All of my Charms

[jennifervescent]

So last month I decided to buy 8 lbs of "cereal marshmallows" from Amazon.com for $50.

I've been a life-long fan of Lucky Charms cereal. For me, the mark of being an adult was the ability to buy my own box, eat all of the marshmallows out of it and throw away the oat cereal if I wanted to- without anyone being able to yell at me.

They came in a very

Comments

[jennifervescent]

I think you tidily described ME, there.

[alec9]

knowing you can do stuff like this is bad. just looking at all those marshmallows I can feel my pancreas screaming.

[jennifervescent]

I *know*, right? It made me wonder which other of my various wildest wishes could be granted by the internet.

Insulin, shminsulin.

[clamnebula]

That's a lot of cereal marshmallows. I hope you're eating a few other types of food during the day, too!

[jennifervescent]

Of course! Otherwise I'm largely very sensible. Puritan.

for future reference

[jennifervescent]

Described by Customs and Border Protection as dried marshmallow confections, here is the full description from HQ H014873 (Jun. 5, 2007):

The samples are dry, brittle, multi-colored pieces, approximately ½-inch wide and ¼-inch thick, in the form of hearts, half-moons, hats, and other objects. The ingredients breakdown provided with your November letter states the pieces are composed of approximately 51 percent sugar, 19 percent water, 11 percent corn syrup, 10 percent dextrose, 7 percent corn starch, 2 percent gelatin, and less than one percent flavoring. The laboratory analysis found the sample contained 66.2 percent sucrose and 14.8 percent glucose on a dry weight basis.