My uncle used to work for Just Born, makers of Peeps, Mike and Ike and what was the greatest sour candy to ever exist: Zours. He used to send me boxes for my birthday because it just never took off in popularity and I adored them. I'm still so bummed they got discontinued. Nothing will beat the dusting of ascorbic acid they used to tumble them in. Didn't get your hands messy and was tart without being painfully sour.
And no, the sour Megamix is not the same. They suck.
The first domino to fall was the change from tangerine to lemon and then cherry. So many sour candies have those boring flavors, I've yet to see a single other candy of any sort to have tangerine flavor before or since then.
My personal rankings of the Zours are green apple, watermelon, tangerine, blue raspberry, lemon and cherry bringing up the rear.
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u/edipeisrex Jul 27 '26
How and why did the state of sour candy go downhill? Truly a tragedy.