My mother was reminiscing about things we miss from the past. One thing she mentioned was Shocktarts. She loved Shocktarts! One of the few things she indulged in.
Recently, she got my nieces Christmas candy, and it included rainbow sour strips of some kind. Uncharacteristically, she ate a whole pack by herself.
I’d like to get some good sour candies. They have to actually be sour!!! Any recommendations welcome!
Although do note that candys whose main feature is “being sour” then fading after 4 seconds are not what I’m looking for.
Thank you! (:
Super Lemon by Nobel, they’re a Japanese candy maker.
I also recommend Miracle Berries, they add an interesting experience for anyone interested in sour flavors.
Many moons ago, when I was a little kid there was a candy shop that made the best salt water taffies. If you could find something like that, I would suggest that. Maybe the local bakery?
…saltwater taffy isn’t sour, is it…?
Depends on the flavor. It isn’t sour in and of itself, but I have had some pretty sour flavors of saltwater taffy.
I also was a big fan of the blue sour punch straws but am not sure if they changed their flavor over the last twenty or so years lol it seems like a lot of sour candies have so that may be something to watch out for.
The ones I’m remembering were in many flavours. I do believe apple sour was a choice.
Why is your name “Toes” with an emoji of jesus on the cross?
an emoji of jesus on the cross
lmao is that how it displays on your device? It’s the symbol from the 1700s to represent Venus and femininity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_symbol
Why is your name “Toes”
I became transfixed with the way they wiggle at an early age.
So wait…are you saying you’re a female who likes toes? Or you’re someone who’s fixated on female toes?
Because I’m a guy. My toes are hairy. Well, the tops anyways.
Zours were great like 10 years ago. They don’t make them anymore though. Instead, they make Mike N Ike sours. They have some of the Zours flavors but not all of them. Still good though. I will admit the sour flavor disappears after a few seconds but it’s worth a taste.
Warheads or toxic waste
Do they still make Warheads? Those were the sour candy when I was growing up, lol.
Yeah, but the sour only lasts for literally 5 seconds then it’s completely gone. ):
Yeah, imo they made em weaker. It’s possible my tastes changed, but I remember my parents struggling with them when I was a kid.
I think that’s probably a good thing. I’ve eaten so many warheads the skin started to come off my tongue.
Anyone know why that is?
My assumption is acid eating away some component of the skin
Yes.
1 warhead = 10 lemons.
Still make them and you can buy them by the flavor off Amazon. I bought a box of black cherry and blue raspberry last year. I recieved blue raspberry Larry Taffy instead of Warheads, so I throw those fuckers in malic acid and lost a layer of skin on my tongue, so worth it.
Lemonheads.
Not very sour, unfortunately.
Yo I am COMPLETELY on board with your mom, shocktarts were THE BEST!!!
Dude. Yes.
Right??? Absolutely loved them, too!!
It makes me sad that they were discontinued… that and Cremesavers! Especially the strawberry/raspberry ones!
Cremesavers are available on Amazon.
Sour Boys makes sour candy and they are fairly sour, but generally less sour than Warheads.
Doeis the sour last for a good bit? Even going tart is fine after a bit. Warheads have barely any taste after less than 10 seconds.
airheads
I miss the sour Altoids. They were the perfect amount of sour without overpowering the actual flavor, stayed sour for a while, and still tasted good after the sourness had faded.
There are Ice Breaker Sours! Maybe they’ll scratch the itch?
You know, I see these at the 7-Eleven checkout every other day and never thought to try them. I think I’ll pick one up next time I’m in there and see how they are!
Lofty Pursuits was a fan too, and they made their own version!
https://www.pd.net/products/tangerine-sours-secret-pre-order
Oh, this sounds dope! I may have to order a couple of these.
The extra sour Skittles are hella sour and good.
I also enjoyed the spicy ones they had for a limited time. Got them once thinking they would be kinda lame, but I ended up buying at least 1 bag a week until they were discontinued.
Of course nothing beats Lucas or Sour Warheads. Do they still make ShockTarts? I haven’t seen them shits in a long time.
I’ve never had them but Black Death Candy is very sour.
Here’s a video of L.A. Beast eating some and having a bad time.
I’m looking to give her a nice treat, not an aneurysm! Lol
Maybe my taste buds are just broken, but for me, candy has always been either very sour for a very short time, or slightly sour all the way through. I’ve never had anything be very sour all the way through.
Anything sour from this shop
I’m personally a fan of the sour tangerine candies since they resemble Altoids sours
Well that all looks interesting!
Is it handmade stuff?
Yeah it’s all handmade
They’re hard candies and not gummies, though.
They’re unfortunately terrible tasting though. I like sour stuff and the sour isn’t the problem. The other flavors of The candy is bad.
