# New Flavors better than the original **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flavors-better-than-the-original/619064 "2012-04-17T17:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flavors-better-than-the-original/619064/41 "2012-04-19T23:13:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Right, that was by design. The Pepsi Challenge wasn’t a lie: Most folks really did prefer the taste of Pepsi to Coke. So, in what seemed a logical enough move at the time, the Coke folks decided to change their formula to taste more like Pepsi. The problem is that the Coke brand has built up such a long tradition, that when people saw that they’d changed the recipe, they didn’t give it a try; instead, they panicked and said “How dare you change such an American classic!”, and refused to buy it. With the end result, of course, that Coke went back to (almost) the original recipe. Ah. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flavors-better-than-the-original/619064/42 "2012-04-19T23:36:01Z")
Dark Chocolate Kit Kats are light years better than regular Kit Kats. Regular is just another candy bar. Dark Chocolate version is a whole different thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flavors-better-than-the-original/619064/43 "2012-04-20T00:43:04Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > It’s actually the diet version of New Coke, although my recollection is that they don’t taste as close as Coke and Coke Zero do. > > –Cliffy What is? Didn’t we just discuss this earlier in the thread? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flavors-better-than-the-original/619064.md?page=2)