I love sour candy. Love it, love it, love it! I can’t find them anywhere any more, but my all-time favorite is Sour Dudes. They’re these gummies with that sour sugary stuff on them. Kind of like Sour Patch Kids, only much better.

There was a grocery store in the town I went to high school in that carried them, and that was the only place I ever saw them. I used to buy at least one bag every week, and sometimes two or three. I was happy to share them with my friends, but only a couple of them were brave enough to eat them. One of them loved them as much as I did, and the other ate several of them and claimed that they made her tongue peel. Is that possible?

That store went out of business, and I have been Sour Dudeless every since. Now I have to settle for SweeTarts and things like that. They’re great and all, but I miss my Sour Dudes.

Yesterday we went to the store down the road that sells overstocks and surplus kinds of stuff. Pumpkin decided that she wanted a pack of candy. She picked out a box of SweeTarts, Nerds, and other related stuff. There were 24 items in it, and it was only $3. So I obliged, and you’d better believe I’m getting all of the stuff she doesn’t like.