Ode to a Sweet tooth

As a child, you were my constant companion. We would spend hours together, two peas in a pod, satiating our cravings. Gummy bears, chocolate, sticky toffee apples, buttons, liquorice, lollipops, toffee, cotton candy, sour candy, caramels, fudge, rockets, pop rocks, dip & lick, maple buds and big league chewing gum were all ours for the taking. We’d frolic together under the sun, pounce among the autumn leaves and play in the deep winter snow.

But as I have aged you have slowly deserted me, one little step at a time.
First to go were the swedish berries, those yummy buttons of red gooeyness that I used to consume en mass, then the caramels, the toffee apples and the cotton candy. Followed closely by the rockets, pop rocks, dip & lick and sour candy. The fudge and maple buds left me on a warm summer’s eve, leaving no note or indication if and when they would be back. Next to go were the doughnuts and the cinnamon buns dappled in sweet gooey sugary confection. Finally all that was left were the plain old-fashioned doughnuts, butter croissants, chocolatines and the dark morsels of bittersweet chocolate, little pieces of heaven that I just cannot do without. And you have another thing coming if you think I’m going to give those up!