One of the things Terry got me for Christmas was a 1 pound
package (two half pound) of Reese’s peanut butter cups. These things are HUGE, half
pound huge at that. A few years ago he
got me ½ lb Sugar Daddy candy bar that is still sitting in the kitchen.
(Seriously, the thought of eating that makes my teeth hurt.)
Now, there is a part of me that would really like to dig in
to those peanut butter cups but I wonder (1) how will they taste being that the
ratio of peanut butter to chocolate in a standard cup is near perfection and
have they recreated that ratio in these cups? and (2) how do you even begin to
eat one? Do I cut it like a pie? Just take a bite out of it? I seriously don’t know which way seems less ridiculous and which is the least glutton-ess way of eating these.
In general, I don’t know how I feel about this whole giant
candy craze that seems to be going on, and yes I realize that the person saying
this is currently in possession of two ½ lb peanut butter cups.
At Christmas giant marshmallows, giant gummy bears, and
other giant sugary products were really popular gifts (hence me receiving my
peanut butter cups). But what do you do
with a giant 5 lb gummy bear? (Buy it
here from Amazon for a mere $26.95 is what you do) Would I take that into work
and sit it on my desk and whenever I am in the mood for some Cherry flavored, red dye, high fructose corn
syrup deliciousness just lean over and take a bite out of my bear, whose name would
be Sam by the way. It just doesn’t seem
right.
These giant treats just don’t seem right, and are the epitome
of the type of overindulgent society we currently live in. Or maybe it is just
a representation of our desire to always be a kid at heart. Or maybe it is just people who figured they
can make a quick buck off gimmicky items such as these. Or maybe, just maybe, Willy Wonka is real and
he is letting us know.
Now pass me a knife and a large glass of milk, I have a
1/2lb peanut butter cup to eat!
I prefer mini candy...it makes me feel as if I didn't eat 2lbs of candy. ;)
ReplyDeleteI have had these Reese cups (four half pounders) and they have a good ratio. The only problem you have with the ratio is that chunks of the chocolate might break off when you bite into it leaving a heavy peanut butter piece. I was able to handle it and they are glorious.
ReplyDeleteI dreamt about one of those peanut butter cups last night! SEND IT TO ME! ;)
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