My mother told me that Hershey chocolate bars were made at three mile island and that they were radioactive. This was just after the meltdown was in the news. A very effective method of curtailing my desire for the candy when we went to the store. Years later I asked her why she made up the story and she claimed that she never said it.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- my dad told me that hershey park was made completely out of chocolateAnon
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B
- I used to believe when I was young that Poland was made entirely of candy.— Jenn
- I used to believe that brown cows made chocolate milk and white cows made regular milk.— andrew mient
- I used to believe that Skor chocolate bar was only made for grown ups and if I ate it I'd die. — Tammy
- I used to ask my dad this: "Dad, are black people made out of chocolate?"— Ai