This isn’t a ranking of all the Powerade flavors known to man, but it’s all the Powerade flavors I could find by my deadline. Missing from this lineup are this past summer’s three Sour Powerade flavors, as well as Melon and Strawberry Smash Zero. We’ll keep an eye out for these Powerade flavors and hopefully add them in alongside the new XTRA Sour Powerade flavors coming in 2025. 

Before we get into the ranking, I do want to include one honorable mention: Powerade Jungle Juice. It isn’t a real flavor, but I had to know what one tablespoon from all 11 Powerade flavors mixed together would taste like. It is good. Like, “Powerade needs to sell this” good. Powerade scientists, go try this yourself and give me credit for the millions of dollars it’ll make next year. 

Okay, now onto ranking the Powerade flavors (Powerade Zero flavors, included).

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Grape

Powerade Grape

Walmart

I didn’t have high hopes for this Powerade flavor, but good lord—it’s awful. Some people have great nostalgia for Children’s Dimetapp; I’m not one of those people. I’ll stir table salt into tap water before buying another bottle of this.

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Rating:

1/10

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Grape Zero

Powerade Zero Grape

Walmart

In what would turn out to be a trend, I actually liked the Powerade Grape Zero variant slightly more than the full sugar version. A spoonful of sugar doesn’t always help the medicine go down any better. That said, this is still hyper-artificial concord grape flavoring at its worst.

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Rating:

1.5/10

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Orange

Powerade Orange

Amazon

How is Powerade whiffing what should be the easiest flavors? Orange is as standard as they get, but this is just watered down Sunny D. The aroma right is promising, but the flavor does not deliver in the slightest.

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Rating:

3/10

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Orange Zero

Powerade Zero Orange

Walmart

Again, this Powerade Zero flavor is better than the full sugar version. It actually tastes what it smells like! Sure, it both smells and tastes like a cup of store-brand orange Jell-O, but at least it’s consistent.

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Rating:

3.5/10

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Lemon Lime

Powerade Lemon Lime

Amazon

If you’ve ever smelled Lemon Pledge, you know exactly what my nose went through when I opened this Powerade flavor. That said, the flavor was pleasantly mellow compared to the abrasive aroma. This was also surprisingly heavy on the lime flavor for a lemon lime drink, which is a rarity. (That said, it’s nothing compared to my beloved Pocari Sweat.)

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Rating:

5/10

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Mixed Berry Zero

Powerade Zero Mixed Berry

Walmart

While the full sugar Mixed Berry Powerade easily places in the top three best Powerade flavors, this zero-sugar zero-calorie version didn’t impress me nearly as much. The flavor-to-sodium ratio is more unbalanced in this than any of the other flavors of Powerade Zero. That said, the berry flavor and sweetness is still strong enough to put this in the upper half of the many, many Powerades I’ve guzzled this month.

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Rating:

5.5/10

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Fruit Punch

Powerade Fruit Punch

Walmart

This is the first Powerade flavor I’d actually consider to be “good!” If my beloved Gatorade Glacier Cherry is out of stock, this has just barely made it onto my reserve bench of full-sugar hydration drinks. Sure, it’s just lightly-salted Hawaiian Punch, but sometimes that’s all you can ask for.

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Rating:

7/10

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Fruit Punch Zero

Powerade Zero Fruit Punch

Walmart

This Powerade Zero is definitely sweeter tasting than the full-sugar version, but it’s also the most balanced of the Powerade Zero flavors with the extra salt. (Did I mention every single one of these bottles is bragging about having 50% more electrolytes than “the leading sports drink?”) I went back and forth between this and the full-sugar version trying to decide which I liked better; they’re truly equal. Follow your heart (or your diet) when choosing between the two.

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Rating:

7/10

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Strawberry Lemonade

Powerade Strawberry Lemonade

Walmart

On the tartness scale of lemonade to pink lemonade, this Powerade flavor is comfortably in the middle. The strawberry flavor is so “real” that it actually tastes unripe somehow. Not in a bad way; it’s just interesting that they went so far away from a more “candy” strawberry flavor. This is one of the two newest Powerade flavors; I hope this marks a trend for the brand moving forward.

