pomegranate.you.say?

I’m a big fan of Tootsie Roll products. The kind people over at Tootsie Roll Industries are responsible for such delicious delights as Andes chocolates, Sugar Daddies, Charleston Chews, of course Tootsie Rolls, and last but not least, my favorite, the Tootsie Pop.

I have single handedly managed to clean out the Tootsie Pop box at the closest Wawa to my office to where the only flavors left are ones I wouldn’t touch with a stick…especially not a lollipop stick. The only Tootsie Pop flavor for me is red.

What’s that??

Red isn’t a flavor?

It is in my world, punk.

So anyway, there’s been a Red Tootsie Pop drought for about 2 months now, but this morning I happened to steal a glance into the box as I walked by and saw a flash of red…a beacon, if you will. Flustered and excited and just assuming that they were a red flavor I was familiar with, I grabbed a few, went up to the register and hurried back to the office.

Well, I just opened one up and as it hit my lips, I realized that it was an unfamiliar taste. I reached into my trash bin to find out what this new flavor could be, and lo and behold, it’s POMEGRANATE.

What the? What were they thinking?? Yes, it’s pretty tasty, but when will this conversation ever occur:

Mom: Ok, kids. Here are the flavors we have. Grape, Cherry, Watermelon, Raspberry, Strawberry and POMEGRANATE. Which flavor do you want?

Kids (in unison): POMEGRANATE!! POMEGRANATE!!

I mean, what exactly is a pomegranate anyway? Can kids even pronounce pomegranate? It sounds way too healthy to be a candy flavor, that’s for sure.

I guess their banking on kids not reading the label and thinking that red is a flavor…like me.