The Chocolate-Covered Ant
Dear [Lynn],
You’re neat.
Or, you wait until they’ve already swallowed it and its sweetness has begun coursing through their veins, before telling them about the ant. Then, they’d be harder pressed to avoid that candy, since it now is inside them. And, faced with the futility of ridding their bodies of it, they might even become acclimated to that insect-derived protein enriched morsel, which, at first would likely have appalled them, especially if not covered in tasty chocolate beforehand. Yes, a spoonful of sugar really does help the medicine (or, in this case, the ant) go down. 
But I will try to be less businesslike in these letters and allow more of my heartfelt side to come through. I suppose I’m just trying to protect myself from being hurt (like most of us are).
More later,
Tom Hesley