In the cafeteria downstairs at the SLCo building they have been selling little baggies of gummy bears and worms for a RIDICULOUSLY high price. Like $0.90 for a small baggie. Yet, they look tempting, so when I was at Smith's last week and saw a bag of Kroeger brand gummy bears...I got 'em! Well, I should have known something was up when I found a gummy with a goiter. I posted about it on facebook, but just ate the fellow without taking his photo. I think he was green. But then I found 1) a wee mutant gummy, and then 2) a set of conjoined gummies, and lastly (I had been intentionally drying them out) 3) a crackly gummy. 
1) You can see by comparison, the one on the right is smaller and has a mis-shapened head = a wee mutant gummy. (and as noted in a fb comment, the white gummies look to be glowing...nice). 2) The conjoined bears. Clearly attached at the hips by a band of gummy. The gummy on the left also had its stomach ripped out. I am not sure if it was done by its twin or another bear.
3) The crackly bear. I was drying them out for more chewing pleasure, but this one took the brunt of Utah's arid climate. He is far more crackled and wrinkly than any of the others.
I think there is a lesson here about 'off-brand' purchases. And their potential for amusement. I think I have had more pleasure from this one bag of goodies than from most things. Gummy bears are entertaining. 
