Yellow and Green jellies

greenspurs

Right enough is enough... :mad:

Why do they make yellow and green jellies/wine gums etc ??
They rarely (if ever) taste of Apple or lemon ! ( I guess that's what they are supposed to taste of )

PlaneSpeeking

greenspurs wrote: »

Right enough is enough... :mad:

Why do they make yellow and green jellies/wine gums etc ??
They rarely (if ever) taste of Apple or lemon ! ( I guess that's what they are supposed to taste of )

Green midget gems in the UK used to taste like pine floor cleaner.

The Tetrarch

PlaneSpeeking wrote: »

Green midget gems in the UK used to taste like pine floor cleaner.

What does pine floor cleaner taste like, and how do you know?

Melendez

You want to get Leonidas jellies. They taste like they are supposed to.

PlaneSpeeking

The Tetrarch wrote: »

What does pine floor cleaner taste like, and how do you know?

Sorry, badly put - when you tasted them you got the scent!

Pretzill

My favourite are yellow and green.

TheMilkyPirate

Green and orange are the best flavour in every sweet ever.

Scarinae

Pretzill wrote: »

My favourite are yellow and green.

I think you and the OP need to share packets of sweets from now on - everyone wins!

PlaneSpeeking

I will just say there's a reason why you can buy red and black in a packet together......

Melendez

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maynards-Bassetts-Winegums-Blacks-165g/dp/B01787T94U

Del2005

greenspurs wrote: »

Right enough is enough... :mad:

Why do they make yellow and green jellies/wine gums etc ??
They rarely (if ever) taste of Apple or lemon ! ( I guess that's what they are supposed to taste of )

Why do sugar based sweets have to taste like anything? There is more than apples that are green, not that all apples are green!, and lemons that are yellow.

I want my green boiled sugar to taste like Brussels sprouts and yellow to taste like parsnips, that way we might not eat as much.

wexie

Pretzill wrote: »

My favourite are yellow and green.

people like you should be put on some kind of watchlist, there's no way you're not a danger to society somehow

Boom_Bap

The Tetrarch wrote: »

What does pine floor cleaner taste like, and how do you know?

Well there is an answer for this. The good folks at Listerine where trying to make a floor cleaner and failed, they then discovered their concoction was good for oral cleansing.
If you've used Listerine, you know what floor cleaner tastes like.


But does not taste like jellies.

Badly Drunk Boy

PlaneSpeeking wrote: »

I will just say there's a reason why you can buy red and black in a packet together......

I hate the red and black sweets. Yellow, orange and green for me, thank you very much...so long as the green aren't apple-flavoured.

FBWT

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

Green and orange are the best flavour in every sweet ever.

Ugh...you monster. Can't abide anything "orange" flavour 😷

TheValeyard

would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

PlaneSpeeking

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I hate the red and black sweets. Yellow, orange and green for me, thank you very much...so long as the green aren't apple-flavoured.

Marry me!

We'll never fall out over the sweet bowl!!!!

PlaneSpeeking

Didn't Skittles in the USA change green skittles from lime to apple and there was nearly a riot ?

I seem to remember something like that!

riffmongous

Del2005 wrote: »

Why do sugar based sweets have to taste like anything? There is more than apples that are green, not that all apples are green!, and lemons that are yellow.

I want my green boiled sugar to taste like Brussels sprouts and yellow to taste like parsnips, that way we might not eat as much.

You need to get yourself a bag of these. I can confirm that most do taste as advertised, particularly the really disgusting ones

Boom_Bap

I'll eat sweets of any colour. Even the jelly bean factory jelly beans that have strange colours. I'll still eat them.

greenspurs

I like the white (pear) flavoured ones !!

heretothere

Green and yellow are the best ones!!!!! I hate the black ones and barely tolerate the orange ones. I usually give them away. Once got a packet of opal fruits and bar 2 they were all the purple ones. I was not one bit impressed!!

Boom_Bap

heretothere wrote: »

Green and yellow are the best ones!!!!! I hate the black ones and barely tolerate the orange ones. I usually give them away. Once got a packet of opal fruits and bar 2 they were all the purple ones. I was not one bit impressed!!

That's like finding a unicorn!

greenspurs

heretothere wrote: »

Green and yellow are the best ones!!!!! I hate the black ones and barely tolerate the orange ones. I usually give them away. Once got a packet of opal fruits and bar 2 they were all the purple ones. I was not one bit impressed!!

