Yellow and Green jellies

greenspurs · 09-10-2018 02:14PM #1

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 · 09-10-2018 02:18PM

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 · 09-10-2018 02:22PM

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 · 09-10-2018 02:25PM

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

PlaneSpeeking · 09-10-2018 02:31PM

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 · 09-10-2018 02:31PM

My favourite are yellow and green. :'(

TheMilkyPirate · 09-10-2018 02:32PM

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

Scarinae · 09-10-2018 02:32PM

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 · 09-10-2018 02:34PM

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

Melendez · 09-10-2018 02:36PM

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

Del2005 · 09-10-2018 02:37PM

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 · 09-10-2018 02:37PM

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 · 09-10-2018 02:37PM

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 · 09-10-2018 02:46PM

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 · 09-10-2018 02:58PM

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

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

Ugh...you monster. Can't abide anything "orange" flavour ðŸ˜·

TheValeyard · 09-10-2018 03:00PM

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

PlaneSpeeking · 09-10-2018 03:03PM

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 · 09-10-2018 03:04PM

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!

09-10-2018 03:24PM

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

$_20.JPG

Boom_Bap · 09-10-2018 03:25PM

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

greenspurs · 09-10-2018 03:50PM

I like the white (pear) flavoured ones !!

heretothere · 09-10-2018 03:58PM

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 · 09-10-2018 03:59PM

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 · 09-10-2018 04:01PM

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 · 09-10-2018 04:02PM

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 · 09-10-2018 04:06PM

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 · 09-10-2018 04:12PM

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.

09-10-2018 04:14PM

Artificial colouring loike.

wexie · 09-10-2018 04:30PM

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?

09-10-2018 07:19PM

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 · 09-10-2018 07:46PM

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/

Yellow and Green jellies

Comments