6 Facts You Need to Know About Sour Patch Kids Candy

6 Facts You Need to Know About Sour Patch Kids Candy

            Sour. Sweet. Gone. Candy-lovers far and wide know the accuracy of the Sour Patch Kids slogan: first, your mouth waters at the initial sour coating, then it savors the addictively sweet gummy underneath. But do you know how Sour Patch Kids perfects the best of both taste worlds? The secret is its tongue-activated coating: a combination of citric acid, tartaric acid and sugar. Saliva dissolves this blend quickly, so that the sour sensation is intense but quickly replaced by the sugar-sweet tastes of flavors like lemon or blue raspberry. Next, comes the worst part—when the gummy departs your taste buds altogether. Luckily, Online Candy Store Canada offers packs of a dozen for less than $20 so you don’t have to worry about how long until your next fix. In honor of the six delicious sour candy varieties you can purchase right now, here are six fun facts you need to know about Sour Patch.

1.     Sour Patch Kids introduces a new flavor just about every year

Most recently, in 2020, Sour Patch introduced a bevy of Crush Soda Fruit Mix gummies. There’s orange, strawberry, pineapple and grape, which are all inspired by Crush Soda’s refreshing flavors. Get your pack of 12 here for $19.99.

2.     There’s a Sour Patch Kids video game

Dauntingly named “World Gone Sour”, players assume the role of a green Sour Patch Kid who has fallen out of its box and must traverse sticky floors and overcome enemies in order to accomplish its ultimate goal: being eaten by a movie-goer. Highlights of the 13-level game include combatting other Sour Patch Kids who have gone “sour” and finding your way out of an over-sized trash can. You can buy the candy the game was inspired by here. The classic Theater Box Sour Patch Kids features the long-standing red (cherry), yellow (lemon), green (lime), orange, and blue raspberry flavors.

3.     They weren’t always called Sour Patch Kids

When the juicy gummies were first introduced, they were called “Mars Men” and were intended to look like Martians. The name and design were changed to the kids we know and love today, but Sour Patch still produces a wide array of different shapes. Among the most popular are the Sour Patch Watermelon, which are shaped like individual watermelon slices and are available here in packs of 12 for $18.50.

4.     Blue Raspberry wasn’t a flavor 10 years ago

Now that it’s a crowd-favorite, it’s hard to imagine Sour Patch Kids without the scrumptious blue raspberry flavor. But the blue kid didn’t join the classic lineup until 2013. Now, it’s featured in several Sour Patch varieties, including the Sour Patch Kids Heads, which boast two tasty flavors in each piece: blue raspberry is paired with pink lemonade and there’s also pineapple with redberry and peach with orange.

5.     There are more than 25 varieties of Sour Patch Candy

The Sour Patch Kids roster now includes gum and ice cream, in addition to its more than 25 different kinds of gummies. But for super sour-lovers, nothing can beat Sour Patch Kids Extreme Sour, which takes the pucker factor up a notch (or several). Flavors include pink (sour strawberry), sour blue raspberry, sour orange, and sour green apple.

6.     There’s a Sour Patch Kids themed store

This whimsical New York-based store features a café area that incorporates the candies into waffles, cakes, shakes and more. While most of us probably can’t travel to the store right now (thanks again, ‘Rona) Sour Patch Kids Tropical can at least transport your taste buds to a tropical locale with flavors like passionfruit, paradise punch, pineapple, and tropical twist.