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This article mentions the marshmallow experiment.

I am confused do people actually like eating marshmallows, if so why?

It always seems to be taken as read that they’re irresistible. Why on Earth






> It always seems to be taken as read that they’re irresistible.

Nah. It wouldn't work if it was irresistible. You need a candy crapy enough to be resited by some people sometimes, but good enough to be desired by some people sometimes.

Experimenters tried the same setup with a turkish delights once. Things went sideways so fast that they needed to get a talking lion to calm the situation down. Kids were betraying their own siblings even without further prompting or promises of more turkish delights.


Reminds me of the the Simpsons scene with the pixie stick:

"Don't hog it all!"

"Go to hell zitface!"


Normally I don't eat marshmallows and I don't crave for them.

But once a pack is open and I get one, whole pack just goes. I find texture quite satisfying and since I eat them once in couple years it feels like something new and different from normal stuff I eat so it ends up "just one more" until there is no more.


Yeah, the texture is probably more interesting than the taste. But a small pack is enough.

Amusingly, in my experience, it should be the "pasta experiment". I'm not 100% sure why they're that way, but pasta is super appealing to kids. I guess it's because they're funny (especially spaghetti).

> do people actually like eating marshmallows, if so why?

Everybody around me likes them. I have no idea why. It could be cultural. I moved to the US when I was about 19. Tried my first marshmallow when I was maybe 25. Ick. Its mostly a ball of sugar. I don't like Vanilla ice cream either. For similar reasons.


I mean, it's asking kids if they want a ball of sugar - that does feel like a pretty sure thing.

i'm not particularly fond of sweets in my adult life but in my child years it was something i loved. i don't know why anyone would think a child wouldn't like a sweet ball of treat

Sure, but it is ball of sugar is worst possible form. You can make so many tasty things with sugar ... but someone somehow decided for this.

That seems terribly unfair to marshmallows. Smores, lucky charms, rice krispies treat/bubble slice, and hot chocolate wouldn't be the same without them.

Giving sugar to a kid is like giving meth to an adult.

> Giving sugar to a kid is like giving meth to an adult.

Giving sugar to a kid is like giving sugar to an adult.

Have you seen the meth usage rates? Awesome.

Now compare them to obesity rates. I'm not saying sugar is the sole factor, but the fact that I've seen off the shelf sauerkraut (literally "sour cabbage") having sugar[1] as a listed ingredient in the US, tells you all you need to know about sugar's addictiveness.

[1] Yeah, corn syrup or whatever the cheapest sugar substitute is.


Only the crunchy ones in Lucky Charms

yea mate, my kid and his friends love to eat marshmallow. i, on the other hand, quite dislike sweet things.

Marshmallows, twizzlers, any of those corner store “cakes” like twinkies, the McRib, pop tarts etc. are absolutely disgusting hyped things I don’t understand. It’s like they manage to take sugar that most people like and make it inedible.

Twizzlers are kind of ehh

But hostess snacks you don't like? Didn't that was possible. Lol

Or a poptart right out of the toaster?


Very artificial tasting, I feel like I can taste the chemicals.



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