Monday, April 22, 2013
Life Savers Gummies CoolersIt was surprising to me that the Life Savers line of gummis is one of the most popular lines of gummis in the country, but I suppose part of it has to do with their ubiquity. The new Life Savers Gummies Coolers are billed as Your favorite refreshing drink flavors have joined the Life Savers family. The package has some nice cool pastel tones on it and an odd assortment of flavors. The Cooler name made me think of the Sour Patch Chillerz, which were infused with a little bit of menthol to give a cooling quality in the mouth. But the reality is, they’re just chilled drink flavors ... though not flavors I would readily order (there are no lemonades).
Cherry Limeade is the deep red. It’s an interesting mix of that classic Life Savers cherry and a little hint of citrus zest. I would have preferred more of the lime, but I appreciate that it wasn’t overly sweet and it certainly packed a lot of flavor in there. Raspberry Iced Tea was the pale pink one. It’s funny to see two raspberry flavors in one bag. This one tasted like raspberry. I didn’t detect any tannins from the tea but there was a well rounded raspberry flavor that got both the floral note, a blush of tartness and a hint of the seeds. Fruit Punch is probably orange. It tastes like fruit punch. Not much else to say except that I like it when my fruit punch doesn’t have quite so much artificial coloring in it, so at least this version had a little less of that bitter red in it. It didn’t make me like it any more than if it was bitter. Blue Raspberry Slushy was blue. The raspberry flavor was sweet. That was pretty much it. It was sweet and a little soapy from the floral notes of the berry. There was very little sour to go along with it. Watermelon Breeze was light green. I think this was just watermelon flavored, as I could detect no other note of breeze in it. The watermelon was definitely on the green side of the flavors, more about the tart note that you get when you eat close to the rind than the sweet and floral flavor of the center of the melon. The diversity of the flavors was lacking, but then again, all of them were good enough that I’d eat any placed in front of me. The intensity is good and I enjoy the shape quite a bit. But on the whole, the flavor set just didn’t thrill me. Of the Life Savers line of gummis, I prefer the Sours best, mostly because of the transcendent tangerine. Related Candies
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Hi i love coolers these are the first candy i can eat with out any problems. Because I am allgeaic to strawberries, lemons, red 40 and yellow 6 so please twll why are yall taking them away.
This candy is being discontinued this year.
R.I.P. Lifesavers Gummy Coolers
2012 - 2015
I have neen searching gor these EVETRYWHERE and i mean everywhere… My fav. Candy in the world…
I have been searching for these EVERYWHERE and i mean everywhere… My fav. Candy in the world…
@Sara Husted These are discontinued and no longer in production
If the Lifesaver Gummies Coolers have been kept in a cool room unopened, how long past the shelf life?
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