# What's your favorite Jolly Rancher? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509 "2009-10-12T10:18:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/1 "2009-10-12T10:18:57Z")
Since I’m old school, I went with original flavors only. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/2 "2009-10-12T10:39:13Z")
Blue. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/3 "2009-10-12T13:42:24Z")
Green Apple. I tend to pick those out and leave the rest alone. They used to sell bags with just green apple: I can’t find them anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/4 "2009-10-12T13:52:36Z")
Lemon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/5 "2009-10-12T14:42:26Z")
Cherry, of course. Followed by Watermelon. hh ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/6 "2009-10-12T16:21:12Z")
Ben Cartwright. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/7 "2009-10-12T16:32:30Z")
Your poll supports evidence I’ve collected. In bowls of Jolly Ranchers (original flavors) the grape are consistently the last ones left. In the new fangled assorment peach seems to linger. In my shop right now I keep Life Savers in the bowl. I haven’t noticed any pattern. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/8 "2009-10-12T17:03:00Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first person to vote grape. You people are all crazy. Insane, I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/9 "2009-10-12T17:44:48Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Ben Cartwright. I thought Hoss to be Jollier. He probably was a watermelon guy too. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/10 "2009-10-12T18:03:49Z")
Fire Stick, but it’s not listed in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![jimmycolorado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@jimmycolorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmycolorado)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/11 "2009-10-13T02:32:29Z")
Of the original flavors, cherry is the most intense. I’m not surprised to see watermelon and green apple scoring high though. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/12 "2009-10-13T03:11:55Z")
Fire was not one of the original flavors? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/13 "2009-10-13T03:33:41Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/14 "2009-10-13T03:43:44Z")
I’m still pissed they haven’t seemed to have made strawberry in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/15 "2009-10-13T06:18:22Z")
> [@Tamex](#): > > Fire was not one of the original flavors? I don’t know maybe I jumped the gun by saying original flavors only. I went by the package I have which states: \* original flavors apple, watermelon, grape, cherry and introducing new flavor blueberry.\* After rereading that I guess that doesn’t mean there could have been _more_ original flavors. I fail at reading sometimes, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/16 "2009-10-13T13:48:29Z")
I remember buying Fire Sticks nearly 50 years ago. I also recall how scary sharp any of the Stick flavors became while sucking on them. A regular schoolyard shiv. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/17 "2009-10-13T13:54:21Z")
I used to know a woman whose perfume I always described as “Eau de Jolly Rancher Watermelon.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/18 "2009-10-13T20:07:32Z")
None of the above. I was traumatized by a Jolly Rancher as a child, and haven’t been able to eat them since. No, really, I was. ---
**Author:** ![Rod1199](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@Rod1199](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rod1199)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/19 "2009-10-13T23:26:12Z")
Watermelon, with the Green Apple flavor running a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-jolly-rancher/513509/20 "2009-10-14T00:14:21Z")
Hate watermelon. Love green apple.