In honor of Dunkin Pumpkinning today, behold, some halloween candy. These are smaller than your typical blow pop, which is probably for the best, although it means a greater gum-to-pop ratio, so maybe not. Anyway, they're nut free, but packed with artificial flavors/colors. I always hated the bottom wrapping, but I do admit it keeps things neater than a top-only wrap. The problem with a blow pop is it ends in a small, boring piece of gum, which isn't anything I want to blow. Or pop. I'm so used to tootsie pops that I'm sure one of these days I'm gonna accidentally swallow it. Hazards of the trade, I guess.
Extreme Lemonade: Hells yeah, two super lemonade flavored sweets in a row (after yesterday's fruit-by-the-foot). Tastes exactly the same, some very strong sweet & sour lemon cleaning flavor. I love it. The color of this (puce with pink shining through) is not super appealing, but I suppose it's spooky. 7/10
Blue Razzberry: Happy to report this is a normal blue hard candy color. Tastes just like a blue raspberry dum-dum(&etc), which is to say, pretty good. A little bit of tart complexity beyond pure sweetness (that must be the razz of it all). I don't really get the spooky tie-in to these flavors, but that's OK. 7/10
Black Cherry: No cute name effectz for this one? Ah well. Usually I don't like cherry flavored things (because they lean medicinal), but this tastes just like a cherry icee. Not that I LOVE a Cherry Icee, but it is a rare happy treat (associated with The Movies, which I haven't been to in 5+ years now). Sweet, artificial, and red (even though the lolly is dark colored, purply maybe). Also quite similar to the Cherry Tootsie pop, for that matter. But a bit less sweet! 7/10
WhataMelon: This is probably the least compelling flavor, because it's just... watermelon. Tastes a little like I am in middle school and on summer vacation, although I'm not sure what's pinging that association. Vending machine candy, maybe? Those little sweet juice jugs? There's a slight sourness to this that keeps it interesting, and it if were a different type of -pop than blow, it'd be solidly Good. Not ever my top flavor, but good among watermelon! 6/10
Overall
Cost: 5/10 [6$]
Taste: 7/10
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