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Why does Halloween candy taste terrible? I have a jar of M&Ms from Costco that I use as "Miniature Motivators" to reward the kids for the more frustrating parts of homework. They taste fine, in fact I need to be careful that I don't run out of Miniature Motivators before they make it to the kids (if you know what I mean.)
I tried to do the annual adult auditing of Halloween candy last night and the M&Ms tasted like cardboard drenched in puke. The other candy was also terrible, but I was able to compare the quality of M&Ms more directly because that's the only candy regularly in the house.
(What do you mean this isn't a Wellness Wednesday topic? Candy is health-related, right?)
Perhaps it's like black Friday models of TVs and they produce cheaper, lower quality candy for the season knowing people will be buying a ton.
I kind of doubt it though. Most of these kinds of candies I liked as a kid taste awful and cheap to me now as an adult so I think it's more likely a matter of taste.
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