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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Skittles Riddles
The newest version of Skittles have a new set of flavors and a new twist. The riddle is that The Colors Don’t Match the Flavors. There are the standard set of five colors, in this case aqua, light green, blue, red and pink. The flavors are apple, strawberry, punch, watermelon and raspberry. And as they note, they won’t necessarily match up with their colors. Some of the flavors aren’t actually that new, raspberry, strawberry and punch are found in other mixes.
My big curiosity was whether or not the color swap would be consistent throughout the bag. Would all blues be the same flavor, or would it be completely randomized? My initial observation is that they’re randomized. (Though limited, I found one flavor in three colors at most.) Watermelon was unmistakeable. The first time it was a dark red, another time it was aqua. It was like a Jolly Rancher in chew form. The flavor dissipates fast, but comes on strong. On the whole, I like the idea of mixing up expectations. But one thing that I like about Skittles is how I eat them. I like to line them up, grouped by color and then eat them in matched pairs. When I get to the end with the singles, I like to keep my citrus flavors together and mix my grape with strawberry. With this version, I simply can’t do that. I can’t ever be sure I’m putting two of the same flavor together, and not all of the flavors actually go together well. I didn’t like watermelon combined with anything else and strawberry probably would have gone well with raspberry. It’ll be fun for folks who don’t actually look at the colors and it is nice to see new flavors. But I’m still waiting for my Citrus Mix or Soda Pop. The novelty flavors like Crazy Cores and Fizzl’d Fruits are wearing thin and I don’t even want to talk about the poor execution of the Chocolate Skittles. Skittles are gelatin free now and labeled as gluten free. There’s no statement about other allergens like nuts, eggs or gluten. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:17 am
 
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Skittles are gelatin free now? Thanks so much for mentioning that. I never would have checked! Thanks always for your blog and the effort you put into it!
When I ate these, I found it very difficult to distinguish the flavors. The only two that really stood out to me were fruit punch and watermelon.
I agree about wanting Citrus Skittles; the Australian ones are excellent, especially the grapefruit flavor. And I really like the Soda Pop idea. Maybe they could even contain those little carbonated pieces like in the Fanta Hi-Chew candies!
At least you still have grape skittles. We have to make do with blackcurrant now. :(
Leigh - I did buy some Skittles in Germany, just to remind myself about the Blackcurrant. They’re just not like grape ... to sedate, to much like overboiled fruit jam.
Lauren - I still haven’t found the Fanta HiCHEW here in the states yet. I just couldn’t bring myself to order online and pay about $5 per package.
Laura - the change happened about two years ago. Starburst still have gelatin though.
The soda Skittles idea is fantastic. How have they not tried that yet and how can we make this happen as soon as possible?! Oh, and I totally agree about the Chocolate Skittles thing. That was a disaster.
haha oh wow chocolate skittles sounds repulsive. but I think the idea of mixing the colors and flavors is interesting and new
This ruins my favorite candy taste test game! I like to put fruit flavored candy in my mouth and try to guess which it is.
Although, trying to guess even though you know the color would still be fun!
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Let me know… please.. I bought a share size and I am waiting to dive in like literally 3 days now, want to dive in.
Kavi
You say, “Watermelon was unmistakeable. The first time it was a dark red, another time it was aqua.”
However, the Watermelon flavor is always RED (never aqua). You are mistaken in this.
I’m about halfway through a one-pound bag. Watermelon is RED. Fruit Punch is GREEN.
Wish I could buy them here in Germany. I love american candy but always have to import the best of them cause they’re not avalable here :-(
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