by Erik
Ah, Skittles. I sure do love those tasty morsels. In fact, I've already done a post on Skittles sandwiches. So when I saw a new flavor in the aisle at the local Target, I naturally jumped at a chance to sample them. Behold "Skittles Blenders."
At first, I thought they'd just be another entry in the "not as good as the original" candy files. But I was wrong. They're good. They're really good. They claim to be what happens when you "blend" two flavors of Skittles together, but my secret hunch is that this is what happens when someone at Skittles accidentally orders 200 tons of mango and sour apple artificial flavoring. And so some vice president of marketing figured they could wring an extra couple of batches out of the ol' Skittle cooker and could re-purpose some of the previously copyrighted rainbow-themed paraphernalia they have lying around in the office and just print money out of that shit. When the candy industry launches a new candy flavor, in my imagination, they say: "make it rain, baby." And lord, do Skittles Blenders ever make it rain. In a good way.
Final Verdict: Best New Candy of 2011*
*I don't know if they actually came out in 2011. But they're new to me in 2011. That will have to do.
{Photo Credit: amazon.com}
Yeah, but how did they taste? What were the flavor profiles? How could anything be better than plain red skittles? (sacrilege!)Would a combination of red and purple Skittles taste like wine? Discuss.
Posted by: sun runner | September 16, 2011 at 02:44 PM
ummmmmm wine flavored skittles. mom
Posted by: peg | September 16, 2011 at 09:56 PM