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Rating:

7.5/10

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Mountain Berry Blast

Powerade Mountain Berry Blast

Walmart

This is the first Powerade flavor that I could honestly confuse with a Gatorade. This is nearly on par with the best of the blue Gatorades, and would fit right in with the lesser blues. It has a great berry flavor with a powerful sweetness that makes you forget this is supposed to be even close to good for you. (This feels like a good time to mention that anything on this list scoring seven and above is easily worth your time; these final placements just came down to personal bias towards certain kinds of flavors.)

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Rating:

8/10

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Island Burst

Powerade Island Burst

Instacart

Here we are at the top of the mountain. Ten Powerade flavors down, we meet our last flavor standing: Island Burst. It’s a little funny that the best Powerade flavor is also the one that sounds most like an obscure Gatorade flavor. And, true to form, the only flavor this bottle claims is “Tropical Punch.” Pineapple, guava, mango, kiwi—whatever flavors are actually in this, the mix is fantastic. This is another new Powerade flavor; I can’t wait to try whatever they think is gonna top it.

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Rating:

8.5/10

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These aren’t the seven rarest flavors per say; I’m keeping this list relatively recent to help pare down the giant list of options. (An article exclusively covering flavors like the ~40-year-old Mountain Dew Aurora from Japan wouldn’t be hugely relevant to our modern sensibilities.) Some of these are still on shelves, and the rest pop up on eBay or other specialty sites from time to time. Of course, I can’t recommend you drink expired soda, but most of these are available online if you know where to look.

Mountain Dew Maui Burst

I get asked my favorite flavors of soda pretty frequently (can’t imagine why), and I get a lot of confused looks when I mention this one. Maui Burst is a Dollar General exclusive flavor of Mountain Dew—and a very good one at that. Lucky for everyone, it is still being produced! This pineapple-flavored Dew has been available consistently since October 2019; you can find it in bottles and cans at your nearest DG.

Mountain Dew HoneyDEW

This is the only foreign release I’ll be covering on this list, but there’s a technicality: People did find this soda mistakenly stocked on American shelves right next to the Canadian border. While this honeydew-flavored Dew was initially planned for release in both the States and Canada back in 2023, it ended up sold exclusively to our upstairs neighbors. According to our own Tyler Bowers, this will be returning to Canada permanently starting in 2025. I hope to have it again someday—without having to smuggle it across a border.

Mountain Dew Uproar

Mountain Dew Uproar was sold exclusively at Food Lion grocery stores (Get it? Lion? Roar?) from late 2021 to mid-2023. Speaking of smuggling soda across borders, I ended up bringing quite a few 2-liters of this strawberry kiwi Dew back from Virginia Beach a few years ago. Great name, but you didn’t miss much if you never tried it.

Mountain Dew Supernova

Tyler “#BringBackSupernova” Bowers would never speak to me again if I left this off the list. Mountain Dew Supernova was a strawberry-melon Dew last seen on U.S. shelves in 2011. I’ve never tried it, but it’s popped up in Canada multiple times since the last stateside release—most recently in 2023 as a Slurpee.

Mountain Dew Dewshine

Oh man, I really miss Dewshine. This clear citrus-flavored Dew was made with real sugar and sold exclusively in glass bottles and jugs from 2015 to 2017. The name “Mountain Dew” as a slang term for moonshine goes back to the 1800s at least, so this was a great callback to the origins of our wildest mainstream soda brand.

Mountain Dew Baja Deep Dive

Back in 2022, codes under the caps of that summer’s Mountain Dew Baja variants could be submitted online to enter a giveaway for one of 18,000 6-packs of “Baja Deep Dive.” It seems like everyone who entered won one of these packs, but a giveaway-exclusive Dew still counts as being ridiculously rare compared to any flavors that actually saw a retail release. The actual flavor was never revealed; as we know, Mountain Dew is no stranger to mystery flavors. I still have a few cans in storage for a rainy day—or maybe a review here on Sporked? (Leave a comment if you want to make it happen.)

