choco-pies

I remember the first time I ever ate one of these. I was so excited at the concept of chocolate-covered marshmallow-sandwiched cake treats, but when I bit into it, all I got was some waxy "chocolate" and crumbly cake reminiscent of stale, flavorless flour meal (like corn meal, but flour instead of corn, ya get me?) What's strange though, is that even though I don't like them, every time I see them on sale at the supermarket or sitting around, I'm tempted to buy them and eat them!! Why is it that they look so alluring despite the fact that I know they don't taste good?

Yesterday, Alison Esther and I sat around the dining table snacking and chatting away for a solid 7 hours. Esther busted out a pack of these choco-pies, and I was captivated by the colorful red box and seemingly appetizing snack, as if in my mind I was imagining them to be super tasty like an Argentinian alfajores cookie. I resisted the temptation to eat a whole choco-pie, and instead just opted to take a bite of the one Esther was eating. As soon as I took the bite into that familiar waxy, crumbly cake, I thought "wow, why did I just eat that? It's the same as it always was ... bad."

Throughout the entire night, we would switch from snacking on goldfish to Korean squid to gummi bears, but once in a while my gaze would go back to those choco-pies. Even when Alison and Esther split one later in the evening, I was so close to taking a bite out theirs, even though just a few hours prior I had regretted doing so. I just can't seem to get away from thinking that they're going to taste good! The concept is brilliant, yet the outcome is not....WHYY do I keep wanting to eat one if I know it's bad?!?!! Am I the only one who has this problem?!