The Blue Gummy Bear

Have you ever stopped to look at the Gummy Bear before you shove it, and several others, into your mouth? The tiny gummy feathers are quite detailed. Take a moment to look at the bag of half-eaten candy. It is quite colorful. It does not matter what brand you are currently munching away on, you will never find a blue gummy bear. The smaller companies who have dared to suggest adding a blue bear have been shut down by the Candy Coalition and the Rotten Teeth Alliance. Perhaps now that you are thinking about this, you are wondering if this is a conspiracy. There is an untold story about the blue gummy bear.

The true inventor of the gummy bear candy was Herbert Brockhorse. Though the claim to this wondrously addictive candy was staked by another, decades later. Herbert had only created one mold because of the amount of time it took to engrave the details. This was long before plastic had ever been dreamed of. He was unsure if his product would be a success, so Herbert was content creating each bear individually.

The first gummy bear created was red, and just as delicious as the present-day treat. One by one, each color emerged into existence, with the exception of the blue bear. Herbert had just begun to mix the color when he was called to the town square to testify on the behalf of his stepsister who had been accused of witchcraft.

Herbert and Arianna had always despised each other. When he announced he refused to lie to save the life of a Satan worshiping witch, Arianna became enraged. She was lead to the gallows and a noose was placed around her neck. Before she was executed, Arianna was given a chance to pray to the Christian god for forgiveness and redemption of her soul. Rather than lifting her pleas to Heaven, Arianna cast a curse upon her stepbrother’s soul. She told him that the next blue item he touched would become cursed. No matter what the item was, it would bring the cruse of madness unto the world.

Unfortunately for many, Herbert doubted Arianna’s dark powers and went ahead to complete a batch of blue gummy bears. Perhaps if he had tasted one before sharing them, several men would have been saved from insanity. Upon ingesting the candy, each man immediately fell under a spell of madness, just as Arianna had predicted.

A council was formed to determine a solution for this terrible situation. It was decided upon that Herbert Brockhorse would be forgotten in history. The village people were sworn to secrecy, and all evidence of the creation was destroyed.

The Candy Coalition was formed and worked in secret. They always watched out, intervening in attempts to save the world from the same fate of those many years ago. It wasn’t until 1973 that the Candy Coalition stepped into public light, and even then, their main purpose remained a guarded secret. Details of Arianna’s curse had not leaked out until a few months ago, when somebody posted confidential files on the internet.