I had a hankering for a Snickers bar the other day so I purchased one from a little charity fund at work. I plunked down a few cents and greedily unwrapped one end, shoving it quickly into my mouth. It wasn't as good as I was hoping, and as I pulled it away from my hungry maw I glanced at the now exposed innards of the remaining bar. What I saw frightened me.

It was green.

I stopped chewing immediately, my eyes widening, my stomach churning, and I looked for a trash can to spit into. In the confusion, I flipped the bar over in my hand--I was holding it with the front of the wrapper in my palm--and the marketing on the face set me at ease... sort of. It was some special Shrek-branded Snickers and the sickening green filling was intentional. I don't know what this green stuff was--food coloring, grasshoppers, ground up Shrek--but it didn't really make me eager to finish the rest of the candy bar. The wrapper claimed it was a different color, but "same great taste", but I have to disagree. Of course, since I suspect it was a Halloween promotion, I imagine the four months it sat around didn't improve the flavor.

Anyway, here's a message to food manufacturers: If you are tempted to dye your food green when it isn't already, don't. It's not clever... it's kinda gross.

Then again, had it been a deal with Bungie to make it a Master Chief Snickers, I probably would have cut it more slack.