# Flavors of cherries in different forms **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-of-cherries-in-different-forms/668106 "2013-09-05T19:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-of-cherries-in-different-forms/668106/21 "2013-09-07T03:02:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Fake banana flavoring in candy like taffy is better than real banana flavor. I’ve actually read that that banana flavoring derives from the variety of banana that went nearly extinct back in the 50s(?) or so. When I get on my time machine and check, I’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-of-cherries-in-different-forms/668106/22 "2013-09-07T04:24:40Z")
Would that be the Gros Michel? Perhaps the one someone wrote that song about (_Yes, We Have No Bananas_)? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-of-cherries-in-different-forms/668106/23 "2013-09-07T05:45:25Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > a ha! That’s why I don’t like “regular” maraschino cherries. I hate almond flavoring and anything made from almonds. Almonds straight up I like, but not anything made from them and certainly not extracts. Ugh. They probably mean [benzaldehyde](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzaldehyde), which although it might have a faint almond taste\*, it has an overwhelming “cherry” odor. One of my co-workers refers to it as _eau de French hooker_. From what I understand from producers of benzaldehyde, it is used as a food additive more for its odor than for its taste components. - I’m allergic to both almonds and cherries, so can’t say. Also, I use it at a chemical plant, where it’s not a good idea to be tasting the chemicals, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Deegeea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Deegeea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deegeea)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-of-cherries-in-different-forms/668106/24 "2013-09-07T05:57:35Z")
There’s an ice cream place near where I live that has many fruit toppings available; among them are sweet cherries and tart cherries. They taste pretty different but both are delicious. Artificial cherry flavor is not my favorite either. But I like maraschino cherries, despite they taste like fruit-textured sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-of-cherries-in-different-forms/668106/25 "2013-09-07T17:40:03Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Fake banana flavoring in candy like taffy is better than real banana flavor. I’ll bet I know the one you’re thinking of. It came in a flat bar and if it was cold you could slap it and break it into many pieces? Yes, the banana ones were good. I don’t think they had a cherry flavored one but there was a strawberry one that tasted. . .pink. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-of-cherries-in-different-forms/668106/26 "2013-09-07T17:43:58Z")
Bonnomo’s Turkish Taffy came in banana, vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. Unfortunately no longer available. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-of-cherries-in-different-forms/668106/27 "2013-09-08T22:32:37Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > Bonnomo’s Turkish Taffy came in banana, vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. Unfortunately no longer available. ☹ Someone started making it again - [here is their web site](http://www.bonomoturkishtaffy.com/). I don’t know how it compares to the original. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-of-cherries-in-different-forms/668106.md?page=1)