Oh no that's not a certain lovable drug sprinkled all over one of America's and many other countries favorite fruit flavored candy. It's the power of over 1000 punches to your tastes buds ground up into a tiny sour powder. I'm here today to talk to you about a spin-off of a candy that started way back in 1979. Around the good old times of 2000 when rap still wasn't cool and I wasn't scared to fly. We would at times turn on our t.v. and see good old regular skittles commercials (man I loved that rabbit). However, now we were introduced to the Sour Man [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB1g2kCP3DE&feature=fvw]. That and a few other commercials (including an old man being milked) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG0zDltjL_o] brought to the table a new flavor sweeping the nations known as Sour Skittles. This brought about a craze of sour challenges done not only by children but even parents. A few times at family outings a bag of sour skittles would be put on the table and those who dared partook in the challenge of fitting as many in your mouth as possible. But I digress you came here to see what's up with Sour Skittles so indeed you shall.
[HEADING=2]The Taste[/HEADING]
The flavors vary as usual in certain areas. The US and Canada receiving blue raspberry, green apple, lemon, strawberry and watermelon. Standard 5 right...Wrong. It seems the our old friends in the UK were a little more favored in the flavors of our beloved sour skittles as they received 6 flavors. Apparently it seems blue raspberry was too twisty for them as they have them separate. Including 3 new flavors like cherry, mandarin and pineapple. I don't know about you but those new flavors make me a little sour that I didn't get them. The US flavors I was able to taste were not bad though when you taste them it would feel almost like something was missing.
[HEADING=2]The Sour[/HEADING]
I'm sure you are wondering why I put this in a separate section. Shouldn't it go along with taste? Why you would think so but then the sour has to be something extraordinary if it turns milk sour and tightens even the most powerful lips. The sour in question is rivaled only by those of our beloved Warheads (I may do them at a later date). The sour does indeed pack quite a punch as each crystal absorbs into your tongue crackling your city of taste buds into submission begging you to submit. For about 5 seconds at least. Albeit one of the most sour 5 seconds ever it is still 5 seconds and when they leave you are greeted with the bland regular skittle. It leaves you wondering "Why, maybe I was to bite into the skittle with sour still coating it." To that I say pure poppycock the sour is to be extracted before chewing for a true challenge and deserves nothing less.
[HEADING=2]The Presentation[/HEADING]
The classic green coloring has always described what it really meant to be sour. This packaging did not disappoint. No matter what variations it may have met. The Main color always stayed that fear inducing green swirl that beckoned you to pop a few more in and test your luck. One gripe I must saw is that these bags never had the excess "sour salt" we true sour veterans loved to down after completing a bag of any sour candy.
[HEADING=2]The Conclusion[/HEADING]
I still see the stores packed to the brim with sour skittles and they still fly off the shelves. I am quite partial to have then every once in a while as I know not my own tongue. As a fair warning to others have too many and the skittles punish you by making your tongue like sandpaper as if to curse you with the ever present feelings of Loserville. The sour skittle is nothing to mess with and still has much to offer. Who knows they may just be working on ways to double the sour skittle power. Could you imagine Sour Sour Skittles. Sour Skittles may have started way back in 2000 but that doesn't mean they aren't waiting for someone to pick them up and take the sour skittle challenge.
Maybe you should try this week. If you're up for it.
