A Big Milk Letdown

Although i'm not a fan of sweets, one of the things i absolutely cannot resist is good pastillas de leche (literally - "pills of milk").  Done well, it can be exceptionally rewarding: a delicate interplay of creaminess and sweetness one one's tongue that can bring tears to anyone's eyes.  I recently had the privilege of tasting such divine creations at a friend's birthday party (i literally gorged myself on the wonderful stuff), but i digress.

During this year's annual trip to the Philippines, while deciding what pasalubong (homecoming gifts) to bring people back to the US, we happened upon a stall in Greenhills selling local "delicacies."  Among its stock were boxes of pastillas de leche, just begging to be bought in bulk and carted off overseas.  It looked more than decent, with a tasteful picture on the outside showing off the candy in all its glory.  So we bought a box to sample...

And were underwhelmed.   

Don't get me wrong - it tasted just as wonderful as i expected it to, but all the milk and sugar in the world can't make up for the bad taste in the mouth caused by deceptive packaging.  

The piece of candy on the lower right hand corner (did you miss it?) is the ACTUAL SIZE!
Don't buy from these dishonest A-holes!

Oh well, at least it only cost me PhP70.  But despite my disappointment, i'm still better off than this little girl: 

There should be a law against this sort of thing... or if there already is, they should enforce it better.