I've always had a weird obsession with all things gummy. I was thrilled when my friend returning from Berlin brought me gummibonbons courtesy of Bear's and Friends Fruchtgummi, and told me, 'you must go to Berlin, it's the gummy capital of the world!" Before I knew it, I had entered the magical realm of digital gummy love, complete with sing-a-longs and frolicking gelatin.
Bears and Friends is apparently a revered mecca of gummy-ness in Germany. The website welcomed patrons with dancing bears and a synthesized gospel choir rejoicing gummy... and miraculously the experience got even better. After some translation difficulties, I stumbled across the diversified melange of products, and squealed. My findings:
- Playboys and Playgirls for only 5.90 euros per kilogram.
- White Mice, only available in Vanilla and Citrus, obviously
- Some variously sized gummies that appear to have the words 'Wine' and 'Bum' printed on them (?)
- Some cowboy looking nuns holding produce (???)
And the fun doesn't just stop in Germany. Haribo has also created a gummy fantasy world fun for both kids and adults; offering gummy varieties from bears and frogs, to phantasia and schnick-schnecks (more question marks) I also found during the search, gummy chicken legs, various body parts, and mango curry elephants.
And to end my quest for the gummy limits (I found no limits to the gummy domain) I came across Disney's 1980's series, Adventures of the Gummi Bears. Wikipedia was kind enough to offer readers profiles of the versatile characters from the show... including "Gusto Gummi- Augustus ("Gusto" for short) is an artistic, individualist Gummi who was stranded on a deserted island a dozen years ago and rescued by Gruffi and Tummi in the third episode of Season 2, "My Gummi Lies Over the Ocean."
Enough said, there is a WORLD out there.
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