![]() That’s still a small price to pay for those mouth jewels of decadence. ![]() There are brand new tins of Altoids Sours on eBay, but they run from $45 all the way up to $255 a pop. “If a product is not selling particularly well, unfortunately, we sometimes have to discontinue it.” “They were discontinued due to low national demand,” the rep told Bustle. The reason: nobody bought that shit! I know this country just doesn’t appreciate true refinement.Īccording to a Mars customer service representative, it was the former: low sales. Of course, like with many discontinued items, there’s a group of Altoids Sourheads who have been begging for its return! So a couple of years ago, Bustle wrote to the customer service department of Mars, Altoids’ maker, to ask why it was sent to the luxury candy graveyard. ![]() But sadly, by 2010, Altoids stopped giving its customers a case of the fruity puckers by shit-canning its sour candies. According to Mars, Altoids Sours hit the market in 2004 and came in five flavors: raspberry, lime, apple, tangerine, and mango (and anyone who knew their stuff knew that tangerine was the. I thought tangerine was the lone sour Altoid. Every flavor but tangerine gets the “ I don’t know her” label from me because I didn’t even know they existed until today. Flavors included the iconic tangerine, as well as raspberry, citrus, apple, mango, and passion fruit. Cheseboro's hard candy drops seem to offer a similar taste and are just as well-rated. They were like Warheads for those who prefer the finer things in life. Made with pure tangerine oil and based on the original Altoids Sour Tangerine Sours recipe, these hand-crafted candies are said to deliver a tangy punch of citrusy sweetness that many claim is better than the Altoids Sours original. I thought that because they came in a tin, they were the peak of decadence! And if Altoids Sours were around when I was in junior high school, I definitely would’ve handed them out all regal-like, and my bullies definitely would’ve said to me, “ Oh, look something that’s almost as fruity and sour as you!”Īltoids’ line of sours came out in 2001. When I did, you’d think that THE QUEEN herself just anointed me Lady of The Opulent Mints by how I offered those drugstore mints out as though they were edible diamonds in a vintage platinum case. I didn’t discover Altoids until junior high school. Altoids have been around so long that I’m sure Keith Richards used one of its first-run tins to hold his coke and straw (they came out in the 1780s). But if you can’t afford real Altoids Sours, just buy an empty tin on eBay (99 cents plus s/h), fill it with dupes, and there you go Although, then you run the risk of offering a dupe to an Altoids connoisseur, who would immediately sniff out the fakeness and banish you from their sight in disgust Pic: BuzzFeed. ![]()
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