# Pepsi Holiday Spice **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665 "2004-11-14T04:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/1 "2004-11-14T04:18:32Z")
Tried it. Its horrible. We still don’t know for sure what the spice is, but I’m guessing ginger. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/2 "2004-11-14T04:22:19Z")
It’s cinnamon and nutmeg. > **[Pepsi Holiday Spice (?!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276545)** > > Cinnamon and nutmeg cola? What the hell? Something tells me that this will be on the level of Crystal Pepsi and Berry Blast Pepsi. What the hell is up with all these new soda mixes anyway? I love trying new drinks… what I lack in excitement in... ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/3 "2004-11-14T04:25:50Z")
you following me? Ah, well, I couldn’t taste the cinammon but nutmeg must suck, cause Holiday Spice does. Pepsi gone bad it tastes like! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/4 "2004-11-14T04:29:42Z")
Nope… just bored and don’t have anything better to do that skim the board. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/5 "2004-11-14T06:19:31Z")
A bit overpowering, definitely not subtle enough. The cinnamon is pronounced. It’d be a good holiday mixer, though, maybe with some rum or whiskey. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/6 "2004-11-14T06:37:57Z")
I tried it… I found the more I drank it, the less I tasted the overpowering spices. By the end of the bottle, it just tasted like regular Pepsi to me. After the first swig, it reminded me of those spiced gumdrops or jellybeans, [Thrills Gum](http://www.geocities.com/great_being_canadian/distinctlycanadian.html) , or eating Vick’s Vapo Rub. After the initial shock… eh. S’okay. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/7 "2004-11-14T06:41:46Z")
And they took my Cherry Pepsi off the shelves to stock this nasty stuff!! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/8 "2004-11-14T11:05:33Z")
Sounds disgusting! I wonder how long it is until they start sellling it here… ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/9 "2004-11-14T15:15:18Z")
I picked up a twelve pack yesterday, because I’m a sucker for one-off holiday versions of food. I don’t usually drink Pepsi, but I found the soda rather pleasant. I’m going to try it heated up later on (sounds odd to heat soda, but it’s the best way to drink Vernors ginger ale in the winter). ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/10 "2004-11-14T17:19:27Z")
I usually drink Diet Coke. Holiday Spice Pepsi just tasted like Pepsi to me. I was really disappointed–I like spiced drinks! I agree with **devilsknew** , though; it would make a great mixer. But, then, I guess Pepsi would, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/11 "2004-11-14T17:51:47Z")
As a long-time Pepsi drinker, I drink the long-time spiced drink, Dr. Pepper. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/12 "2004-11-15T22:20:09Z")
I liked it, but agree that after a while, it looses it’s spice and tastes like regular Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/13 "2004-11-16T02:05:16Z")
> [@iwakura43](#): > > I picked up a twelve pack yesterday, because I’m a sucker for one-off holiday versions of food. I don’t usually drink Pepsi, but I found the soda rather pleasant. I’m going to try it heated up later on (sounds odd to heat soda, but it’s the best way to drink Vernors ginger ale in the winter). I am also in NJ- Where do you get the stuff? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-holiday-spice/274665/14 "2004-11-16T03:19:33Z")
I think it might be good mixed with a little Captain Morgan. So I need to go get some rum and a 2-liter bottle of soda.