During a break in my Boston University class today, two students were looking at a photo of a giant peanut butter cup someone had posted online.
It was homemade and the size of a platter, but looked just like the Reece’s classic…which made me wonder:
Are there other giant candy creations on the Internet?
Uh…yeah. And they are pretty sweet.
Check out this giant sculpture of a candy bracelet by artist Nicola Freeman. The replica is meant to ‘juxtapose the ideas of consumerism with childhood memory,’ but I just think it’s cool. I mean, how often do you see candy big enough to ride?
Or how about candy corn that you can park your car behind? It exists, people, and is currently for sale on Craiglist.
At $3,800, it’s a real bargain…don’t you agree? You can use it for all your fall entertaining — Halloween, Thanksgiving, or anytime you want to hide the clutter in the garage behind candy.
Now, I know these giant examples aren’t made of the real sweet stuff. But don’t worry — I found some of those, too.
Check out these lollipops the size of your help. Think of all the cavities you would have when you finished off this sucker.
Ah, heck — it’d be worth it.
Sweet justice
I taught class today at Boston University and grabbed a PopTart from the vending machine for lunch so I could do some work in the library.
One of my students said I was eating “cardboard.”
When I admitted they were better heated, she countered “Then they taste
Iike warm cardboard.”
Ouch.
Is this what the healthy eating craze has wrought? A generation that doesn’t appreciate the guilty pleasure that is the PopTart? Who spurn people who occasionally choose diet soda over water at every meal?
Where is their sense of food fun? Of taking a cheat meal or cheat day? Have we done such a good job of teaching them good nutrition that they have lost their food sense of humor?
I think somebody needs some Sour Skittles.
STAT.
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