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Friday, June 23, 2006
Warheads Juniors Extreme SourI’ve never had Warheads before. I’ve just carried on with my life without the blisteringly sour candies that they offer. You can capture customers for that sort of thing when they’re young, but you don’t just find women in their thirties picking up the super-sour habit, do you? Well, maybe if they have a blog and are looking for new experiences. I’m skipping over all the other Warheads products because this one was free and I liked the package. It’s a friendly little flattened plastic tube with a flip top. You can hear the little candy spheres rattling around in there. The flavor set is wide - black cherry, apple, lemon, watermelon and blue raspberry. The little gauge on the back of the package says that the sour power contained within is EXTREME and there’s an additional warning:
I’d say that’s probably good advice. It took me two separate tastings to write up this review and after the second one my tongue was a little numbed. The candies themselves are very pretty. Bright colors with a slight powdered look to the surface, I was guessing that they were coated with some sort of super sourness. They don’t smell like much, just a kind of vague fruit punch when they’re all together, but after reading the warnings, my mouth was watering.
Apple - no flavor to start with here, just that so-tart that it’s almost salty. The apple flavor starts in shortly after that with a good rounded flavor that leans to the chemical side. Watermelon - there’s a nice woodsy watermelon flavor on the top of this one and it goes really well with the tart coating, just like some people like salt on their watermelon. The watermelon candy underneath is really refreshing and more authentic tasting than I expected. Black Cherry - the intense sourness on this one completely overshadowed the underlying flavor for quite a while. The black cherry wasn’t as intense as I thought it would be - not even as strong as a cherry Lifesaver. Not that I’m complaining as I don’t care much for cherry, but the others seemed to have more flavor to them. Lemon - gotta be my favorite (I think I like all yellow candies). The sour goes so well with the lemon, which is a full-bodied version with a little bit of oily zest flavor combined with the sourness. I don’t know if I’d buy these again, but I like the size and proportion of these little pieces. They’re about the size of a Lemonhead, and what’s nice is the flavor variety in one package (even though I’m not fond of all the flavors, they’re all passably good, even the cherry). The recloseable top makes it easy to share and easy to save them for later after your tongue has healed. They’re not as blisteringly sour as the Super Lemon from Japan, which in my estimation makes them more edible. Related Candies
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Warheads were automatically cool points +100 when I was in elementary school. I probably haven’t had them in 10 years, maybe I’ll pick these up if I see them sometime.
I like the idea of a junior size in a plastic tube. But then again, I’m a sucker for any candy in packaging that makes it appear more valuable than it actually is.
Warheads make me mad because they are not sour all the way through. I feel ripped off when the sour goes away and all that’s left is a boring old sweet candy. Your reference to its’ being a sourball inside sounds more my speed. I’ll have to check it out!
Watermelon Warheads were one of the first pieces of American candy I bought over the Net. They were included in the package I got using Christmas money about 3 years ago. Of course I’d had various bits and pieces before on family trips to the States, but this was my first solo venture into the world of online candy buying. Happy days, simpler times.
It’s the exact opposite for me, Julia. I can’t imagine a Warhead being sour all the way through. I love my plain ol’ watermelon Warheads that are so yummy I sometimes wash the sour off in the sink because I’m actually a big wussy underneath.
I have to say, Watermelon is probably my favorite flavor of all time and I have certainly caused substantial mouth irritation over the years.
Julilla - I know what you mean about it not being sour all the way through - but then again, I don’t know if I could stand a large one sour all the way. But the little ones could probably stand it.
But like GTO & NB - the centers are actually flavorful, unlike Lemonheads which are just sweet.
Ace - at least the packaging allows me to save some for later. 8 in a row is my limit before tongue damage.
Which is the most sour candy? As an adult, I don’t like candy or chocolate, but I love sour stuff. Sour Patch Kids are for wimps!
I have had Mega Warheads, but what is the difference between Mega Warheads and Extreme Warheads? A candy store person said to also try Toxic Waste as a sour treat. Has anyone tried it in comparison or can you recommend anything else?
Thanks,
Miss Buster
Super Lemons are pretty good. They are kind of like lemon Warheads. You can buy them at pretty much any asian grocery/supermarket- best place to look is in Chinatown. Apparently they also make Super Cola, but I’ve never tried those, and I’m not sure how good sour cola would taste. Have you tried Warhead aour liquid candy drops or their super sour spray? Those are all about the sour candy and hardly about the sour taste. Try the TooTarts sour liquid/goo candy too. I love sour candies, so I can tolerate this level of sour, but they are very sour.
I meant thye’re all about the sour flavor and hardly about the fruit flavor.
God, I loved these. I loved my way into a root canal and an ulcer. Then after that I realized I had to give them up. My cravings for sour were channeled into cravings for spicy. Then I got another ulcer. For a while I didn’t want to eat anything, but that doesn’t work. Now I’m a chocolate freak.
Maybe I should seek help.
I just finished my JUNIORS. And I’m craving for somemore already ! The thrill is there when the sour taste activates your salivary glands and then you feel like getting it out of your mouth, but at the same time not wanting to do so. Haha, there was once when I ate 5, with intervals of1-2 mins between each one. Oh crap, the biting sensation on your tongue can get really uncomfotable.
I Love every warhead product that I have tasted.
From the Liquid to the extremly sour hard candy.
One time I put 10 extreme sour warheads in my
mouth it was so sour, but soooo good. WARHEADS are the best candy in the world.I do not know why people are wasting their time eating chocolate, spicy, and other non-sour candies.
Impact Confections keep making warheads.
I Love Warheads, I am currently eating a pack of Warheads Juniors Extreme Sour now. I just put 5 in my mouth at once AHHH!!!! Damn thats strong, good thing I have some coke 2 wash it down. But my tounge is irritated and so are my cheek, very acidic.
does any one know how airhead extreme sour belts are manufactured?
Warheads are theeee best sour candy in the world. They satisfy any sour fiend’s craving with just one lick...sorta. yeah its that amazing. i had more to type but im not sure if i want ppl to see my thoughts or maybe i just forgot...yea thats probably it. have a nice life
all warhead candies are THE BEST IVE EVER HAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Literaly when i think about them my mouth waters. yum
i had warheads for the first time yesterday since fourth grade (im in 11th grade now). But my little sister ate too many and got a tounge burn which she still has. does anyone know how to get rid of that?
I love warheads. i want to have them again soon
apple cider makes warheads sour APPLE CIDER!!!!!!!
Hey. ok, me and my friends had a contest to see who could eat the most warheads. well we all ate 26, at once. and our toungues were bleeding, and we cant taste anything. this is the day after it happened. how can we fix this??? help! this really sucks man!!
Warheads are awesome man...me and my friends take sequential shots of our warhead faces
hadnt had warheads in a long time. picked them up the other day, thought maybe i wuld be able to stand the sourness better than years before. turns out i bought the extreme warheads and after 4 i have a very raw, red patch inthe center of my tongue that i could tate blood from the day after and was tender to anything going into my mouth. now, 4 days later its healing but the burnt tastebuds are still visible. man, those candies are good.
cry babies I think are more sour than warheads.
Yeah, I ate some of these yesterday, and now i can’t taste anything....
Is this permanent?
We used to get warheads on the way home from school. I remember the first time I had one, I thought I was going to die. But now I love them, though if I eat too many I get sore mouth…
I love warheads there my number 1 favorite candy!!
Toxic Waste is more sour than warheads. Crybabies are not sour at all.
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