Things That Drive Me Batty, part I

Sugar/sweeteners sprinkled on fruit

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Fruit has sugars in it, so why add sugar?  It's already sweet, a fat-free dessert designed by nature (and modified by scientists) to taste good on its own!  And if the fruit isn't sweet then maybe it hasn't ripened properly, in which case one should wait and not smother the flavour with added sugar.

Now I understand the appeal of chocolate-dipped fruit-- anything that has chocolate in it is fine in my book-- but otherwise I find it an abominable practise to dip fruit into sugar.  I know this attitude seems hypocritical but it makes sense in my (oft-illogical) mind.  If anything, the cover of a box of Truvia should be coffee or tea or something that is not sweet on its own.