Gatorade Mashups Cool Blue + Fruit Punch

 

Product circa: 2025

Note: This is a Presumptive Ephemeral Nom.

A cool idea.  This sounds delicious, right?  For whatever reason, it's not.  They don't marry at all.  I'd rather have each constituent product individually. 

Gatorade Lightning Blast & Midnight Ice

 

Note: These are Presumptive Ephemeral Noms.

Even though these are touted as "New Flavors", they are almost certainly available only for a limited time.

With names like these and the profuse blending of artificial flavors, it's often tough to discern the flavor components without looking online.  Lightning Blast is very melon-forward for me, with what seems like berry flavors following.  Midnight Ice undoubtedly has grape in it, with tropical flavors surrounding it.  Neither are especially good or interesting. 

Lay's Thai-Style Red Curry

 

Product circa: 2025

Not a Lay's product imported from Asia, but a rare instance of US domestic Lay's adopting the flavors of exotic food.

This shit's the bomb, it evokes a perfect red curry: lemongrass, coconut, tomato, chile, garlic, and the spices that make up the curry base.  Bravo!

Herr's Special Hot Stromboli

Product circa: 2025

This flavor was the winner of a potato chip flavor contest.  As a big fan of Herr's and complex chip flavors, I went into this with high hopes.  While there are a ton of flavors going on, this largely tastes, to me, like pepperoncini and cheese.  That's it.

Post Malone & Selena Gomez Oreos

 

Products circa: 2024 & 2025, respectively

How do I feel about the increasing prevalence of celebrity-themed ephemeral noms?  I'm not entirely sure.  The problem is that the celebrities tend to be fairly unimaginative with these products, inasmuch as they have any say at all in how it's created.

Post Malone: Supposedly a salted caramel and shortbread flavor, it tastes like any other brown sugar or caramel-leaning Oreo that I've had a million times.

Selena Gomez: A creme of overwhelming cinnamon and vanilla.  The chocolate cookie is an interesting addition here, as opposed to a vanilla cookie, which would have been the more obvious choice.  Overall delicious, but very intense.

White Chocolate Marshmallow Crispy Treat M&M's

 

Product circa: 2023

Post-hoc thoughts.  These were delicious.  The crispy M&M's in general are really a home run; I remember when they first came out.

Mountain Dew Fruit Quake

 

Product circa: 2022

These are post-hoc thoughts from memory.  Ostensibly a fruitcake-flavored Dew (I love fruitcake), instead this is really perhaps the best fruit punch soda I have ever had, with a heavy concentration on cherry.  Fantastic.  I hope they re-release it with a more welcoming and crowd-pleasing name/branding.