My mother was reminiscing about things we miss from the past. One thing she mentioned was Shocktarts. She loved Shocktarts! One of the few things she indulged in.
Recently, she got my nieces Christmas candy, and it included rainbow sour strips of some kind. Uncharacteristically, she ate a whole pack by herself.
I’d like to get some good sour candies. They have to actually be sour!!! Any recommendations welcome!
Although do note that candys whose main feature is “being sour” then fading after 4 seconds are not what I’m looking for.
Thank you! (:
Slightly different qualifier, but I hate sour powder. It tears up your mouth too much. I love Haribo Twin Snakes because, while they aren’t incredibly sour, it’s the gummy itself that’s sour, no powder involved.
Nobel Super Lemon candy is sour AF, if you have an Asian market near you.
Yo I am COMPLETELY on board with your mom, shocktarts were THE BEST!!!
Right??? Absolutely loved them, too!!
It makes me sad that they were discontinued… that and Cremesavers! Especially the strawberry/raspberry ones!
Cremesavers are available on Amazon.
I’ve also seen them at Michaels and Dollar General recently. Unfortunately they are not nearly as good as my memories of them and I ended up throwing half the bag away.
Dude. Yes.
You want REALLY sour? Buy some citric acid and pour a bit over some wet grapes. Tasty and probably the most sour thing I’ve ever had. Warheads and Toxic Waste candy are not too bad for me, but this makes my jowels sting.
To make the grapes even better, freeze them with the citric acid. It makes an awesome treat.
I’m down. Thanks!
Get some malic acid if you want it to be a different type of sour, or tartaric acid if you want it to be more tart.
Oh actually other suggestions; buy some N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine (Often called NALT), it’s incredibly sour and slightly sweet, once again different from from the fruit acids (malic, citric, tartaric). NALT is a precursor to Tyrosine an amino acid. You need only the tiniest amount on the tongue to get the affect. The sourness is from the acetyl group, and I think the slight sweetness is from the tyrosine/or the complete structure, as related compounds are used as artificial sweeteners.
Sounds like the heroin of sour. I need a hit.
Just to be pedantic, the acidity doesn’t come from the acetyl group - - it comes from the tyrosine, an amino acid.
Hmm, that’s interesting but IIRC Tyrosine itself isn’t all that sour when tasted, nor are really any other amino acids I can think of aside from possibly Taurine, I assumed it was a small amount of hydrolysis of the acetyl group was occurring to enable the taste difference, but if you’ve got some more context I’d love to hear it
The acetyl group (-COCH₃) is not acidic itself. The amino acid has both an acidic -COOH group and a basic primary amine (-NH₂) group, but in the compound the primary amine becomes a secondary amine (-NH-), who basicity will depend on surrounding atoms. (If you look at a structural diagram of the compound, the only hydrogen atom it can realistically lose to have acidity is on the -COOH.)
Do they still make Warheads? Those were the sour candy when I was growing up, lol.
Yeah, but the sour only lasts for literally 5 seconds then it’s completely gone. ):
Yeah, imo they made em weaker. It’s possible my tastes changed, but I remember my parents struggling with them when I was a kid.
They did, I heard there was a lawsuit after kids developed ulcers, but I can’t confirm it. Either way, they now only have a sour gloss instead of being sour all the way through.
I think that’s probably a good thing. I’ve eaten so many warheads the skin started to come off my tongue.
Anyone know why that is?
My assumption is acid eating away some component of the skin
Yes.
1 warhead = 10 lemons.
Still make them and you can buy them by the flavor off Amazon. I bought a box of black cherry and blue raspberry last year. I recieved blue raspberry Larry Taffy instead of Warheads, so I throw those fuckers in malic acid and lost a layer of skin on my tongue, so worth it.
I buy citric acid powder and sprinkle it on things
Warheads or toxic waste
From the UK - I remember ‘toxic wastes’ as a kid
I understand Norway/Sweden/Finland has some type of candy that is exceptionally different. In my head, it is sour, but I can’t find it in a quick search and the name isn’t something I could easily remember…
Edit: after thinking a bit, I am now pretty sure what I am thinking of is actually a really strong licorice, not a sour candy. Sorry for probably being misleading.
Salmiak? It’s a licorice coated in ammonium chloride, which gives it a distinct salt/tang flavor. Probably not what they are looking for, but delicious nonetheless.
Yes! After looking at some photos I am quite sure of it. OP would be disappointed 😬
Zours were great like 10 years ago. They don’t make them anymore though. Instead, they make Mike N Ike sours. They have some of the Zours flavors but not all of them. Still good though. I will admit the sour flavor disappears after a few seconds but it’s worth a taste.
I miss the sour Altoids. They were the perfect amount of sour without overpowering the actual flavor, stayed sour for a while, and still tasted good after the sourness had faded.
There are Ice Breaker Sours! Maybe they’ll scratch the itch?
You know, I see these at the 7-Eleven checkout every other day and never thought to try them. I think I’ll pick one up next time I’m in there and see how they are!
Lofty Pursuits was a fan too, and they made their own version!
https://www.pd.net/products/tangerine-sours-secret-pre-order
Oh, this sounds dope! I may have to order a couple of these.
Many moons ago, when I was a little kid there was a candy shop that made the best salt water taffies. If you could find something like that, I would suggest that. Maybe the local bakery?
Why is your name “Toes” with an emoji of jesus on the cross?
an emoji of jesus on the cross
lmao is that how it displays on your device? It’s the symbol from the 1700s to represent Venus and femininity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_symbol
Why is your name “Toes”
I became transfixed with the way they wiggle at an early age.
So wait…are you saying you’re a female who likes toes? Or you’re someone who’s fixated on female toes?
Because I’m a guy. My toes are hairy. Well, the tops anyways.
…saltwater taffy isn’t sour, is it…?
Depends on the flavor. It isn’t sour in and of itself, but I have had some pretty sour flavors of saltwater taffy.
I also was a big fan of the blue sour punch straws but am not sure if they changed their flavor over the last twenty or so years lol it seems like a lot of sour candies have so that may be something to watch out for.
The ones I’m remembering were in many flavours. I do believe apple sour was a choice.
airheads
they’re outta control
There’s a video on YouTube from Bon Appetit where Claire make some very sour candy.
They’re unfortunately terrible tasting though. I like sour stuff and the sour isn’t the problem. The other flavors of The candy is bad.
