# Bottle Caps candy now suck **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680 "2024-01-06T01:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/1 "2024-01-06T01:19:02Z")
I got a dozen tubes of bottle caps candies and they SUCK! I don’t like the cherry flavor and all of the tube were, no exaggeration, 50% cherry. Remember how they were almost all cola and root beer with a few fruit ones? The record for this bunch is that one tube had 3 cola/root beer combined. At this point, why even buy them? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/2 "2024-01-06T01:21:57Z")
Bummer, man. That does suck. Give em away to friends. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/3 "2024-01-06T01:24:17Z")
Latest tube 13 Cherry 9 Grape 2 Orange 2 Cola 1 Root Beer ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/4 "2024-01-06T01:36:27Z")
Used to be lemon-lime, and there was no cherry. I like Sweetarts. Sorry if that’s blasphemy. They’re not the same, but I still enjoy them. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/5 "2024-01-06T01:45:12Z")
I have an idea (never ate them) cherry might be a fan favorite. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/6 "2024-01-06T01:49:52Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > 13 Cherry > 9 Grape > 2 Orange > 2 Cola > 1 Root Beer I would take that mix. I don’t like the root beer ones. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/7 "2024-01-06T02:35:56Z")
Ouch, that’s rough. The reason to be Bottle Caps is for the cola and root beer flavors. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/8 "2024-01-06T03:06:33Z")
You think the candy manufacturer would have done some research into the favored flavors and upped it. Or they did and found the younger set likes the fruity flavor better. I mean, that would be their target customer. We old. Go get you some coffee nips. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/9 "2024-01-06T03:44:25Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Used to be lemon-lime, and there was no cherry. > > I like Sweetarts. I like Sweetarts, too. There used to be lime! There used to be lime Life Savers in the five-flavor roll. All the green hard candies and suckers used to be lime! Now they’re some lousy green apple, or worse, watermelon! At least Mike & Ike still have lime. Lime rules! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/10 "2024-01-06T05:59:07Z")
I haven’t been able to find the hard SweetTarts in quite some time. Everyone stocks the disgusting chewy ones instead. I miss the old giant (hard) single SweetTart that was like 4" wide and 2 1/2 " thick and by the time you finished with it your tongue had no skin left on it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/11 "2024-01-06T06:20:01Z")
I saw them at a _Candy Craze_ shop not too long ago. I just stared at it. Trying to figure out how much sugar that compacted hockey puck contained. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/12 "2024-01-06T12:48:46Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I miss the old giant (hard) single SweetTart that was like 4" wide and 2 1/2 " thick and by the time you finished with it your tongue had no skin left on it. Ooh, me too! I haven’t seen those in years. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680/13 "2024-01-06T13:36:45Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Ooh, me too! I haven’t seen those in years. Turns out there wasn’t really a licorice flavor, those were just hockey pucks.