My mother was reminiscing about things we miss from the past. One thing she mentioned was Shocktarts. She loved Shocktarts! One of the few things she indulged in.

Recently, she got my nieces Christmas candy, and it included rainbow sour strips of some kind. Uncharacteristically, she ate a whole pack by herself.

I’d like to get some good sour candies. They have to actually be sour!!! Any recommendations welcome!

Although do note that candys whose main feature is “being sour” then fading after 4 seconds are not what I’m looking for.

Thank you! (:

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    Slightly different qualifier, but I hate sour powder. It tears up your mouth too much. I love Haribo Twin Snakes because, while they aren’t incredibly sour, it’s the gummy itself that’s sour, no powder involved.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
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    12 days ago

    I miss the sour Altoids. They were the perfect amount of sour without overpowering the actual flavor, stayed sour for a while, and still tasted good after the sourness had faded.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netEnglish
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    12 days ago

    The extra sour Skittles are hella sour and good.

    I also enjoyed the spicy ones they had for a limited time. Got them once thinking they would be kinda lame, but I ended up buying at least 1 bag a week until they were discontinued.

    Of course nothing beats Lucas or Sour Warheads. Do they still make ShockTarts? I haven’t seen them shits in a long time.

  • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    You want REALLY sour? But some citric acid and pour a bit over some wet grapes. Tasty and probably the most sour thing I’ve ever had. Warheads and Toxic Waste candy are not too bad for me, but this makes my jowels sting.

    • Uranium 🟩@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      Get some malic acid if you want it to be a different type of sour, or tartaric acid if you want it to be more tart.

      Oh actually other suggestions; buy some N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine (Often called NALT), it’s incredibly sour and slightly sweet, once again different from from the fruit acids (malic, citric, tartaric). NALT is a precursor to Tyrosine an amino acid. You need only the tiniest amount on the tongue to get the affect. The sourness is from the acetyl group, and I think the slight sweetness is from the tyrosine/or the complete structure, as related compounds are used as artificial sweeteners.

      • jxk@sh.itjust.works
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        12 days ago

        Just to be pedantic, the acidity doesn’t come from the acetyl group - - it comes from the tyrosine, an amino acid.

        • Uranium 🟩@sh.itjust.works
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          11 days ago

          Hmm, that’s interesting but IIRC Tyrosine itself isn’t all that sour when tasted, nor are really any other amino acids I can think of aside from possibly Taurine, I assumed it was a small amount of hydrolysis of the acetyl group was occurring to enable the taste difference, but if you’ve got some more context I’d love to hear it

          • jxk@sh.itjust.works
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            10 days ago

            The acetyl group (-COCH₃) is not acidic itself. The amino acid has both an acidic -COOH group and a basic primary amine (-NH₂) group, but in the compound the primary amine becomes a secondary amine (-NH-), who basicity will depend on surrounding atoms. (If you look at a structural diagram of the compound, the only hydrogen atom it can realistically lose to have acidity is on the -COOH.)

  • Toes♀@ani.social
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    12 days ago

    Many moons ago, when I was a little kid there was a candy shop that made the best salt water taffies. If you could find something like that, I would suggest that. Maybe the local bakery?

      • Toes♀@ani.social
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        12 days ago

        The ones I’m remembering were in many flavours. I do believe apple sour was a choice.

      • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org
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        12 days ago

        Depends on the flavor. It isn’t sour in and of itself, but I have had some pretty sour flavors of saltwater taffy.

        I also was a big fan of the blue sour punch straws but am not sure if they changed their flavor over the last twenty or so years lol it seems like a lot of sour candies have so that may be something to watch out for.

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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          12 days ago

          So wait…are you saying you’re a female who likes toes? Or you’re someone who’s fixated on female toes?

          Because I’m a guy. My toes are hairy. Well, the tops anyways.

  • hockeyboss77@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Zours were great like 10 years ago. They don’t make them anymore though. Instead, they make Mike N Ike sours. They have some of the Zours flavors but not all of them. Still good though. I will admit the sour flavor disappears after a few seconds but it’s worth a taste.

  • folkrav@lemmy.ca
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    12 days ago

    Maybe my taste buds are just broken, but for me, candy has always been either very sour for a very short time, or slightly sour all the way through. I’ve never had anything be very sour all the way through.