My parents got me with "marsh melons." I used to believe that marshmallows grew on vines in swampy areas, kind of like pumpkins, and that there were whole marshmallow farms like cranberry bogs. Little did I know it was a Star Trek joke!
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Captain's Log in Star Trek, was really a log— Anna
- I used to believe that the visible rays of the sun were beaming people up to heaven. like in star trek.Anon
- I used to believe that Marshmallows grew in nature. — Helen
- I used to think that dandilions were marshmallows on grass— Vernon D'Souza
- I knew that dairy farms have silos so I figured that they're where the milk is stored.
— marianne - When I was little I thought that a "wallflower" was a kind of flower that grew on walls.— A. Nonny-Muss