I used to believe that marshmallows were grown. I just wondered HOW they grew. I pictured something like a pumpkin patch. It took a while to figure out they were made with sugar.
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Marshmallows grew in nature. — Helen
- I used to believe that if I ate pumpkin, I would change into Cindrella. So I was always ate pumpkin.— Mine
- I thought that a "sugar daddy" was a father who let his kids eat all the sugar they wanted.Anon
- adding too much sugar to foods would give you "sugar worms"...
Anon - I used to believe that when cordial drink said 'sugar free' that you didnt have to pay for the sugar in it!— Grace Lyon New Addington
- When I was a kid I used to believe that clouds were made of sugarAnon