Earlier this year Ferrero announced an innovation in the world of Tic Tac. They were creating layered flavors in a new line called Tic Tac Mixers and their first introductions would be Peach Lemonade and Cherry Cola. Because they’re beverages.
I wasn’t able to find the Cherry Cola but did see the Peach Lemonade at several locations and picked mine up at 7-11.
The press release described, “Peach Lemonade flavor Tic Tac Mixers: change from a peach flavor to the sweet flavor of lemonade.” But the reality is that peaches are sweet and lemonade is tangy.
If you’ve ever eaten a Yankee Candle Mango Peach Salsa Candle and thought, “That was unsatisfying.” You may find that this Tic Tac experience is preferable, but only slightly because this is actually meant to be eaten.
The initial flavor is definitely candle-like. It’s peachy in the most fragrant and least-food-like way. Unlike the candles, these don’t smell like anything in the package, the scent is only release in the mouth. The sweet peach layer gives way to a tangy layer that I think is supposed to be lemonade, but still has a strong peach note ... it’s tart and has a lot of zest but that combined with the lightly pine notes of the peach makes it all a bit caustic. The more I ate of these, the more my mouth burned like I might have been eating bits of lye.
The innovation of layering was definitely there, but I’ve always felt like Tic Tacs have a little layering to them. The standard peppermint has a bit of a fennel or anise on the outside and then peppermint inside. So doing a completely different flavor is cool ... but these are not the flavors I’m looking for. Strawberry Lemonade might be more up my alley.
I have to admit that the flavor did linger for a long time. I felt, for at least half an hour that I had “candle fresh breath.” That’s a thing.
Tic Tac Mixers are made in Canada.
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Name: |
TicTac Mixers: Peach Lemonade |
RATING:
- SUPERB
- YUMMY
- TASTY
- WORTH IT
- TEMPTING
- PLEASANT
- BENIGN
- UNAPPEALING
- APPALLING
- INEDIBLE
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Brand: |
Ferrero |
Place Purchased: |
7-11 (Silver Lake) |
Price: |
$1.39 |
Size: |
1 ounce |
Calories per ounce: |
111 |
Categories: |
Candy, Ferrero, Compressed Dextrose, 5-Pleasant, Canada, 7-11 |
Candle fresh breath? Now that’s funny!
I found the Cherry Cola tic tacs at CVS when I was at Disneyland in June…
I found the cherry cola Tic-Tacs at CVS. They’re good until the cherry layer melts away and then the cola is so tart it actually hurts!
Ha! I have a hard time reconciling “like eating little bits of lye” with an ultimate “pleasant” rating. Think I’ll stay away from these!
seems like peach is a flavor that is fairly difficult to recreate accurately. i always think it tastes like nail polish remover smells.
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