Sprite may not be our favorite lemon lime soda (that honor goes to 7UP), but it’s a classic. It’s crisp! It’s refreshing! It makes your burps taste all nice and citrusy! But does it work as something you suck? (And I don’t mean out of a straw.) Tic Tac was all like, “Hey, let’s find out.” Everyone’s favorite 1 1/2 calorie breath mint recently released a limited edition Sprite flavor. We popped some Sprite Tic Tacs to find out whether a small ovoid candy can satisfy like a soda, or whether this is just Sprite and Tic Tac telling us to go suck a lemon.
I’m fascinated by Sprite Tic Tacs. In true Tic Tac fashion, they start out very sweet and give way to a tangy center as the coating dissolves. Tic Tacs always evolve from sweet to tangy, but I swear these evolve from sweet to fizzy to tangy. In fact, I was inspired to check out the ingredients and, sure enough, they contain sodium bicarbonate. It’s a very modest fizz—nothing like, say, Pop Rocks—but a fizz none the less. And maybe they ease indigestion a little? I’ll get back to you on that.
I love the playful attitude but, unfortunately, I just don’t love the flavor. It starts out pleasant enough, but starts to taste more and more like lemon floor cleanser as you suck. Do I really want my breath to smell like Mr. Clean? Still, like I said, the fizz is a fun novelty. My suggestion? We all know Orange Tic Tacs slay, so make an Orange Crush flavor with some fizz! You’re welcome very much for the idea!
Howdy! I’m Gwynedd, Sporked’s managing editor. I live in Los Angeles and have access to the best tacos the U.S. has to offer—but I’m a sucker for a crunchy Old El Paso taco night every now and then. I’ve been at Sporked since 2022 and I’m still searching frozen mozzarella sticks that can hold a candle to restaurant sticks.
Why you should trust me: I’ve been a journalist for 20 years (yikes), a consumer of food for 40-plus years, and I’m truly hard pressed to think of foods I don’t like (or that I can’t tolerate at the very least). Oh and one time I cooked my way through Guy Fieri’s cookbook and wrote about the journey through Flavortown.
What I buy every week: Trader Joe’s Original Savory Thins. Fat free plain yogurt (usually Fage or Nancy’s). Honeycrisp apples. Sweet cream coffee creamer for my at-home Americanos. A frozen cauliflower crust pizza and some jarred mushrooms to top it with. Old El Paso Stand ‘N Stuff taco shells and Gardein Ground Be’f, even though I think “be’f” is a nightmarish contraction.
Favorite ranking: Stouffer’s frozen dinners. I don’t own a microwave (I get my cancers the old fashioned way!), so I love taste testing things that I don’t really buy to eat at home.
Least favorite ranking: Soy sauce. Don’t get me wrong, I love soy sauce—but consuming that much sodium in one sitting is probably illegal in some countries. Our frozen enchilada taste test was a close second; the smell of microwaved corn tortillas still haunts me.
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Gwynedd Stuart
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