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I used to think Halloween candy was pure magic.
Then, like we all did at some point, I realized it was chemistry in disguise.
The rush of fruity sweetness when you bite into a gummy?
🍌 That’s isoamyl acetate, the same ester that makes bananas smell bright.
The juicy spark that follows?
🥠Ethyl butyrate, the molecule behind most tropical notes.
And the smooth, creamy note that softens the edges?
🍑 Gamma-decalactone, the quiet peach note that holds it all together.
Three molecules, one memory.
Candy, like most good things, works because it mixes sweetness and nostalgia.
A formula that somehow tastes like our childhood, no matter how much science is behind it.
So maybe the real magic isn’t in the sugar or the color.
Maybe it’s in the way chemistry can recreate memory when used in the right way.
