself is super-addictive – it just isn’t quite as bad for you.
Yummmy, yummmy, good for your tummmy! But boy do they fuck up your teeth……….:)