Just because you didn’t like something doesn’t mean other people don’t. Adults who didn’t grow up eating Hershey’s chocolate frequently don’t like it due to a compound that they use to preserve it that tastes kinda like vomit. What you like is influenced by society and what you grew up eating.
Like other commenters have said, sour candies have always existed in some capacity (before Lemonheads it was likely candied fruit including lemons and limes), and back in the 90s Warheads were super popular due to the edgy marketing and the “kids doing foolish shit” factor. I’m part of the generation that grew up with Warheads being popular and I once kinda gave myself a chemical burn by sticking way too many in my mouth at the same time. Sour Patch Kids are one of my favorite candies now as an adult. And guess who the parents of the kids today are? Yup, the same people who ate the entire package of Warheads in one mouthful in a dare.
Sour patch kids came out in the 1990s. How old are you?
Over 60
Lemonheads came out in ‘62. I love those little guys.
Scandinavian Xenial here. It’s been popular here for as long as I can remember.
Is Xenial some kind of linux distro?
When were you a kid? Sour patch kids and warheads the like have dominated the candy aisle for the last few decades.
Looks like 1993 was the start of the sour candy surge in the US. I did most of my candy eating in the 60s and 70s.
Ah, fair. I blame Saturday morning cartoons and a transition from violence for fun towards self harm. No need to punch each other or slap fight for competition if you can just see who can stand the most warheads at a time.
It’s food perversion I tell ya!
“These days” being those that comprise the recent entire half of your life is a hell of a framing
Here’s another article not from 30 years ago
I said “these days” not to mean all the time since I was a kid, but to mean “these days”.
I included the personal information to indicate that the phenomenon has occurred entirely within the time since I was a kid.
Really sorry to confuse you. I hope we’re good now. You seemed upset.
I wasn’t upset and I think it’s sad that you’re primed to interpret things that way automatically
I am in my late 40s and I remember always having either a sour candy or a fireball (cinnamon jawbreaker) in my pocket or mouth when I was in middle school.
WARHEADS. ATOMIC FIREBALLS.
They’re selling extremes. You must be tough to eat this! Not for the faint-hearted!
Not saying, mmmm, they’re delicious! 😋
You must be tough to eat this!
I grew up in NM, we eat green chile on everything. Atomic Fireballs are child’s play in comparison.