Mountain Dew Cake-Smash

Much like my last rare soda rundown, the top spot goes to a birthday cake-flavored soda. The flavor was originally planned for a retail release in 2020 to celebrate Mountain Dew’s 80th anniversary, but the pandemic killed those plans. The following year, this Mountain Dew flavor saw the full trilogy of rare soda releases: social media giveaway, online sale that sold out quickly, and being given away in a single location while supplies last. I never tried this one; maybe Santa will order me one off eBay next month.

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New Ocean Spray Juice!

Ocean Spray Mulled Blackberry Pear

Walmart

Pros: This new Ocean Spray is a pleasant and unique mix of fruits. There is definitely a blackberry sweetness followed by a soft pear aftertaste—the most “flavor” you can really hope for from pear flavoring, let’s be honest. In a first for Ocean Spray, this is being promoted as a drink you can enjoy cold or hot. I did my due diligence and heated up a cup for you good people. I got more of the advertised mulled spice flavor after warming it up, so they might be onto something. This definitely feels like a holiday drink, and I’m not surprised it’s being promoted as a mixer.

Cons: It feels like this new juice doesn’t quite know what it wants to be. Silly me, I saw two specific fruits on the front of this bottle and thought at least one of them would be the most significant flavor on my tongue. Unfortunately, I forgot a key factor in all Ocean Spray drinks: cranberries. This is primarily a cranberry juice blend—and it tastes like it. Looking at the ingredients, this contains juice from cranberries, pears, blackberries, and grapes(?) in that order. The mulled spices aren’t listed individually either, just “Natural Flavor.” I like this drink, but it’s leagues behind many other Ocean Spray juice blends I’ve had before. (If you’re going to try one this season, go for the recently rereleased Cran x Dragon Fruit. Spectacular stuff.)

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Rating:

5.5/10

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Where can I try this confusing juice for myself?

This is available at grocers far and wide, including Meijer and Walmart. It’s also available on Amazon, if that’s how you live your life. Wherever you find it, you’ll be getting a significant quantity; like most Ocean Spray drinks, this is only available in a 60oz jug.

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It’s worth mentioning that not every Pepperidge Farm cookie trotted out in the large grocery displays is actually exclusive to the holidays. Some cookies, like Gingerman and Zurich, get a seasonal color change to their packaging, but the cookie is identical in flavor to the year round version. Basically, trust this list—not the packaging. Here are the Pepperidge Farm cookies out right now that are actually exclusive to the holidays.

Mint Brussels

This cookie easily wins the “Sounds Most Like an Entrée, Not a Cookie” award. Standard year round Brussels are described as a “lacey-thin” cookie with a chocolate center. These add a mint flavoring to that chocolate center—a pretty safe flavor combo for the holidays.

Holiday Nog Chessmen

Holiday Nog Chessmen feature what looks like an eggnog-flavored glaze atop the standard (dare I say, boring) cookie. But, per Sporked’s own review, that eggnog flavor really comes through and makes these cookies some of the best holiday cookies around.

Raspberry Linzer

I was shocked to discover these actually are exclusive to the holidays. I swear I see these all the time. Described as “delicious raspberry filling sandwiched between two shortbread cookies,” these are a quintessential holiday cookie from Pepperidge Farm. You know them, you love them—these are a classic.

Snowball

Described as “light and crispy cookies with a delicious citrus flavor,” these Snowball cookies come with the requisite holiday dusting of powdered sugar. Personally, whether it’s donut holes or cookies, I’m never the biggest fan of food that needs to come packaged with a dustbuster.

Peppermint Cocoa Cookies

New for 2024, these are perhaps the most standard cookie Pepperidge Farm is including in their seasonal selection. (Check out Jessica’s review of these new cookies right here on Sporked.) These are “thin & crispy” chocolate cookies with peppermint and chocolate chips baked in. On look and concept alone, these remind me of Tate’s Bake Shop cookies. I wonder if Pepperidge Farm is worried about those green baggers coming for their cookie throne…

Peppermint Milano Slices

If I’m understanding this cookie correctly, this is…two-thirds of a Milano. They’ve added some peppermint candy pieces to the milk chocolate layer that’s normally sandwiched between two oblong cookies. Are those candy pieces enough to make up for the missing cookie? Only one way to find out.

