![]() ![]() "They were discontinued due to low national demand," the rep told Bustle. Were sales lagging? Were they just trying to break hearts? What gives?Īccording to a Mars customer service representative, it was the former: low sales. ![]() We also asked Mars exactly why the Sours were discontinued. They were then unceremoniously discontinued in February of 2010. According to Mars, Altoids Sours hit the market in 2004 and came in five flavors: raspberry, lime, apple, tangerine, and mango (and anyone who knew their stuff knew that tangerine was the best). Is this just a case of us wanting what we can't have? If we love Altoid Sours so much, why were they discontinued? Why Were Altoid Sours Discontinued?īustle reached out to Mars, Altoids' parent company, for some answers. There are also folks on dedicated to bringing them back. Lest you think, however, that I'm just looking back at the past through rose-colored, candy-flavored glasses, I'm not the only one who misses these sour bits of heaven: TikTok videos, and Reddit threads dedicated to its fans, and eBay listings for unopened tins go for as much as $525 a pop. They came in reusable, aluminum tins, and they were everything. Here's the story of those beloved treats, Altoids Sours.Īltoid Sours were - as their name might suggest - incredibly sour, brightly colored crystalline-looking candies that made you pucker your lips with both the sensation that your mouth was going to fall off and pure joy. But what happened to Altoids Sours? Why were they discontinued in the first place (like so many other favorite fad foods)? After all, the way the Internet talks about them, you'd think they would have had a long and happy life as the sour candy of choice of discerning adults (or just people who wanted to pretend they were adults). Excuse my nostalgia, but the chalky, curiously strong, minty tablets that you associate with the name Altoids, just aren't as good as their discontinued cousins. ![]() Sure beats an orange.The Altoids of today don't hold a candle to the ones of yesteryear. So if you’ve been good, maybe Santa will drop a can of Altoids Tangerine Sours in your stocking. It’s zingy, but not too sour or too sweet. This candy gets a definite stocking-stuffer-approved from me. I recommend however many fit in the palm of your hand. The Altoids people recommend five pieces per serving, but that’s nonsense. The candy is extremely refreshing and perfectly addictive. (They were waiting for the Jelly Belly factory to open up.) The sours start off with a nice tangerine flavor and finish with a grapefruit kick in the tongue. Shaped like little tangerine halves, Altoids Tangerine Sours look like the old-fashioned hard candy your grandparents used to hate. (Click the link at the bottom of this review and see what I mean.) Even their website is strangely entertaining. All come in very cool little designer cans. There’s Altoids’ candies in peppermint, spearmint, cinnamon, ginger, etc. Like every other candy company out there now, Altoids has created a gazillion flavors of the same product. But it’s like crocodiles and alligators: Are they really that much different?) (Yes, I know tangerines and oranges aren’t the same thing. My dad’s tale of Christmas oranges, though, along with the snow beginning to fall here in the Midwest, convinced me to try Altoids’ Tangerine Sours. Of course, my dad also says he walked 10 miles uphill each way to school, so who knows what really happened on those long-ago Christmas mornings. My only comment on that? Good thing my mom was in charge of Christmas shopping when I was a kid. My dad’s family considered this orange an exotic treat. ![]() When he was a boy, he and his sister ran down the stairs on Christmas morning, rushed to their stockings and pulled out… oranges? Yes, oranges. My dad has a story that he loves to tell each Christmas. ![]()
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