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What Flavor Is the Purple Skittle?
What the purple Skittle tastes like in the US and the UK, why American grape candy tastes of Concord grape, and the story of the lime and green apple swap.
November 6, 2026 · 3 min
Topic
Candy
19 pages tagged candy
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What Flavor Is Fireball?
What Fireball tastes like, why cinnamaldehyde burns, how the malt-based version differs, and how to build cinnamon heat into RTD cocktails and other drinks.
November 5, 2026 · 3 min
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What Flavor Is the Mystery Dum Dum?
What the Mystery Dum Dum tastes like, what Spangler has said about how it is made, why changeover candy exists, and what it means if you run a hard candy line.
November 4, 2026 · 4 min
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What Flavor Is the Pink Starburst?
What the pink Starburst tastes like, what the official flavor is, why strawberry ends up pink, and how to build a strawberry fruit chew that reads the same way.
November 3, 2026 · 4 min
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What Is Salmiak?
What salmiak is, why ammonium chloride tastes salty and sour, where it is eaten, the rules on how much you can use, and how to build it into candy.
November 3, 2026 · 4 min
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Anise vs Licorice: What Is the Difference?
The difference between anise and licorice, with fennel and star anise, from anethole and glycyrrhizin to why black licorice candy tastes of anise and the rules on glycyrrhizin.
November 2, 2026 · 4 min
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Fruit Punch Flavor
What fruit punch flavor tastes like, which fruits usually lead it, how brands and suppliers build it differently, and the emulsion, color and juice-labeling rules that matter.
November 2, 2026 · 3 min
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Marzipan vs Almond Paste: What Is the Difference?
The difference between marzipan and almond paste, from the almond-to-sugar ratio and texture to the benzaldehyde behind the almond note, kernel paste and labeling.
October 30, 2026 · 4 min
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What Flavor Is Juicy Fruit?
What Juicy Fruit gum tastes like, what Wrigley has and has not said about the fruits, why people compare it to jackfruit, and how to build a fruit gum-type flavor.
October 30, 2026 · 3 min
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What Is Tutti Frutti Flavor?
What tutti frutti flavor tastes like, the esters behind it, how it relates to bubblegum and Red Bull, what tutti frutti means in India, and how to build it.
October 29, 2026 · 3 min
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Butterscotch vs Caramel: What Is the Difference?
The difference between butterscotch, caramel and toffee, from the sugar and cook temperature to the compounds behind each taste, and how flavor houses build them.
October 28, 2026 · 4 min
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What Flavor Is Cotton Candy?
What cotton candy tastes like, why ethyl maltol is the core of cotton candy flavor, how floss is flavored and colored, and what goes wrong in products.
October 27, 2026 · 3 min
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Bubblegum Flavor
What bubblegum flavor is made of, the fruit, spice and compounds behind it, where it came from, and how to use it outside chewing gum.
October 26, 2026 · 3 min
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What Is Tiger's Blood Flavor?
What tiger's blood flavor is, where the shaved ice syrup came from, how the strawberry-watermelon-coconut blend is built, and what fails in drinks and powders.
October 22, 2026 · 3 min
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What Flavor Is Cosmic Stardust Alani?
What Alani Nu Cosmic Stardust tastes like, what Alani says about it, why it reads as grape candy, and how to build a mystery-candy energy drink.
October 21, 2026 · 3 min
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What Flavor Is the Mystery Airhead?
What the White Mystery Airhead tastes like, how it started, the production-line explanation, and what it shows about color and flavor in candy.
October 21, 2026 · 3 min
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What Flavor Are Swedish Fish?
What red Swedish Fish taste like, why lingonberry is the usual answer, what the ingredients do, and how to build a Swedish Fish-type red berry chew.
October 16, 2026 · 4 min
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What Flavor Is Candy Corn?
What candy corn tastes like, which ingredients create the honey-vanilla profile, and what to plan for before building a candy corn flavored product for fall.
October 14, 2026 · 3 min
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Blue Raspberry Flavor
What blue raspberry actually is, where the profile came from, how it is built, and why it remains one of the most commercially reliable flavors in confectionery and supplements.
September 16, 2026 · 2 min