# Cotton Candy Grapes. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590 "2017-08-24T20:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/1 "2017-08-24T20:32:28Z")
They’re a breed of grape that supposedly taste like cotton candy. > **[Cotton Candy Grapes are flying off shelves and confusing skeptics](https://www.nydailynews.com/2017/08/23/cotton-candy-grapes-are-flying-off-shelves-and-confusing-skeptics/)** > > It sounds like a circus snack experiment gone wrong. But Cotton Candy Grapes are an actual fruit — and taste strangely similar to the sickeningly sweet carnival treat. The oddly-flavored frui… > [@](#): > > The oddly-flavored fruits were created by Grapery, a California-based table grape grower several years back, but they recently starting sweeping the East Coast. > > They’re only in season from Aug. 10 through Sept. 20, so fans go wild when they’re available — or are sold out at their locals markets. I have a friend who raves about them and swears that they taste and smell exactly like cotton candy. This seems to be the public consensus. Because of her and others raving about them, I bought a couple of bags at Wegman’s. I’m disappointed because to me they taste like grapes. Maybe they’re a little sweeter but they do not taste or smell anything like cotton candy. Is it just me? Has anyone here tried them. Do you think they taste like cotton candy? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/2 "2017-08-24T20:35:01Z")
I think they do, but it’s disgusting because I want my grapes to taste like grapes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/3 "2017-08-24T20:36:50Z")
Maybe you got the grape-flavored cotton candy grapes. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/4 "2017-08-24T20:59:06Z")
I tried them last year. They do. I don’t need to try them again tho, I like grape-flavored grapes. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/5 "2017-08-24T21:15:52Z")
A Google search shows everyone saying that they taste exactly like cotton candy and no one saying that they don’t. Weird. I don’t taste it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/6 "2017-08-24T21:26:27Z")
You know what also tastes like cotton candy? [DEL]Hitler[/DEL] cotton candy. It isn’t like cotton candy is rare or expensive or anything. Now if they could come up with black truffle grapes, then they might be on to something. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/7 "2017-08-24T21:30:01Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You know what also tastes like cotton candy? [DEL]Hitler[/DEL] cotton candy. It isn’t like cotton candy is rare or expensive or anything. Now if they could come up with black truffle grapes, then they might be on to something. You just HAD to invoke Godwin’s Law, didn’t you? 😛 I’m going to use Rule 34 and say that you just know that someone out there has made a porno involving the use of these things in some manner. 😃 On a serious note, I haven’t tasted them (yet). ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/8 "2017-08-24T23:58:13Z")
My wife loves grapes, and cotton candy. She does not like these grapes. Kinda like a chocolate steak, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/9 "2017-08-25T13:55:40Z")
I tried some last year. The first bite of each fruit tasted like cotton candy, but as I chewed the flavor changed to typical grape. If I cleansed my palate and tried again, I got the same effect. Good for a novelty at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/10 "2017-08-25T14:20:43Z")
But if you want a really great grape, try The Grapery Moondrops. They are odd-looking, long black and thin. They are the tastiest grape I have ever eaten. I have not seen them yet on the market this year. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/11 "2017-08-25T15:04:12Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > But if you want a really great grape, try The Grapery Moondrops. They are odd-looking, long black and thin. They are the tastiest grape I have ever eaten. I have not seen them yet on the market this year. Yes! I bought some on a whim last year and my son is obsessed with them. Haven’t seen them for sale this year. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/12 "2017-08-25T15:14:24Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It isn’t like cotton candy is rare or expensive or anything. Except it is kinda rare. Unless there’s a fair or a carnival in the area, I wouldn’t know where to go out and get some cotton candy right now. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/13 "2017-08-25T15:15:34Z")
[I mean, they’re no Grapple…](https://www.grapplefruits.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/14 "2017-08-25T15:21:50Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Except it is kinda rare. Unless there’s a fair or a carnival in the area, I wouldn’t know where to go out and get some cotton candy right now. I’ve seen it in tubs at Walmart. I never heard of moondrops before this thread. Hopefully they sell them around here. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/15 "2017-08-25T15:29:56Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > [I mean, they’re no Grapple…](https://www.grapplefruits.com/) This post has been Grappled by The Grappleist. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/16 "2017-08-25T15:36:45Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > [I mean, they’re no Grapple…](https://www.grapplefruits.com/) Any brand name that has to tell you how to pronounce it has already failed. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/17 "2017-08-25T18:03:01Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > [I mean, they’re no Grapple…](https://www.grapplefruits.com/) I’ve had both. Grapples takes like grape gum. Crunchy grape gum. Cotton Candy grapes taste like cotton candy. I think both are very bad. Much too sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/18 "2017-08-25T18:03:38Z")
Cotton candy is good and I like grapes, but I think I’d prefer them separately. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/19 "2017-08-25T18:50:45Z")
I tried them last year. They don’t taste like cotton candy - just like grapes with something seriously wrong with them. I spit it out into a napkin because they’re disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590/20 "2017-08-25T20:08:58Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > They’re a breed of grape that supposedly taste like cotton candy. > [Cotton Candy Grapes are flying off shelves and confusing skeptics – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/cotton-candy-grapes-flying-shelves-confusing-skeptics-article-1.3433540) > I have a friend who raves about them and swears that they taste and smell exactly like cotton candy. This seems to be the public consensus. > > Because of her and others raving about them, I bought a couple of bags at Wegman’s. > > I’m disappointed because to me they taste like grapes. Maybe they’re a little sweeter but they do not taste or smell anything like cotton candy. > > Is it just me? Has anyone here tried them. Do you think they taste like cotton candy? Yep. Grapes that are too damn sweet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cotton-candy-grapes/794590.md?page=2)