6 Facts You Need to Know About Sour Patch Kids Candy
6 Facts You Need to Know About Sour Patch Kids Candy
Sour. Sweet. Gone. Candy-lovers far and wide know the accuracy
of the Sour Patch Kids slogan: first, your mouth waters at the initial sour
coating, then it savors the addictively sweet gummy underneath. But do you know
how Sour Patch Kids perfects the best of both taste worlds? The secret is its
tongue-activated coating: a combination of citric acid, tartaric acid and
sugar. Saliva dissolves this blend quickly, so that the sour sensation is
intense but quickly replaced by the sugar-sweet tastes of flavors like lemon or
blue raspberry. Next, comes the worst part—when the gummy departs your taste
buds altogether. Luckily, Online
Candy Store Canada offers packs of a dozen
for less than $20 so you don’t have to worry about how long until your next
fix. In honor of the six delicious sour candy varieties you can purchase right
now, here are six fun facts you need to know about Sour Patch.
1. Sour Patch Kids introduces a new flavor just about every
year
Most recently, in 2020, Sour Patch
introduced a bevy of Crush Soda Fruit Mix gummies. There’s orange, strawberry,
pineapple and grape, which are all inspired by Crush Soda’s refreshing flavors.
Get your pack of 12 here for $19.99.
2. There’s a Sour Patch Kids video game
Dauntingly
named “World Gone Sour”, players assume the role of a green Sour Patch Kid who
has fallen out of its box and must traverse sticky floors and overcome enemies
in order to accomplish its ultimate goal: being eaten by a movie-goer.
Highlights of the 13-level game include combatting other Sour Patch Kids who
have gone “sour” and finding your way out of an over-sized trash can. You can
buy the candy the game was inspired by here. The classic Theater Box Sour Patch Kids features the
long-standing red (cherry), yellow (lemon), green (lime), orange, and blue
raspberry flavors.
3. They weren’t always called Sour Patch Kids
When
the juicy gummies were first introduced, they were called “Mars Men” and were
intended to look like Martians. The name and design were changed to the kids we
know and love today, but Sour Patch still produces a wide array of different
shapes. Among the most popular are the Sour Patch Watermelon, which are shaped
like individual watermelon slices and are available here in packs of 12 for $18.50.
4. Blue Raspberry wasn’t a flavor 10 years ago
Now
that it’s a crowd-favorite, it’s hard to imagine Sour Patch Kids without the
scrumptious blue raspberry flavor. But the blue kid didn’t join the classic
lineup until 2013. Now, it’s featured in several Sour Patch varieties,
including the Sour
Patch Kids Heads, which boast two tasty flavors in
each piece: blue raspberry is paired with pink lemonade and there’s also
pineapple with redberry and peach with orange.
5. There are more than 25 varieties of Sour Patch Candy
The
Sour Patch Kids roster now includes gum and ice cream, in addition to its more
than 25 different kinds of gummies. But for super sour-lovers, nothing can beat
Sour
Patch Kids Extreme Sour, which
takes the pucker factor up a notch (or several). Flavors include pink (sour
strawberry), sour blue raspberry, sour orange, and sour green apple.
6. There’s a Sour Patch Kids themed store
This
whimsical New York-based store features a café area that incorporates the
candies into waffles, cakes, shakes and more. While most of us probably can’t
travel to the store right now (thanks again, ‘Rona) Sour
Patch Kids Tropical can at least transport your taste
buds to a tropical locale with flavors like passionfruit, paradise punch,
pineapple, and tropical twist.
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