# Chocolate Cherry Diet Dr. Pepper **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446 "2008-01-22T02:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/1 "2008-01-22T02:14:57Z")
I love all the other Diet Dr. Pepper incarnations, so I thought I’d give this one a try. I’m not much of a soda drinker, but I can usually get through a 20 oz. bottle when I’m in the mood, but I’ve been nursing this all day and still can’t find it within me to finish (or even take more than a single swig every half hour or so). It’s not that it tastes bad, it just tastes…well, _ **wrong** _. Definitely a chocolate taste, but more in the aftertaste then when your mouth first hits the carbonated angle. It’s weird, and not something I’ll be trying again. I’ve already found it strange that recent TV commercials have essentially been marketing the drink as a candy, but this is one step too far. ---
**Author:** ![Labelless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Labelless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labelless)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/2 "2008-01-22T02:52:46Z")
Thats because Diet and Chocolate should never go together. Ever. _Grumble_ Diet drinkers get some of the coolest sounding combinations. _grumble_/I ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/3 "2008-01-22T02:54:59Z")
I picked up a 12-pack. It’s not bad; but pretty freakin’ far from what I think of as Dr. Pepper. Have they changed the basic formula since I was a kid? I remember Dr. Pepper as being distinctly different from other sodas – it would actually burn my nose when I drank it. That was back in the '60s, when it wasn’t available everywhere; maybe they toned it down for the mass market. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/4 "2008-01-22T02:58:23Z")
My boyfriend about crapped his pants in excitement when he saw it. He thinks it’s a new evolution of flavors for your mouth. Personally, I think it just makes me thirsty. (Like, not for more of it. For water.) ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/5 "2008-01-22T03:32:09Z")
I shared a 20-oz bottle with approximately seven other people through the day. We as a group were barely able to make a dent in it, and I think each of us drank from it just to see whether it was truly as awful as we thought it would be. And we can’t _give_ it away at work. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/6 "2008-01-22T04:14:11Z")
It tastes like vomit. Really. Like you had eaten some chocolate and cherries while drinking Diet Dr. Pepper, and then threw them up. Not a good combination. It just tastes _wrong_ on a fundamental level. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/7 "2008-01-22T04:25:46Z")
I haven’t tried it yet. I’m waiting for a sale on Dr Pepper, probably closer to Super Bowl time. I anticipate it would taste a little like caramel flavored Diet Pepsi Jazz, which I do enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/8 "2008-01-22T04:31:08Z")
That would sound good if it were not diet. The only diet drink I touch is water, period. But Dr. Pepper is one thing I miss about the US, and I always drink it in large quantities on my trips there. I hope there is a non-diet incarnation by 2011, my next scheduled trip there. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/9 "2008-01-22T06:20:09Z")
I bought a 12-pack, and I can’t even give away the 11.9 I didn’t drink. [vomit smiley] ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/10 "2008-01-22T06:42:17Z")
I tried the Diet Cherry Dr Pepper. It tasted like cough syrup. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/11 "2008-01-22T12:50:34Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] It tastes like vomit. Really. Like you had eaten some chocolate and cherries while drinking Diet Dr. Pepper, and then threw them up. [/QUOTE] Agreed. Methinks it was pushing the envelope too far. And, chocolate doesn’t translate well to soda. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/12 "2008-01-22T13:04:43Z")
The promo for it annoys me. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2x2W12A8Qow/maxresdefault.jpg ""Cherry Chocolate Rain" Original Song by Tay Zonday") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x2W12A8Qow) ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/13 "2008-01-22T14:35:49Z")
It reminds me of the chocolate flavored Faygo I used to get as a kid, mixed with Dr Pepper.( \<-- No ‘.’ after the Dr, just as it should be.) Nasty. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/14 "2008-01-22T15:54:10Z")
[QUOTE=Student Driver] It reminds me of the chocolate flavored Faygo I used to get as a kid, mixed with Dr Pepper.( \<– No ‘.’ after the Dr, just as it should be.) Nasty. [/QUOTE] Heh, I came in to remark about Chocolate Faygo, but I see that’s already been done. 😛 Still can’t believe that flavor is still on the market. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/15 "2008-01-22T15:54:59Z")
[QUOTE=Shecky] chocolate doesn’t translate well to soda. [/QUOTE] [Sometimes it does](http://www.beveragesdirect.com/detail-469-Canfields_Diet_Cherry_Chocolate_Fudge_Soda_24_Pack.asp). ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/16 "2008-01-22T15:58:55Z")
I bought a bottle out of curiosity the other day. Yeah, it was… um, different. Not really _bad_, but very sweet. Not something I’d drink because I was thirsty. I tend to drink all day, usually water and tea. The Chocolate Cherry Diet Dr Pepper would make me sick if I drank 2 or 3 of them over the course of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/17 "2008-01-23T03:46:48Z")
To me, ALL diet sodas taste like medicine. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/18 "2008-01-23T05:16:08Z")
Chocolate by its very nature should be thick and creamy. That’s the only mouthfeel that really works with it. I can’t imagine a chocolate soda that has any chance of being not-nasty. It’s like making, I don’t know, bacon soda. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/19 "2008-01-23T07:32:11Z")
My beloved **kung fu lola** brought some to our house the other week, and left it with us. As Og is my witness, I haven’t the faintest idea what I’m going to do with it. I think future archaeologists will find it, intact, in the remains of our refrigerator midden. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446/20 "2008-01-25T06:25:22Z")
Yummmmmmmmmmm! It’s like drinking Black Forest chocolate cake. They are as gods, the men who created this delicious nectar. This stuff is good. Seriously, I need to run out and get some more while it’s on sale. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cherry-diet-dr-pepper/434446.md?page=2)