Chicagoist: Wrigley Unveils Sangria Gum, Other Fruit Flavors

plumbum82

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:54:46 -0600

I'm staying away from the "hot load" gum.

jmagic

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:43:03 -0600

strawberries - good; banananas - good; strawberry-banana yogurt is also good ... better than that blackberry yogurt i just ate this morning. it came complete with seeds ... who needs seeds in their yogurt? the problem i have with super-flavored gum is that i always want to swallow it. i know, i know, i'm retarded ... but seriously, when they came out with grape bubbletape, i would put a big wad of that sugary stuff in my mouth, chew it up for about 15 minutes before it started to disintegrate and i would end up swallowing it. so yes, there is a gum tree growing in my stomach, but i don't care. watermelon bubbalicious is the same way ...

stefc

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:53:15 -0600

I agree with Julia, lemon yogurt is my favorite flavor of yogurt. And if nobody likes it, why is it always sold out when I go to look for it?

rhoswhen

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:55:15 -0600

Strawberry-banana should be called "strawhairy- barfnana." Wow, that was stupid. Anyway, the minto mojito gum is absolutely lovely. I'd love a vodka tonic gum. There's nothing more refreshing than one of those. But I dunno about a cucumber flavor. Cucumbers are delicious, but the thing that makes them is their crunch. Biting into a soft, warm cucumber-flavord gum over and over again would be a little discerning.

JuliaPorter

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:22:55 -0600

Lemon yogurt is one of my favorites! However, this is because it lacks chunks of dried-up fruit. how do people eat yogurt with those chunks? It's like eating bugs in your yogurt. I think the new packaging is kinda lame. it's like they're trying to capitalize on the Orbit packaging, but I'm not sure it works. incidentally, I read somewhere that Orbit's packaging is specifically supposed to mimic a pack of cigarettes, including the shrink wrap and the way the pieces are arranged inside. I thought that was interesting, anyway. Can't remember where I read that though, so maybe it's bullshit.

jdollars

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:03:39 -0600

awesome... if those new boozy-fruity flavors are as fantastic as the mint mojito (best gum ever that isn't "big league chew" or "crack-ups")then i'm officially psyched...

I_h8_toyota_and_BT

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:45:05 -0600

Jelly Belly's had alcohol-flavored jelly beans for years, although they are usually fruity tropical drinks. Wait until the neo-prohibitionist right wingnuts get wind of this. They'll throw a shit fit.

ubiquityx

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:35:19 -0600

What is wrong with lemon yogurt??

mich

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:54:33 -0600

mmm... beer gum. do i get different flavors? lite? pale ale?

A2

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:39:39 -0600

Hey Margaret you guys should do a piece on Alton Logan, he needs as much publicity as he can get! That is injustice of major proportions!

peteypants

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:15:29 -0600

orbit has a mojito flavored gum which is pretty good and i'm sure the pina colada flavor is widely used...i'm trying to push for a beer flavored gum or gum-ie flavored product.

Pinko

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:05:15 -0600

The snozberries taste like snozberries!!

jasmine

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:01:31 -0600

I love me some strawberry-yogurt, but that's not a combo I see translating very well into gum. Maybe I'm biased because I'm not a gum chewer. Mike Thoms, you're probably thinking of Sangria soda. I don't remember the brand, but I do remember buying it a lot when I lived near Danny's Market on Western. I found it delicious, and something of a hit whenever I threw parties. Well, that and Danny's guacamole.

mike_thoms

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:55:17 -0600

Sangria? That's disgusting. Although I think there's some sort of non-alcoholic bottled drink that I always see advertised in Hispanic neighborhoods called Sangria or something close to that. Is that Sangria-flavored without the alcohol?

dave

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:49:42 -0600

Strawberry-Banana the second-lowest form of yogurt? Are you mad? I get lemon being at the bottom of the barrel (or cup, as the case may be), but S-B deserves its place in the creamy middle, well above plain, pear, or, for the love of god, lime ...

xlprq

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:31:54 -0600

I wish peach Extra were available in the U.S. Now that's good stuff.