They green&yellow aren't bad in opal fruits/starburst , (ps they are selling starburst now without that ridiculous wrapper on each sweet !! ) , but it was mainly wine gums and skittles that bother me most !

BoneIdol

The Tetrarch wrote: »

What does pine floor cleaner taste like, and how do you know?

If you can smell it you have a fair idea of how it will taste. It's no mystery.

heretothere

greenspurs wrote: »

They green&yellow aren't bad in opal fruits/starburst , (ps they are selling starburst now without that ridiculous wrapper on each sweet !! ) , but it was mainly wine gums and skittles that bother me most !

I've the same issue with skittles, I always buy three packets for exams (they're 4.5hrs long!) and filter them the night before and give the orange + purples ones to my fiance!

Would the starbursts not all stick together? Not wild about wine gums. I am def buying jellies on the way home!!

Rhineshark

I just feel the need to comment that green (wine gums, starburst, jelly babies, I think skittles?) are usually lime, not apple. To my eternal disgust.

Usually prefer the citrusy ones. Tend to taste more fruity than the berry ones to me. Don't like strawberry or banana-flavouring.

Artificial colouring loike.

wexie

Deleted User wrote: »

Artificial colouring loike.

speaking of which......why is so much raspberry flavoured stuff blue?

What's that all about? When's the last time anyone's seen a blue raspberry?

riffmongous

wexie wrote: »

speaking of which......why is so much raspberry flavoured stuff blue?

What's that all about? When's the last time anyone's seen a blue raspberry?

I had a discussion about this recently too, I was thinking maybe because otherwise it would be pink and unappealing to young lads?

Rhineshark

wexie wrote: »

speaking of which......why is so much raspberry flavoured stuff blue?

What's that all about? When's the last time anyone's seen a blue raspberry?

Argh, I know this one because I remember it happening. Just can't quite recall. There was something to do with a colouring used being banned but maybe I'm confusing it with red lemonade.

One obvious point is that strawberry = red and strawberry is more common. Blue not a colour used much so if it can't be red anyway and yellow, green, purple, orange are out, kinda running short of easy colours.


Edit: amaranth! That was it, it was figured out as being a carcinogen in rats, albeit in large doses.

https://www.tastecooking.com/raspberries-turned-blue/

dotsman

Rhineshark wrote: »

I just feel the need to comment that green (wine gums, starburst, jelly babies, I think skittles?) are usually lime, not apple. To my eternal disgust.

Usually prefer the citrusy ones.

Eh - lime is a citrus (generally)

uch

When I ask my kids what Flavour of Slush Puppy is their favourite, they both reply Blue, so maybe the flavour is just supposed to be Yellow or Green

Rhineshark

dotsman wrote: »

Eh - lime is a citrus (generally)

True, I make an exception for lime. Mostly out of disappointment that it's not apple.

Calibos

Yellow(Lemon) and orange are the least favourite flavours in sweets. Ask any shop and they will tell you that the loose pick 'n' mix Yellow and Orange jellies or lollies are the last to go if they go at all.

Mountainsandh

Yeah, I'm a yellow, green and orange jellies person too. Tangy and citrussy.

I eat the black wine gums, I don't like the flavour but for some reason I like that they're black.


The whole family had to do the rotten jelly bean challenge for the young fellow, I drew the freaking rotten egg most times, it really is putrid. Popcorn too actually, yuk. Good fun though.

The exotic fruit jelly bean mix is goooorgeous.

harry Bailey esq

greenspurs wrote: »

Right enough is enough... :mad:

Why do they make yellow and green jellies/wine gums etc ??
They rarely (if ever) taste of Apple or lemon ! ( I guess that's what they are supposed to taste of )

I clicked in when I seen jellies in the title. It's a sad reflection on meself that I assumed you were complaining about temazepam

Surreptitious

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I clicked in when I seen jellies in the title. It's a sad reflection on meself that I assumed you were complaining about temazepam

I thought the same.

greenspurs

sugarman wrote: »

I dont mind Green or Yellow but they wouldnt be my favorite, Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles are bastards for giving you them in 3/4s of the packet.

Ex-fcuking-actly !!!! :mad:

Such problems we have ! :P :pac: