I used to think that vanilla was the absence of chocolate, not its own flavor.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that vanilla wasn't a flavor. It just didn't have chocolate in it!— Andrea
- I used to be believe that vanilla ice cream was the "healthy" flavor.Anon
- I used to believe vanilla were albino chocolate.— Alexa
- I thought that cold was an actual, positive force and not just the absence of heat— terberous
- When I was about 6 years old I use to think that if a cookie crumbled all the flavor would escape.— Arilinia
- Chocolate, they say, rots your teeth. I believed if you drank chocolate milk, your bones would be brown.— Dellio