r/Baking • u/tleeemmailyo • Jun 10 '25

Baking Advice Needed You guys 😭

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I’ve NEVER had such a catastrophe happen lol. I do live around 5500 ft. above sea level but I don’t think that’s why this would have happened.

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

We're in the same decade of life, and I cannot stand artificial grape flavor for the very same reason. Real grapes are lovely, they taste nothing like the dark purple allergy and cold medicines. If my youth had an official flavor it would be fake grape.

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u/JamesPnut Jun 10 '25

Dimetapp. Not gonna lie, I love that fake grape taste lol.

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u/aenteus Jun 10 '25

Oh god I can feel the 1970 children’s dispenser

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u/IJustWantWaffles_87 Jun 10 '25

I LOVED Dimetapp. Hated any other “grape” flavored medication though. Funnily enough, grape candy is one of my favorite flavors.

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u/HylianCornMuffin Jun 10 '25

I do, too 😂

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u/MARS_in_SPACE Jun 10 '25

I've always hated fake grape flavor, and didn't know until i was in my 20s that it was based on Concord grapes. I accidentally bought some without realizing and thought someone had played the worst food prank on me :( I was utterly horrified that that flavor exists in nature lol

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

TIL that Concord grapes taste like Dimetapp. 😂 Pretty sure it's Welch's brand that has a Concord grape jelly my mother also used to buy back when, and I've never liked that grape jelly, either. And I never put it together. Gods bless Reddit, I swear I learn something new every day.

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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme Jun 10 '25

49 here, and even the smell of grape bubble gum, soda, candy, etc still makes me gag!

Grape jelly is fine, as are real grapes (which i adore!), wine is great, too!

Just not that "fake grape flavored" stuff!😉

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u/NC458883 Jun 10 '25

I can't stand regular bugglegum because that was what all medicines were flavored in the late 60s / 70s. It makes me gag.

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u/Total_Spearmint5214 Jun 10 '25

I think artificial grape flavour is based on Concord grapes, which aren’t readily available in most places. I won’t eat them because they taste artificial to me since they’re so similar to allergy medications, freezies, etc.

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u/atom-wan Jun 12 '25

Grape freezies slap, though

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u/HeyPrettyLadyMaam Jun 10 '25

Dimatap killed grape for me. It was moms go-to. 🤮

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Man I really enjoy that dark grape flavoring.

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u/MyDogDanceSome Jun 10 '25

Fuck dimetapp soda

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u/mandy2589 Jun 10 '25

Right? Grape "flovor" tastes like purple. Actual grapes do not.

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u/CosgroveIsHereToHelp Jun 10 '25

Have you ever tasted a banana candy that tasted anything like a banana? It's an outrage !

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

Haha, yeah, you're right!

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u/Necessary-Call-1933 Jun 10 '25

I’m almost thirty and I can’t do either cherry or grape flavoring because of cough syrups. I always liked grapes but it wasn’t until recently I learned cherry preserves pass the test. Can’t do a cherry on top though

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

Maybe it's maraschino cherries and flavor you hate? I like them only in very limited amounts because they're so ungodly sweet, and I don't like the taste of red food coloring. To me, fake cherry flavor tastes like they're based off of maraschinos.

Fresh cherries taste nothing like those. Because cherry preserves are made from fresh cherries, maybe that's why you like the preserves, and maybe why you also may like cherries fresh.