# What do the Indian desserts with camphor as a main ingredient taste like?

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**Created:** [August 29, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-indian-desserts-with-camphor-as-a-main-ingredient-taste-like/729317 "2015-08-29T19:43:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-indian-desserts-with-camphor-as-a-main-ingredient-taste-like/729317/1 "2015-08-29T19:43:54Z")

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There are some Indian desserts and sweets with camphor as a main ingredient, I’m curious if anyone here has ever had one.

It activates my eww response, and I personally hate desserts or sweets with even a menthol taste so camphor is making me blech, but I am open to the possibility they taste good.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-indian-desserts-with-camphor-as-a-main-ingredient-taste-like/729317/2 "2015-08-30T03:17:28Z")

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Like…camphor, I’m guessing?