sweet dreams are made of these

as a kid, i was only allowed 2 sweets a day by my mom. since i was looked-after in the daytime by my grandma, i usually bolted as many as i could, even without my grandma's knowledge.

i remember my favourite magnolia (or meadow gold?) pop-up ice cream as a kid, where one's rate of eating was NOT determined by the rate of melting. being the slowest eater of all time, i usually ended up with only about 30% of a popsicle while the rest melted/evaporated into the sweltering heat of singapore.

sweets are different from food, obviously, in a separate category on its own. it could be a reward, or an incentive, or a gift for various occasions (or for no special reason at all!). was very taken in by these sweets developed by a group of students in germany. especially noobs (pictured above) and pop-ups.

now, i've got a soft spot for sweets/ice-creams that are made to look like something else. or too decorated. i mean, it's one thing to be hungrily devouring a bar of fruit-and-nut choc, but it's another to be biting savagely at the head of a chocolate easter bunny, or tearing a gummy bear apart, or gnawing at the tails of sugar mice. sometimes if a sweet looks too pretty, consuming it would be a difficult task indeed!