Airheads Extremes Bites Rainbow Berry: long on name, not on greatness

Bright and cheery on the outside, plain and dreary on the in.

Reviewed by Matty

November 4, 2013

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Wow did I want to love these.

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Who doesn’t like rainbows? They must taste wonderful!

Open this bag, and a very berry air wafts up. Looking at the bag and I think Haribo Fruity Pasta, which are top 3 Haribo for me (and strangely never reviewed by the Gurus. Heresy. Heresy I say!)

Since my love for the fruity pasta tends to lean to “the maybe a bit weird” side, my eyes and taste buds assumed I’d have a similar affair with the Airheads Extremes Bites Rainbow Berry. Alas, mine eyes and taste buds deceived.

Us Gurus like the Airheads. The flavors of their longer taffy “sticks” are pretty good with a real tang to them. Some candy companies might even call it “sour” (though they shouldn’t). Still, Airheads are oft o’erlooked and we say nay – Nay! They should not be!

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So when I saw this package with its Airheaded brand, oh so colorful, and packed full of bite sized sour-looking goodness, I thought:
– They can only be good
– My mouth will water
– Of these I will not tire

And yet…
– I was blindsided
– I had the rug pulled out from under my sour-loving feet (ew)
– And I was totally fucking wrong

These aren’t good.

They don’t have the tang of the original. The sour sugar coating isn’t sour enough. The bright aroma of the just-ope bag doesn’t apply to the candy AT ALL. It’s all very general tasting…sure I guess it’s berry but what the hell is berry? Raspberry is very different than Blue or Straw. We All Know This. I wish the darned candy companies would get more specific with flavors. Do strawberry wrong, Mr. Wonka, if you must, but TRY to do it. The general berry is a cop out.

There is a tiny bit of good here. I liked the size of the bites, about the size of a small US coin…

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…so there was a lot to eat in the bag. Also, the candy had the right thickness to it and the right kind of chew, though I probably should have seen if the fridge would have made them tougher.

Still, chew and color isn’t enough for those of us who’ve been around the block a few times. This ain’t our first rainbow parade…so to speak…

Leave these on the shelf and go tried and true Airheads instead.

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21 Comments

  1. Ellez sh.

    Who here is not stoned as hell hahaha

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    • Matty

      hope so

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  2. SNAFU 128

    I politely disagree I think these are berry good.

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    • Matty

      clap emoji

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  3. Tbahn

    What sucks it is it all 1 flavor and the colors are not each individually flavored

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    • SNAFU 128

      That would be incredibly costly

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  4. Rachel

    I have a question…. Are the colors different flavored?

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    • Matty

      i don’t think so. Maybe… I didn’t eat them that way. I should try them that way though. and I will! I will say, that even though I didn’t love these, the colors and packaging always make me want to buy them.

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  5. Steve

    I love them,iam so addicted.

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  6. Nancy Larke

    The perfect punch of tanginess and sweetness creating a blast of flavors in the mouth. I also found several places to buy Sour Belts, but the Rainbow Berry kind is a little trickier to find. I found this on http://www.bonvera.com/join/product/AE073390008376 and rightly it’s my favorite pick for the season.

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  7. Jason

    This makes yo shit green cuh

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    • Gparera

      Thank you i am having Green Diareaah i was worried

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      • Cowgbuc

        Yes my stomach has been so upset.. I was so worried.

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  8. Justin

    These are one of my favorite candies, but they have changed.when I first enjoyed them, each of the individual color “strips” were perforated. In other words, you could kind of break them off one by one as you ate them. I guess it’s cheaper to just make them as 1 piece now because that’s all you can find now. Anyway, I do like them.

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  9. Kayla Mancera

    They have a weird texture. Like flaky and airep bubble gum.

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  10. Christina Anitsirhc

    I love them. A lot.

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    • mattycandy

      Well I love that you love them. A lot.

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    • mel4268

      me too

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    • mel4268

      me too

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  11. jonnyguru

    I was JUST gonna buy these and review. Thank you for doing Yeoman’s work. Namaste.

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    • mattycandy

      The Devine in me recognizes the Devine in you

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