You never forget your first kiss, your first job, your first love or, in my case, your first all-time greatest candy. As a kid, I really liked Nestle Crunch Bar. The mixture of chocolate and crisped rice was a delight to my palate. But when I tried their Buncha Crunch, I fell in love. It was the perfect candy. To me, it took what was great about the Nestle Crunch Bar and heightened it. It was a pretty common item at the movie snack bars, but if I found it on the shelf at the grocery store, I would buy as many as I could.
But while it was the perfect candy for my younger self, I am now older and I must take into account different considerations. Namely, my health and my stomach size and my life expectancy. Looking at the box and its nutrition facts, its calories per serving are 180. That is not too bad until you look and see that the number of servings per container is 2.5. The box is not that big, and it is obviously meant to be eaten in one setting. That is 450 calories per box. Throw in a soft drink and we are well over 600 calories.
Last week, I decided I must leave my all-time favorite candy. I figured every additional box would probably take a day off my life expectancy, and when you buy 10 at a time, that is not good. So farewell O wonderful box of chocolate and crisped rice delight. I will never find another like you. I have written a haiku for you. Remember me as I remember you.
O so tasty good
But my belly grows too large
Buncha Crunch Bye
I remember all those Crunch bars in the refrigerator. You were always kind to let me have one when I wanted. I tried really hard to like them but I just wasn't a big fan. I guess I just wanted to like them because you did. I always wanted to be like my big brother! I'm proud of you for giving them up. I'm sure that was hard. I guess I'm not surprised though. After all, you did give up caffeine and start drinking water.
ReplyDeleteSo, does that mean you're giving up Mello Yellow, too, your "First Love Drink" ?
ReplyDeleteI gave up Mello Yellow as my main drink a couple of years ago. I realized I needed to avoid the caffeine so I could sleep better through the night since I was already getting woken up by Jacob. Now I drink Sprite, but I will still drink Mello Yellow from time to time. I bet they don't have Mello Yellow across the pond.
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