r/mildyinteresting • u/AcrobaticBarnacle785 • Jul 21 '26

humankind hiccups 😅 Tongue tissue after eating too much Sour Patch Kids

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As title says, I ate too many sour patch kids and I believe the citric acid caused the top layer of tongue to die and peel off in this interesting pattern. No pain whatsoever throughout process. No bleeding either.
And for anyone curious, it was a small 12 oz bag I believe. I rarely ever eat candy and I forgot to brush my teeth that night so I’m assuming that’s why it happened in the first place. Picture of my tongue right afterwards somewhere in the comments

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u/Celistar99 Jul 21 '26

I can imagine a lot of candy companies had lawsuits. I had a Now and Later recently and it was soft and chewy. Nothing like it was almost breaking your teeth in the 90's.

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u/AshamedOfAmerica Jul 22 '26

I literally broke my tooth on one as a child. Actually, it yanked a tooth partially out when I tried to open my mouth and it had glued my teeth together. Was a bloody sticky mess

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u/Revolutionary_Lie491 Jul 22 '26

Same! Mine stayed together, but that tooth was outta there lol

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u/Celistar99 Jul 22 '26

Ugh, I hope it was at least a baby tooth

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u/AshamedOfAmerica Jul 22 '26

Yes, it fortunately was. It wasn't even loose however until then. Certainly turned me off them though lol

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u/Between-usernames Jul 22 '26

Oh man the memory of having to try to grind my jaw in every direction to those things out. Didn't stop me from eating them I was a kid If I didn't have a choice, though.