Amaretto Hot Chocolate Milano

I haven’t had every cookie on this list, but I’ve already gone through a full bag of these. Described as “dark chocolate and almond flavor between two delicious cookies,” these are a danger to you and your loved ones. Dark Chocolate Milanos are already the best Milanos, and this is a sublime step up. Run, don’t walk.

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New Holiday Alani Nu!

Winter Wonderland Alani Nu Energy

Target

Pros: The coconut flavor is much stronger than the berry flavor, that’s for sure. I really like this flavor, but I’m a sucker for coconut. I had a few of my Alani Nu-loving test subjects try this flavor, to mixed results. Most people liked it, but the folks that didn’t like it really didn’t like it. Someone in that latter group described it as “sunscreen flavored” and I see where they’re coming from. This doesn’t strike me as wintery in any way, but maybe they’re going for some kind of wistful “remember how summer feels” thing.

Cons: In my initial coverage of Alani Nu Winter Wonderland, I wrote the following sentence: “I don’t imagine Alani Nu would transparently rip a flavor profile from another company.” This was referring to the idea that Winter Wonderland might try to duplicate a previous Red Bull Winter Edition. Folks? I’ve never been more wrong. Because this isn’t a one-to-one replication of a previous Red Bull Winter Edition—it’s a dupe of a normal Red Bull flavor. Specifically, my favorite year-round Red Bull, the one that comes in a white can: Coconut Berry. No wonder Alani Nu isn’t revealing that the flavor is Coco Berry Bliss, because that’s practically already taken by another energy drink. I’m truly at a crossroads. I like this seasonal Alani Nu flavor quite a bit, but it’s not as good as the energy drink it’s trying to replicate and it’s super off-brand for the season. Would it have been so hard to just do cranberry?

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Rating:

6.5/10

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Bye bye, Monster Rehab Strawberry Lemonade

Rehab is Monster’s line of electrolyte-filled non-carbonated tea energy drinks. (It’s for hangovers, y’all.) There’s one crucial word in that description: tea. The Monster Rehab flavor being discontinued is… Strawberry Lemonade? That’s not tea. How did they get away with this? Anyway, I’m a big fan of the entire Rehab line except Strawberry Lemonade, so I’m not complaining. If you’ve never tried a Rehab, I highly recommend the Wild Berry Tea.

See ya, Juice Monster Aussie Lemonade

Allegedly people actually do drink Juice Monster! Well, we’re losing the Aussie Lemonade flavor, which is described as an “Exotic Lemonade.” I’ve never tried it, I’m not sure I’ve ever even noticed it on a shelf. We’re getting a new Monster Juice flavor called “Viking Berry” in 2025. Time will tell whether it can make more of an impact than this one.

Oh, no! Not my precious Java Monster 300s!

Worry not, caffeine addicts; Java Monster 300s are being discontinued in name only. The two existing Java Monster 300 flavors are being replaced by a new, very similar line called “Killer Brew.” I’ve got all the details about that development in this article. Call me Nicki because I’m killing the Monster beat.

They’re even killing two zero sugar Monsters!? 

The Ultra line has been expanding consistently over the past few years. But there are 15 flavors on shelves right now, so it’s time to say goodbye to a few underperforming options. Monster Energy Ultra Rosa and Ultra Red will be discontinued at some point in 2025. Ultra Rosa is officially described as “Bright and Sweet” with no defining flavor notes beyond that. I’m sure I’ve tried this Monster flavor before, but honestly I can’t remember a single thing about it. Ultra Red is “Crisp and Refreshing Mixed Berry,” which is more distinct than Rosa, but still not in line with the hyper-specific flavors we see launching from Monster these days. So far, we know about onenew Ultra flavor coming in 2025; it seems like we should look forward to a second coming later.

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New Toaster Donut!

Frosted Toaster Donut

Ralphs

Pros: All three Toaster Donut varieties proudly boast of their “new donut texture”—and they’re right. This is a sweet, flaky pastry worth differentiating from the Toaster Strudels we know and love. The icing included here is identical to stuff found in the standard Toaster Strudel packets—no Mega Icing here.

