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On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Jodi Korte wrote:

Hot Tamales Cinnamon Flavored Cotton Candy Quiz

The fact that this product exists means that:

 A. I'm not the only nut mixing sweet and heat.
 B. If they mass produce it, they obviously expect people to buy it.
 C. I wish I invented it
 D. If I still had the Michigan Hot Sauce Club store, I'd stock this item.
 E. All of the above

PS. I found it at a gas station. It caught my eye because it was next to the chili-lime beef jerky, but I was actually looking for Cracker Jacks and canned espresso.

Around 1:45 pm I decided to set forth this invitation to my 35 of my coworkers:

Here's your invitation to another exciting candy discovery taste test.
2:00 pm. Timekeeping Office.

PS... No, I haven't tasted it... yet.
Bring water, if you think you'll need something to wash it down.

My expert opinion:
Sigh.... it's only OK.
I could do better with my own cotton candy machine and some hot oil.
It has a weird fore-taste as opposed to a weird after-taste.
However, the after-taste isn’t bad – reminiscent of a very weak Hot Tamale.
No heat.

Now I am envisioning a mini cotton candy machine and some home kitchen test runs in the near future. Maybe my next career will be a traveling gourmet cotton candy truck driver and fair sales barker featuring flavors like Real Spicy, and Rum Raisin, and maybe Buttered Popcorn.

Yeah, my dreams and aspirations are kinda warped.

But, really… by now you shouldn’t be surprised.

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