Starburst come in a myriad of flavor packs these days. I picked up a few of the less common flavors at some convenience stores recently. The Starburst Sweet Fiesta has been out for a few years. At first I thought it was a limited edition version, but it appears to be a regular item.
The package contains four different flavors, each is a combo flavor all based on a sort of tropical and sub-tropical flavors. It has Cherry mango, peach guava, strawberry pineapple and melon berry, with three of each flavor in the 2.07 ounce pack.
Strawberry Pineapple is pink and delightful. It’s sweet and tangy with floral notes that are close to honey and then something a little deeper and more heady.
Melon Berry is bright green. It’s quite melon, a cross between watermelon and musk melon, but there’s a strong sort of papaya note to it. It’s too musky for me, to tropical.
Peach Guava is peachy. It smells like coconut and has a peachy, apricot note at first. The guava is not terribly strong, which is fine with me because I’m not that keen on guava, it’s almost like passion fruit.
Cherry Mango is red. It smelled like the regular Cherry Starburst at first, but the flavor is quite a bit better. It’s cherry, with all those woodsy flavors, but there’s a pine and peach note to it that’s quite good. I’m not usually a fan of cherry, but I like how Starburst does them for the most part, and this is a good example.
Overall, this flavor set is different enough from the standard Starbust Fruits but I don’t feel like it completely breaks out of the show of the perfection of the original. If you’re the type of candy fan that hates citrus, this is a good mix, as it has none, which is pretty rare. I love the pineapple, but I’m not big on melon, so I’d probably give this a pass in the future as a whole pack, but if I can just pick out the Strawberry Pineapple and share the rest, it’s all systems go.
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Don’t think I noticed these, sounds better than I’d think, but it’s hard to screw up Starbursts.
Starburst Very Berry came out in 2013, and I like the taste, please review it.
However I think they should add new flavors:
Riddles (Watermelon (teal), Strawberry (green), Raspberry (white), Apple (blue))
Now 20% Cooler (Blue Raspberry (blue), Green Apple (green), Apple (red), Lime (white))
Soda Pop (Cola (reddish brown), Lemon Lime (green), Root Beer (brown), Orange Soda (orange))
Fresh Mints (Spearmint (teal), Peppermint (blue), Wintergreen (purple), Vanilla Mint (white))
Exotic Fruits (Coconut (white), Golden Raspberry (golden), Dragonfruit (purple), Litchi (blue))
Flowers Mix (Hibiscus (red), Violet (purple), Rose (pink), Chamomile (white))
Chocolates Mix (Vanilla (white), Chocolate (brown), Butterscotch (tan), Coffee (darker brown))
Spices (Cinnamon (red), Spearmint (teal), Violet (purple), Anise (white))
A lot of stores discontinued fiesta flavor starburst those were the best ones!! Like to see them back! Can’t find them anywhere!
Thank you
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