Cons: Smarter people than me realized from the packaging that Toaster Donuts aren’t actually filled with anything, but it was still a shock to find out these are just uniform pastries with packets of icing. Call me crazy, but there are plenty of filled donuts to emulate using the classic Toaster Strudel format. The flavor and texture is good, don’t get me wrong, but the fact there’s no jelly-filled equivalent here is baffling (especially considering two of these flavors are exactly the same—save for a forgettable packet of sprinkles).

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Rating:

7/10

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New Toaster Donut!

Rainbow Sprinkle Toaster Donut

Ralphs

Pros: This is materially the exact same as the Frosted variant, so… it tastes good! I was planning on talking about how the strawberry icing was bland and super dark compared to the box art. But the icing isn’t actually strawberry. It was in fact only writing the header of this section that made me realize the icing is just pink for no reason!

Cons: I had a whole mini-rant here written out about how this isn’t living up to my Simpsons donut fantasies because of a lack of sprinkles, but then I saw a picture on Instagram that revealed this actually does come with sprinkles. Sure enough, I rush downstairs to find a single packet of sprinkles at the very bottom of the box. One packet of sprinkles for six pastries? D’oh. I frantically sent an email asking to extend the deadline, cooked another pastry, sprinkled on roughly 1/6th of the jimmies, and… it tasted the same. Thanks for the extension, Justine; it was definitely worth it.

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Rating:

6/10

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New Toaster Donut!

Boston Creme Toaster Donut

Ralphs

Pros: Boston Creme is my backup when jelly-filled isn’t available, so I had the highest hopes for this one. The chocolate icing and cream filling (yay, filling!) certainly stand out from the other two (identical!) flavors, but I wasn’t totally sold on the Boston cream-iness of it all. I’d need a set of calipers to confirm, but I think this has less filling than a standard Toaster Strudel. That said, it’s my favorite of the three, for sure.

Cons: So, it turns out this entire concept is barely new. Pillsbury had a “Donut Shop” subline of Toaster Strudels as recently as 2019. Yes, the donut pastry texture is an improvement on those earlier versions, but why not use that pastry to do something interesting? Pillsbury, let’s scrap that “Frosted” SKU and bring in a jelly—I hear y’all do excellent work with raspberry.

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Rating:

7.5/10

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Per the official description, Toasty Holiday Peanut M&M’s feature caramel-roasted peanuts infused with cinnamon, vanilla, and spiced sugar. That’s a whole lot of good stuff, but does it live up to the promise of its lengthy list of flavors? Read on to find out. 

New M&M’s Flavor!

Toasty Holiday Peanut M&M’s

Walmart

Target

Pros: Y’all, these are very good. I have never been a big Peanut M&M’s fan, but these are a real improvement on the original format. I can’t pretend I can taste all the finer notes mentioned in their official list of flavors, but these are very convincing “Cinnamon Peanut” M&M’s. A perfect pick for the holidays, no doubt about it. I hope we see these become a regular annual release, because THP M&M’s could easily become a tradition in my house.

Cons: I’m no flavor scientist, but some combination of the cinnamon, vanilla, spiced sugar, and caramel made these taste like…maple? That isn’t a bad thing, just not what I was expecting from a release with so many other official flavor notes. If anything, it makes me want to see a full-force Maple Peanut M&M. Finally, a candy for Canadian Independence Day.

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Rating:

8/10

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Where can you buy these new M&M’s?

Toasty Holiday Peanut M&M’s are available anywhere M&M’s are sold – aka, everywhere. So far, I’ve personally seen these at CVS Pharmacy, Target, Walmart, and a Pilot gas station in the middle of nowhere. These are sold in a couple different sizes, from single-person packet to family-sized sack. My recommendation? Pick up the biggest container you can find, dump them into a glass dish, and become the grandma you want to see in the world.

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New C4 Flavor!

Green Apple Jolly Rancher C4 Performance Energy

Ralphs

Pros: I started with Green Apple because it’s my least favorite of the three Jolly Rancher flavors, and I’m a “rip the bandaid off” kind of reviewer. That said, this ended up being the most pleasant green apple energy drink I’ve ever had. It’s absolutely dead-on in both flavor and aroma of the green Jolly Rancher, no question. This even got a thumbs up from my mom, a dedicated, lifelong green candy hater.

