Skittles Citrus

Now that the holidays are officially here, I have a bit of time to breath again. I have a small mountain of goodies in my kitchen that I've been meaning to check out when I had free time. My goodies are mostly food gifts I have received from people, i.e. Oz goodies from CK, and Malaysian and Taiwanese goodies from his sister from a recent Asia trip she took.

One of the things CK brought back for me from Oz were Skittles Citrus. It has become somewhat of a custom for him to buy me unique flavors of candy that aren't commonly found in Canada.

I wasn't overly excited for these citrus Skittles, but they turned out to be pretty good, especially when eaten in big handfuls. Despite that they are citrus flavors, these candies are still very sweet. Skittles Citrus contain 3 traditional flavors, and 2 new flavors.

The two new flavors are mandarin & pink grapefruit, and the three traditional flavors are lime, orange, & lemon.

Of the two new flavors, the pink grapefruit was definitely my favorite. They tasted exactly like pink grapefruit, and they even had a slight bitter taste. I found the mandarin ones very sweet.

Other Skittles flavors I've written about: Skittles Sensations

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Skittles Sensations

I just had spicy Skittles for breakfast!

CK and I have been busy making mix CDs for our upcoming trip to New Zealand, and instead of wasting time making breakfast for the two of us, I busted open a bag of Skittles that he bought for me.

CK stumbled upon these Skittles Sensations a few months ago, and saved a bag for me. He wanted me to try their berry chili flavor, which tasted like a berry Skittle with lots of Cayenne pepper. It was pretty neat.

The Skittles Sensations come in blue and black packaging, and I believe, they are a limited edition Skittles because CK hasn't been able to find these since his purchase a few months ago. According to Wiki and this Facebook page, Skittles Sensations were released in 2008.

Here are all the flavors from Skittles Sensations:

Chili Berry - tasted like berries with cayenne pepper. Surprisingly, quite spicy.
Sour Apple - this was good, but being the sour whore I am, it would have been nice if it were more sour.
Lemon Tingle - tasted very similar to the original lemon flavor.
Juicy Orange - refreshing orange taste, and again, similar to the original orange flavor.
Cool Raspberry - This was cool indeed. Tasted like it had a bit of menthol in it.

Eating the Cool Raspberry and Chilli Berry together is like a taste trip. Spicy, cool, and fruity all at the same time.

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