Candy Then vs. Now: Trick-or-Treat Edition

👻 Back in the Day: Your candy was simple—sugar, maybe some honey, and real flavors like fruit or chocolate. It was sweet, sticky, and gone before you even hit the next house.

⚡️ Now: Your candy comes with a side of chemicals you can't pronounce! High fructose corn syrup? Yeah, it’s the junk fuel version of sugar—like MREs compared to a home-cooked meal. Red 40? Tastes great, but your insides might be glowing like a traffic cone.

💪 Real Flavors Back Then: You had actual vanilla and fruit juices. Now it’s ethyl-something, which sounds like a science experiment, not a treat.

🚨 Preservatives? We get it, shelf life is important—just like in the field—but candy today lasts longer than some deployments.

🎨 Colors: Back in the day, candy was colored with stuff like beets. Now it's neon chemicals straight out of a chem lab. It’s like trading in your olive drabs for fluorescent pinks.

👮‍♂️ Bottom Line: Today’s candy is a bit like mission supplies—engineered for longevity, but loaded with extras that you wouldn’t choose unless you had to. So, as always, proceed with caution... even if it’s a fun-sized Snickers! 🍫