Are you a psycho?

[talkinboutchickens]

Did it only have one question or am I missing some lol?! I HATE candy corn so I am thankfully not a psycho..apparently.

The orange circus peanuts too...

NASTY!!! I despise those things with every atom of my existence! My Papou (Greek for grandpa) LOVES circus peanuts did you know that the actual flavor of circus peanuts is banana???!!!!

 

[azurbanclucker]

Did it only have one question or am I missing some lol?! I HATE candy corn so I am thankfully not a psycho..apparently.

NASTY!!! I despise those things with every atom of my existence! My Papou (Greek for grandpa) LOVES circus peanuts did you know that the actual flavor of circus peanuts is banana???!!!!

Fake banana. But yes.

 

[GreenJay]

Did it only have one question or am I missing some lol?! I HATE candy corn so I am thankfully not a psycho..apparently.

NASTY!!! I despise those things with every atom of my existence! My Papou (Greek for grandpa) LOVES circus peanuts did you know that the actual flavor of circus peanuts is banana???!!!!

LoL, learn something new every day! Had no idea the flavor was/is supposed to be banana...

Okay seriously, how did someone at the candy factory look at an orange peanut and decide "this should be banana flavored"!?

 

[talkinboutchickens]

LoL, learn something new every day! Had no idea the flavor was/is supposed to be banana...

Okay seriously, how did someone at the candy factory look at an orange peanut and decide "this should be banana flavored"!?

I wonder why they didn't make the flavor orange or the color yellow

 

[NotabitaiI]

did you know that the actual flavor of circus peanuts is banana???!!!!

For some reason I always thought they were gross despite having no memory of eating one, now I know for a fact that I would hate them. I probably only thought they were gross before because 3yo me wiped the trauma of eating one but retained the instinctual urge to cringe and gag at the sight of them.

 

[notabitail]

I didn't click the link, but since it's Buzzfeed, I doubt it's accurate.

 

[NotabitaiI]

I didn't click the link, but since it's Buzzfeed, I doubt it's accurate.

 

[GreenJay]

For some reason I always thought they were gross despite having no memory of eating one, now I know for a fact that I would hate them. I probably only thought they were gross before because 3yo me wiped the trauma of eating one but retained the instinctual urge to cringe and gag at the sight of them.

I have eaten them as a kid, pretty much always as the last bit of the Halloween candy that couldn't be traded away

My curiosity is up now about that supposed banana flavor, I just know I'm gonna be staring at them next time I see them at tsc...

 

[notabitail]

It says I'm not. However, I think whoever made that quiz is a psycho for thinking that's a good way of judging that.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I have eaten them as a kid, pretty much always as the last bit of the Halloween candy that couldn't be traded away

My curiosity is up now about that supposed banana flavor, I just know I'm gonna be staring at them next time I see them at tsc...

Banana flavoring is based off of a Isoamyl acetate, which is very cheap to manufacture, occurs naturally IN bananas, and smells like bananas. However, you need to add other things to it to make it taste like a modern cavendish, and that costs more money. Candy is cheap, so...

By itself, Isoamyl acetate tastes very close to a variety called Gros Michael (Big Mike) that was all but wiped out globally in the 1950's by a fungus. There's an urban legend that the artificial banana flavor was made to taste like Big Mike bananas, but that seems to not actually be the case.

As to why circus peanuts taste like banana? No one seems to know. They've always tasted like banana and it may go right back to "cheap". They were sold as penny candies early on, so they needed to be cheap to produce in bulk. Other flavorings weren't as cheap as banana, so viola! Just a guess there on my part. Like I mentioned, no one seems to have the real answer