"Okay!" Her enthusiasm encourages him... a bit... Wasting money on something that might not be tasty feels like a real shame, but it's also not like he's particularly hurting for extra cash here. Why not at least get something fun to snap a picture of?

"I'll take the salted orange in the tuba shape," he instructs the booth-bot, who gives a chipper, Okay! in reply before whipping up the requested sweets while Tamaki slides his communicator out of his pocket to pay. "Even if they end up tasting weird, they'll be cute."

That should be worth something.