Wonka Sour Nerds
I’ll never hide my love for almost all things Wonka, they just produce great products that make my taste buds jump for joy. If they release something, I’ll buy it, at least once. No questions asked. Nerds, Bottle Caps, Runts, and Gobstoppers all hold very dear places in my candy coated heart. Bottle Caps are probably my favorite overall, but the other three run a very close second (I love them all equally, like you love your children).
While strolling through the candy aisles at my local convenience store, these jumped out at me. I saw ‘New Sour! Nerds’ sitting alongside this store’s usual Nerd collection. Needless to say, I was quite excited. My hand reached for that 1.65 ounce box faster than I could even think about it, and I gave my marvelous new find a thorough analyzation. ‘CSI’ style, baby. Only major difference in packaging was a shrink wrapping; much like those on cigarette packages. Found that a bit odd, but no big deal.
The flavors, as you can see in the picture, are ‘Lightning Lemon’ and ‘Amped Apple.’ Catchy, huh? The lemon was sour, or tart, as advertised. That should be a given with lemon candies. Not anything ‘painful’ though, just a bit more sour than your standard Nerd. Doesn’t taste all that much like a lemon, more like a lemon flavored candy; which it is. You all know how that goes.
Amped Apple was (pretty easily) my favorite of the two, and not really sour at all. Kind of made it an odd inclusion in this ‘extension’ of the Nerds brand, but it tasted great. More or less a standard ‘sour apple’ candy flavor, it should be very pleasing to those who enjoy similar candies (Blow Pops come to mind). It would have easily fit along side any other Nerd flavor out there, ‘sour’ or not.
180 calories per box, as each box contains three servings. Completely wasted calories, but it’s candy; you can’t expect a multivitamin. The box cost me $0.69, your results will certainly vary by location/chain. I’ll give these a general recommendation to the average consumer, and I highly recommend them to Wonka fans, and especially Nerd fans. Enjoy!
–Jeremy Hobbs
January 26th, 2008 at 4:23 am
Nerds take me back to my formative years. There’s nothing like a sour crunchy diabeetus-inducing sugar buzz and washing it down with a frost Redpop.
January 26th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Everything in moderation, right?
January 26th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
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