"If You Ever Come Back" - The Script

Sometimes we have those moments where we have these awesome ideas that actually work out the way we thought and consider for a minute to consider ourselves a genius. Well not too long ago I had one of these moments. I had opened a package of Red Vines and I would occasionally enjoy them, because you always try to make a good thing last. It just so happened that I couldn't eat them fast enough before the Terrible Thing happened to the licorice.

Of course we all know that the Terrible Thing is the hardening state of licorice. When it's so hard that you feel like you're going to break your teeth trying to eat it.

I spent a few days wallowing trying to just suck as much as I could to get it soft enough to tear a piece off.

Then I had the most brilliant idea.

We all know the concept of putting a piece of bread in our brown sugar so that it softens again. Well...WHAT IF...it worked for licorice as well?!

I decided to perform an experiment.

Now at the beginning of the experiment the licorice was rock hard. I seriously had to suck on it forever and it still felt like I was ripping my teeth off trying to bite on it.

Now a week and a half later these are the results.

SUCCESS!!!!! Genius? Probably so. But dang I was so excited that my random thought actually worked. Maybe that's how the real geniuses work?

So have no fear if your licorice goes stale, just throw in a piece of bread and viola! It's not worth it to cry over hard licorice.

*disclaimer* I have yet to try with Twizzler so try at your own risk.