For those of you not in the know, July is National Ice Cream month. In observance of this annual celebration I am making the following statement…. Ice cream and gummy bears should NEVER be mixed together!

Gummy bears (just like black bears) actually go into a type of food hibernation when its temperature drops to low. During this “forced hibernation” period you should never eat a gummy bear because all of its yummy gummy properties are lost and it essentially becomes a rock candy. All that gelatinous glory is lost. So sad. Somebody should call PETA.

In America we have a knack for taking two good individual items and combining them into one great thing. I give you the following exhibits A-D for proof… peanut butter and jelly, pizza and beer, Oreos and milk and last but not least… Beyonce’ and Jay-Z. This is what Americans do best people! But we have to draw the line somewhere and for me that line is clearly drawn at mixing gummy bears with Ice cream.

But why you ask? Let’s just take a minute and think about it. At its core gummy bears are a dense gelatin candy best served at room temperature. If they get too hot, they melt and turn into slime and if they get too cold, they freeze up harder than a teenage girls bangs in the early 90’s. For me, nothing is worse than when I break open a new package of these sweet little colorful carnivores (at room temperature) and those tiny treats are hard as a rock! It hurts my soul… and instantly I am given a deeper understanding of hurt just like this guy….

Let’s face it, sometimes two cool individual items just don’t mix well together and we shouldn’t force them to be together. My favorite saying is “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should”. Here’s some examples, the USB pet rock…

The super creepy “Lap pillow”…

…or Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Sometimes you just have to let good things stand on their own because it keeps the world balanced… plus Brangelina’s kids need all the help they can get to turn out “well adjusted”.

So as you escape the summer heat at your local Ice Cream shop and that baby faced teenager who looks 12 years old asks you if you want gummy bears “mixed in” your ice cream creation just tell them “no thanks but if you can put some on the side that would be great!”