Dear Lola,
Why do Americans call the tiny versions of a candy bar a “fun size” bar? What makes it fun? I don’t understand if it is the small size that makes it fun, or some other attribute we in Scotland have never been able to experience. I know you’re an English Bulldog, but I’m hoping your adopted home of America will lend you some insight into this odd naming of candy.
Sincerely,
Not Feeling the Fun in Fife
Dear Not Feeling the Fun in Fife,
While I have spent many hours pondering the odd workings of human behavior, I have never pondered this curiosity before you posed the question. I’m also very afraid of chocolate because Mommybeast tells me it will kill me, while using her very serious tone that brooks no argument from me. I’ll never stop asking for cheese though, she never gets her serious tone out when I eat that!
Back to the matter at hand though! The name of these tiny candy bars is definitely an oxymoron. While that explains the verbiage, I suspect you want to know why someone would choose an oxymoron when naming a candy.
For that, we must blame the Hominid Wrangler.
(Note from Lola’s Mommybeast: a Hominid Wrangler is the parent of a human child, or as I call them, Miniature Humans.)
The fun size candy bar was named thusly so Miniature Humans are fooled into thinking the small bar is far superior to the “regular” candy bar sitting just next to it on the shelf. Instead of eating a boring candy bar, the Miniature Human will naturally gravitate to the fun candy bar. The Hominid Wrangler gets three benefits from this con artistry.
First, Hominid Wranglers don’t have to tell their Miniature Humans no. Hominid Wranglers can confidently say yes to the tiny candy with all the glee that my Mommybeast displays as she tosses cheese towards my face. During my observations, I’ve noticed that Hominid Wranglers are bound by a clause where they can only use the word no in extreme cases where death may result. It seems counterintuitive to my own species’ technique of teaching. My guess is that humans have not evolved far enough yet. Be patient, your time will come.
Second, Hominid Wranglers get to save a bit of money. Unlike a luxuriously priced regular candy bar, the fun size candy is much more economical. This is a necessity because the Miniature Human will see a balloon later in the day and screech for it until everyone around them wants to poke their ears out just to make the noise stop. Save your ears, buy the fun size candy.
Third, the Hominid Wrangler will not have to contend with a vicious sugar high as a result of the meager sized candy bar. While that initial sugar high seems like a party, the Miniature Human will eventually come crashing down with a bang. Then the Hominid Wrangler is left with a screaming Miniature Human who suddenly forgot how to work their legs, arms, and ears.
This all leaves me wondering if Miniature Humans are worth all the effort one must expend to make sure they turn out properly. Well, that’s a topic for another day!
♥Lola♥
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Oh the wisdom! Forget Google. I’m going to start Lolaing all the things! 😂 x
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She’s ready for it!
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I’m campaigning to have Lolaing added to the dictionary as a verb. She’s earned it! Popping by through #DreamTeam xx
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She said she’d be honored to enter the dictionary…she also wants the know if she can be placed next to the word cheese!
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Yeah, that sounds about right! I know I have used those fun sized candy bars to tide my kids over just long enough to wait for dinner a few times lol. You get to calm the little beast while also still feeling like a good parent for not giving the bigger bar thus sparing the sugar rush and the mom guilt:)
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I knew there was a reason the tiny candy bar was invented! Mom for the win!
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😂😂😂
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Ah Lola I’m so glad you explained that for us. I have often wondered why they’re called fun size and I’m glad that I can now confidently answer this important question #blogcrush
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She does give wise reasons for the oddities of the humans!
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Where did Lola get her degree! She is brilliant and gorgeous. Quite a combo! xo #blogcrush
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She said she didn’t need a degree, she’s got puppy smarts. (I may have given her confidence too big a boost as a puppy, her head is so big now!)
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Lolaisms perfect! #dreamteam
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I also always wondered why they are called fun size but Lola’s explanation makes sense hahaha #dreamteam
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Why did I never question the “fun size”? Maybe because I ate so many of them that they were no longer considered fun anymore! You’ve explained it so clearly that I wish I had thought of that first!
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#DreamTeam
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Personally, I think any size candy bar is a fun size. 😀 But my New Years diet doesn’t let me have any candy bars, so I guess it’s back to the celery sticks. Boo.
