Air Heads Sour

In the spirit of revenge bedtime procrastination, I engaged in a little revenge candy procuration at CVS today after being charged an insane amount for a prescription. I never liked Air Heads, but they recently (read: in the last 20 years sometime) added a little "peanut and tree nut free" logo on their stuff just like Tootsie, and as blogfans will know, a nut free declaration is enough to woo me. (It also says gluten free, but that's not my circus etc). Anyway, I do like sour candy, so these are pretty decent despite the (a) disgusting airhead texture (melty chew with weird gritty gristle spots) and (b) devastating health profile (ingredients partitioned entirely into artificial colors/flavors, and sugar). On the plus side, these seem smaller than they used to be, which is a positive because one Air Head is a lot, especially when sour. The sourness does make them more interesting. And I appreciate that I'm not dying or afraid I am. I also like the name in an ironic reclamatory way, because despite being academically successful once upon a time (not so much now; hehe lol), I got called an airhead a lot. So the silly little balloon mascot is like my twinsie! : )

Sour Blue Blast: The color is blue, the flavor is blue. Tastes like blue air head, but sour. I dunno what else to say. Makes my teeth want to curl up and die, but my brain want to continue living. Such is life with a sugarbomb. Because it's so hot out, the texture was extra chewy-droopy, but it didn't melt into a gross caramel or goo, so that's a plus. Very floppy. Still gritty, which upsets me. Would eat again of course. 6/10

Sour Lemon Berry Squeeze: What a name. Here the color is yellow, but the flavor is colorless. I guess there's vague lemon in there, but it's mostly just sugar. Not even really that sour. What are we doing here? I think it's worse than Blue. 6/10

Sour Watermelon Punch: The color is teal blue (not green)! The flavor is watermelon, but sour. I guess a tiny bit of punch (aka purple skittle flavor). This is the most complex of the three -- the most nuanced, and therefore the best. I think it's also the least overwhelmingly sweet. Also the least gritty, although that's likely just a fluke. 7/10

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [3$?ish]
Taste: 6/10