This can't be real watermelons!

Watermelon swets

@pitstop (15551)

Australia

January 23, 2025 7:23am CST

The visit to the candy store last week spoilt the kids and wrecked my mind as there were so many fun ways these sweets were sold. Not healthy for the wallet, my teeth or my health. This one tried to appear healthy by mimicking fruit - and it almost got me as I ate a few. It had an artificial taste that did remind me of watermelon, but nothing like the real thing. Hope my body got tricked into thinking it had some fruit!!

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@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

23 Jan 25

Candies are tricky. AND artificial. Most of them have all sorts of colors that have nothing to do with the real thing. Your post reminded me of a time, around 20 years ago, when I went to visit some friends in the US. In the middle of the night I heard a moan. The man of the house, and elderly gentleman, had a big cramp. I ran to the fridge and got out orange juice. But I did read the label. The orange was corn syrup.

No orange at all.

I went to his room and made him move his feet first and then his leg. Slowly the cramp went away. After that I read every label. I could be eating poison.

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

23 Jan 25

This one did have a lot of artificial flavours and colours

@Dreamerby (10111)

• Calcutta, India

23 Jan 25

Yep that's loaded with sugar and no way a real watermelon!

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

23 Jan 25

Yes. But it was too tempting

@AmbiePam (120533)

• United States

23 Jan 25

I like the orange slices more than the watermelon slices (although those are good). Not real fruit any way you look at it, but tasty!

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

23 Jan 25

No real fruit in them at all! Just flavours. But tempting enough.

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@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

24 Jan 25

they come in lots of shapes and colors! we have gummy lips here too!!!

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

24 Jan 25

That looks weird for something that is eaten.

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@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

25 Jan 25

@pitstop true! But children loves it

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Jan 25

Manufacturers come up with all sorts of ideas to appeal to our senses!

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

24 Jan 25

And we so often succumb to that appeal

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@Danielclark691 (2143)

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24 Jan 25

I don’t know your currency but they sound expensive

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@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

24 Jan 25

That's about 6 Aussie dollars which is about 4 US dollars.

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