Salt tastes salty and sugar tastes sweet, so why not omit the salt when making sweets? Wouldn’t that be a good way to reduce salt intake a little? This would be true if it weren’t for one small set of receptors on your tongue. Salt ions interact with the sweet taste receptors on your tongue and block the receptors that make things taste bitter. A little bit of salt in your dessert recipe will help give you that rich, sweet taste you are looking for.
