# Strange flavors **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753 "2009-04-11T17:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753/1 "2009-04-11T17:38:29Z")
My sister bought me some cough drops today. Ginger Ale flavored 😕. They’re actually pretty good. It probably helps that my absolute favorite soda is ginger ale. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753/2 "2009-04-11T18:37:28Z")
What’s wrong with using ginger as a flavoring? I enjoy ginger mints, ginger candy, ginger beer, and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753/3 "2009-04-11T19:43:19Z")
Nothing at all. I like ginger too. I just never thought of Ginger Ale cough drops. Canada Dry, no less. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753/4 "2009-04-12T01:03:51Z")
Those Hall’s[sup]TM[/sup] cough drops with Canada Dry [sup]TM[/sup] ginger ale are good! I bought some just because I could not pass up the idea of ginger ale flavored cough drops. Nice, pleasant taste and they did the job too. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753/5 "2009-04-12T01:09:38Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > Nothing at all. I like ginger too. I just never thought of Ginger Ale cough drops. Canada Dry, no less. Canada Dry Ginger Ale Cough Drops? Okay, that’s a bit weird. I wonder if Coca-Cola makes a flavored toothpaste? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753/6 "2009-04-12T01:46:59Z")
We visited Bok Tower Gardens today and on the way back stopped [here](http://citruscandy.com/visitors/web6/default-new.asp) because it looked so darn cute and touristy. In one of the coolers was a bottle of [this wine](http://www.fernandinabeachwinery.com/desc_hot-sun.html). I called my friend over and we asked for a sample. It didn’t taste bad at all…just a bit of a nice sting from the peppers. I didn’t want to spend $20 on a bottle of wine just then, but I will definitely keep it in mind the next time I’m in the area. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753/7 "2009-04-12T02:10:02Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Canada Dry Ginger Ale Cough Drops? Okay, that’s a bit weird. > > I wonder if Coca-Cola makes a flavored toothpaste? No, but according to an old poem, you can smoke Coca-Cola cigarettes and chew Wrigleys Spearmint beer. “Doctors say that babies should smoke until they’re three, And people over sixty-five should bathe in Lipton tea.” ---
**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:** [April 12, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753/8 "2009-04-12T02:40:23Z")
Halls and Canada Dry have the same parent corporation, Cadbury Schweppes, so the licensing isn’t too hard to comprehend. I get the feeling that the cough drop was developed as a standard ginger flavor (as noted by **Qadgop** , not an unusual choice), then someone in the company decided to apply a little cross-market “synergy.” The ginger flavor complements menthol much better than the usual Halls fruit flavors IMO… now to convince them to exercise a little more synergy and bring out an A&W Root Beer Halls. I picked up some hard candies at the local Indian grocer; mango and tamarind lozenges, flavored with cumin, black and red pepper, and a hefty dose of salt. Yum! (Several coworkers independently commented that they taste like vomit.) ---
**Author:** ![valleyofthedolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a4c791/32.png) [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-flavors/492753/9 "2009-04-12T05:53:05Z")
A co-worker brought in some dark chocolate w/ absinthe the other day. In any event, I like absinthe and licorice, in general and I like chocolate…so two great tastes that taste great together, right? The “absinthe” part was faux-licorice with an overwhelming aftertaste of some undefined metal. The dark chocolate was really baker’s chocolate. Most vile concoction ever.