Not A Taste Sensation....

So, I saw the commercials and the print ads for Diet Chocolate Cherry Dr. Pepper, and, quite frankly, it made me giddy like a schoolgirl. Chocolate and cherries go together well, it is a flavor combination that I enjoy(Cella chocolate covered cherries,anyone ?), and it was in a diet soda, so it would not send me into a sugar coma. Bonus for me. Great taste...No diabetic coma...It's win/win !!!
Needless to say(though not needless enough that I won't say it anyway,apparently), when I saw that there was only one 12 pack of this(sure-to-be) delightful taste treat on the store shelf, I kicked a Girl Scout who was in a wheelchair in the throat to get my hands on it.
I brought the liquid gold home, and quickly placed it into a chilling mechanism that we like to call a "refrigerator".
I waited as long as I could, and then I ran to the kitchen, filled a glass with ice, and cracked open a can of this(sure-to-be) beverage of the Gods. I inhaled the aroma from the can, and then poured it over the ice. The bubbles fizzed and danced in the air above the glass. I was almost breathless with anticpation of this (sure-to-be)taste sensation I was about to experience. I raised the glass to my lips.

And I drank. Hmmm...that doesn't taste very good. It must not have settled properly over the ice, I'll have a second taste. No, that's not very good either. It must not be cold enough, I'll wait a few minutes and let that old ice work it's magic.
Several minutes later, I took another sip. Nope, still tatses kinda like a Tootsie Roll dissolved into cherry cough syrup.
Desperate to enjoy this beverage, I decided that I would let the cold box, or "refrigerator", work it's magic, for certainly, it had to be that pesky ice tainting this taste treat.
Several hours later, I popped open another can, and took a long swallow. Still tasted like crap. I was heartbroken. My taste buds felt robbed. They still do.
Damn you Diet Chocolate Cherry Dr. Pepper !! Damn you straight to hell !!!!!