You’re at a convenience store, you grab a pack of gum in a wild flavor you’ve never seen before, and head over to the counter.  

 Cocoa butter — a smooth, rich, dark brown paste that results from crushing delicate cocoa beans.  

 Would it be too much to ask for a strawberry-flavored jelly bean that can also act as a painkiller, deliver a daily dose of caffeine, and pick up the kids from school? 

M&M’sand Smarties would be virtually unrecognizable without it, and sans this one tiny aspect of candy, you wouldn’t be able to tell what flavor gummy bear or jelly bean you just popped into your mouth.