Having a sweet tooth doesn't mean you're a bad person. I may mean you're not as healthy as you could be, but with all the news about the obesity epidemic, healthy eating, the scourge of refined foods and high fructose corn syrup, well it's as if candy is at the top of the "Bad" list. Ouch and a half! Yet, I am an admitted card-carrying member of "The Sweet Tooth Society" and proud of it.
It's all about moderation. Oh how I despise that word! I am not a good moderator of anything. It's all or nothing. But, sometimes you just have to enjoy a ton of candy. My spirit demands it. I prefer almost every major candy you can think of: all chocolates, candy corns, truffles, black licorice, Big Hunk, Bit O' Honey, Lifesavers, bubble gum, Abba Zabba, hard candy (but not quite as much), caramel, Boston Baked Beans, M & M's of all varieties, Dots, Jujyfruit, red hots, malt balls... okay, I like it ALL. But, I'm saving the very best for last: See's Candy. Oh my lord, there's nothing that comes close to Mary See's stuff!
If ever there were a reason to shuck the diet, See's is that reason. It's worth it to go into a See's candy store just for the samples. But, they're a tad stingy, so you best be ready to shell out top dollar for the best candy in the Universe. I'm always ready. My dear late mother taught me well.
So, now that I've wound my way on this sweet path of soulful sustenance, what are the best See's candies to buy? Obviously, that's going to vary by person, but here are some of my all-time favorites: the otherworldly nirvana of their assortment boxes, nuts and chews, truffles, fudge, English toffee, California Brittle, and even their lolly pops. You haven't tasted a sucker until you've tried one of these: vanilla, butterscotch, chocolate, and café latté.
Well, so what if you are consumed by guilt after you've consumed your 8th rapid-fire piece of chocolate bliss? Well, you could eat something very fibrous to slow down the absorption of sugar into your system, hopefully removing some of it before it races into your cells. But who wants to eat a salad, a bowl of pintos, or some high-fiber bread right after that great sugar rush? Oh, I suppose you could eat one of these items before you attack the candy, but what a buzzkill either way. And then there's always the walk-ten-miles approach. Too brutal.
Just go for the gusto, ride the wave, forget about the guilt, satiate your every sugary desire and enjoy the holy heck out of it. But, I wouldn't risk getting behind the wheel of a car for at least an hour.
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