A little gushing

The other day Ben and I were reminiscing about our childhoods.  More specifically, our favorite childhood treats we couldn't have lived without.

I started talking about the time summer that Shannon and I decided to open a movie theater in my parents basement.  There is nothing better than watching a movie with your friends.  We turned the movie watching experience up a notch and charged those young friends admission to watch a fantastic selection of Disney movies. We were in second, maybe third, grade.  Even as kids we knew a good movie theater couldn't survive without yummy goodies.  So, we did what any good entrepreneur would do and sold my family's food.  All the yummy snacks and eight year old pines after, we sold.  Needless to say, when my mom found out about our new business {of many} she insisted that we embrace the overhead and restock our inventory with our earnings instead of her pantry.  She took us shopping. I remember standing in the isle at the grocery store - looking at a yellow box of gushers high above my head, mouth watering, asking her to reach the box for me wishing I could sneak a few tastes for myself {which I am sure I did}.

Gushers are like fruit snacks. The center of each gusher is a thick sweetened liquid surrounded by a chewy gelatinous sugar covering. When one bites into the snack, the liquid inside gushes out, hence the name of the snack.

Ben and I agreed... Gushers are our number one favorite childhood snack food!

When Mother's Day rolled in imagine my surprise when that sweet Ben surprised me with none other than the reminiscent snack that had our mouths watering only days before!

Don't mind my creep-tasticly excited face and strange left hand! 

Tonight we broke open the box and let the record show that even at age 27 Gushers do not disappoint.  The yummy liquid center with the chewy outershell was fantastic.  Mandy and Paul told us Costco carries mega sized boxes of Gushers.  We should probably steer clear of Costco for a while. I tend to make strange decisions in that mega sized superstore - I would, for sure, walk out with 2 huge boxes.