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Lola is very sad for you, but celery with peanut butter is pretty yummy!
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It is! I’m also really excited for the hummus with fire roasted tomatoes that’s brewing away in my crockpot right now.
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That does sound yummy!
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I knew there was a reason behind it all! Ah haaa
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I knew there was a reason behind it. Ahhh haaa
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I knew there was a reason behind this madness. #dreamteam
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I’ve always wondered why they’re called fun size. Lola’s got beauty and brains clearly! #dreamteam
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She’s walking around happily agreeing with all the praise!
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I’ve often thought about this. Personally I think the bigger ones are the fun ones as you get more. #dreamteam
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Fun size? Not oxymoronic — just moronic!
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More like the chintzy size if you ask me! After all, don’t we supersize everything? What happened here? I want results and stat! Happy 2018 lovely Heather! xoxo #dreamteam
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They’re bamboozaling us!!!
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Loving Lola… she thinks like me;)
#DreamTeam
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Haha, very insightful wisdom, Lola! #dreamteam
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Makes perfect sense to me! #DreamTeam
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Oh Lola. I love you more with every answer
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She’s tackling major topics this year – ketchup is major priority!
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Hi, I’ve never thought about a fun size bars name before reading this. I guess because I can’t generally eat them, but a very valid point. Maybe its fun because it has less calories who knows….
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This made me chuckle! #DreamTeam
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There’s nothing fun about a fun size bar in my eyes! #DreamTeam
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It’s just a sad little candy bar that leaves us wanting more!
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A very entertaining ready #dreamteam
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Haha fun bars make me sad. Just not enough #DreamTeam
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Ah Lola! You are so full of wisdom!! This is a question that I have never pondered before either, but now I know the answer!! Thanks muchly!! #DreamTeam
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She’s happy to help the humans!
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Very wise words Lola , funsize chocs I guess really are an evil plan to fool the little people!!! Unfortunately they don’t fool me so I end up eating way too many! #DreamTeam
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Spot on with the words and wisdoms. All the best for the new year X #dreamteam
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LOL 😂 yes! This is a brilliant explanation Lola and spot on in terms of cheating the little tikes out of the dreaded full-sized sugary bar. Your description of mama throwing cheese at you has stuck, and I now sit here wondering what Alfie thinks of my biscuit throwing skills. Thanks for being a fab #dreamteam host Heather xx
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Lola gives me critiques after each toss!
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Too funny! Love Lola! I rarely waste my self-imposed daily sugar allowance on store-bought treats, but if I were going to, I would choose a fun-size Snickers. A full-size candy bar would affect me just like it does Miniature Humans! 😀
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I’m the same way, candy winds me up… But I still eat the full-size bar. Poor Hubster!
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Fun size just means small. If I need chocolate a fun sized bit will never be enough! #dreamteam
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Hahah I always laugh that they are called fun size, there is nothing fun about half a bar! #dreamteam
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Fun size chocolates can do one! I would eat about 16! haha! #DreamTeam
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Me too! They’re just an appetite teaser.
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haha fun size can do one! I would eat about 16! #DreamTeam
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What makes them fun is that you can eat lots & not feel bad…that’s what I tell myself anyway! #DreamTeam
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But then I always feel guilty when I see a million wrappers in the garbage pail. It backfires on me.
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They may be fun for little people, but not adults like me who have to eat loads of them to get the same satisfaction of eating a “normal” one! Lol!
#fortheloveofBLOG
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Yeah, I end up eating much more than a normal amount of candy if it is fun size.
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Hahaha, there’s nothing fun about a tiny bar of chocolate! #fortheloveofBLOG
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Fun size is good but I would rather the big one!! #bigpinklink
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I now fancy a funsize but I might just buy family size instead 🙂 #bigpinklink
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Family size is the best!
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Well dear Lola I have to agree we parents put so much energy into these little people so feel free to stay without puppies. I think fun size is because you get to eat a whole box of them, yes? #bigpinklink
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A whole box sounds satisfying!
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Fun size (so not) they don’t even taste as nice, and who could stop at one anyway, not me! #BigPinkLink
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Me either! I eat the whole bag of them!
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Another wonderful answer from Lola, I must admit the ‘fun’ size bars are a regular bribery tool in our household!! Thank you for sharing with the #bigpinklink
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