Did you lose your sweet tooth when you grew up? (lasagne, Red velvet cake)

[jtur88]

There is no toggle for "I never really had that much of a sweet tooth when I was a kid, either."

[Palenaka]

My sweet tooth is here to stay, strong as ever!

[TreasuredJewel]

Nope, it has gotten worse over the years. I still crave candy bars, baked goods, doughnuts, and other pastries.

[Mary Ann789]

The only thing I don't understand is how I was ever able to drink is Kool-aid! Good grief, it's so sweet! It makes my adult teeth ache. Yuck.

[stan4]

I didn't really care about dessert or ice cream or cookies growing up. Or even chocolate. But now I LOVE pie and moist cakes. I liked candy then and now.

[Three Wolves In Snow]

Originally Posted by Stumbler.

There seems to be a generalization (that is at least backed up by many people's experiences) that many people crave sweets as children but "grow out of it" and lose it or at least no longer feel it as strongly as an adult. Candy and sweets, such as Halloween snacks, might lose their appeal.

On the flip side, it may be related to why fruity or artificially sweet foods, candies and drinks are associated with childishness or what only kids like, and it seems drinks such as coffee or beer are said to be at first, bitter and distasteful if sipped by kids at a young age who grow up to like them as adults.

I don't know if there is reasonable medical/scientific study to prove this (people must have looked into it?) change of taste (buds?) perception.

However, like many trends, there are always exceptions.

Have you found this to be the case in your life? Or has your taste in sweets hardly changed? I have a twenty-something-year old friend who, if anything has actually gotten more of a sweet tooth now than he has as a kid!

We were never allowed sweets when we were young so I barely got to eat them at all, (exception being Halloween and Easter and whenever a friend let me have some of their sweets), and I did like them very much then.

As an adult, I like sweets much more.

Coffee and beer was bitter when I was young and is still bitter now. I don't drink coffee and I don't particularly enjoy the taste of beer. Or wine. Or champagne for that matter.

[Dennis P]

No, I haven't lost my sweet tooth. I loved sweets as a child and I STILL love them as an adult, although I don't eat them as often.

[tijlover]

Nothing tastes better to me than sweets when I'm depressed. That same Dove bar or slice of cakes tastes differently when I'm not depressed.

But, thanks be to God, all I have to do is read the newspaper every morning and find something to make me depressed!

Dove bar, where art thou?

So, no, I haven't lost my sweet tooth at I head for 62, and let's hope more depressing days are the way!

[Innotech]

I used to like super sweet foods, but now for example, I limit myself to occasional candy and gum, lightly frosted cakes or pie, and unsweetened tea/coffee and very few soda drinks. Overly sugary foods now make me feel kind of sick. I cant stand stuff with too much sugar anymore.

[Mooseketeer]

I never had a sweet tooth even as a small child and still don't now. Possibly because I wasn't really allowed them except on rare occasions so never really got a taste for it. As a kid I would have always chosen my Great-Grand-Mother's fruits from her Orchard over candy any time. A ripe apricot was always more appealing to me than chocolate.

I could quite happily give up all desserts forever if I had to. I enjoy the occasional square of very Dark Chocolate and desserts like Souffles or Syllabubs but on the whole I much prefer savoury stuff. Lighter desserts are nice but I prefer cheese .