Cons: If green apple isn’t your favorite flavor on Earth, this is going to taste a little like getting punched in the face. It has tartness in spades and there’s no getting around it. I took my time finishing this one—not because I was pacing myself with caffeine intake, but because it’s so tart and strong.

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Rating:

7.5/10

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New C4 Flavor!

Blue Raspberry Jolly Rancher C4 Performance Energy

Ralphs

Pros: Again, the aroma of this new C4 flavor is perfect. It is surprisingly subtle for a blue raspberry energy drink. C4 actually sells a punchier version of this classic flavor in their “Smart Energy” line and a literally punchier version in their WWE-branded “Ultimate Energy” line.

Cons: It might be too subtle? This is the first time I’ve ever been underwhelmed with a blue raspberry flavor. It’s not a flavor that screams restraint, but this is a very subdued blue raspberry candy flavor. If Green Apple was getting punched in the face, Blue Raspberry is a tap on the cheek.

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Rating:

6/10

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New C4 Flavor!

Watermelon Jolly Rancher C4 Performance Energy

Ralphs

Pros: I saved this new C4 energy flavor for last and I was right to do so. Watermelon is the best Jolly Rancher, so it’s only appropriate that this is the best Jolly Rancher-flavored energy drink. “Candy watermelon” is a flavor on the rise, making a recent appearance in an overseas flavor of PRIME Hydration. I hope to see more drinks borrowing this concept in the future, because I’d be perfectly happy drinking candy watermelon everything for the foreseeable future. If you think there’s even a chance you’d like this, you’re going to love it. 

Cons: My only complaint is that there are other C4 flavors on shelves when they could all just be this instead.

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Rating:

9/10

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I won’t be covering every offshoot of Dr Pepper ever made; I’m limiting this list to soda flavors that have been produced in the last few years—the ones you might actually be able to get your hands on. With that in mind, I’d like to apologize in advance to the diehard fans of the long-discontinued Red Fusion, TEN, and Diet Cherry Chocolate Dr Peppers. (Actually, TEN fans get no apology; those ads did not age well.)

Here are seven rare Dr Pepper flavors, ranked from least to most rare. How many have you tried? Tell us in the comments! 

Dr Pepper Dark Berry

Since I’m listing these from least to most rare, let’s start with a Dr Pepper flavor that sees a full national release every few years. Last seen on shelves in 2022 to promote Jurassic World: Dominion, this ambiguously berry-flavored Dr Pepper variant definitely has a fanbase. When I first posted about the upcoming Dr Pepper Blackberry, I got plenty of comments praying that it’ll just be a reskin of this modern classic.

Dr Pepper Vanilla Float

This vanilla ice cream-flavored Dr Pepper variant was released nationwide back in 2014. I actually remember really enjoying this flavor when it first came out—mostly when mixed with Disaronno on a camping trip. In 2017, Vanilla Float returned to shelves in certain regions and it seems like it’s still produced to this day. Despite not being listed as a current flavor on the Dr Pepper website, there are cans on eBay with a March 2025 expiration date. Should I order one for a review here on Sporked? Get in the comments, gang.

Dr Pepper Cherry Vanilla

This might be the first soda I ever fell in love with. When I started making soda a core part of my personality, I bought a promotional t-shirt for this soda off eBay. While this Dr Pepper flavor is still listed on the Dr Pepper website (in both regular and diet variants), I can’t find any unexpired cans available on the secondhand market. That said, there’s one place you can find a version of this pretty reliably: Coca-Cola Freestyle machines.

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Dr Pepper Berries and Cream

This Dr Pepper flavor walked so Dr Pepper Strawberries & Cream could run. The flavor itself was made up of a mix of blueberries, raspberry, and vanilla. First widely released all the way back in 2006, Dr Pepper Berries and Cream came back in 2022 as a sweepstakes prize following the Berries and Cream lad going viral on TikTok. Specifically, Dr Pepper Berries and Cream came back after an ad for Berries and Cream Starburst went viral. They don’t even have the same parent company—the flavors just have the same name!

Dr Pepper Fansville Reserve

If writing this piece has taught me anything, it’s that 2022 was a wild year for Dr Pepper. Case in point, this bourbon-flavored Dr Pepper was given out through a virtual scratch-off game available to “Pepper Perks” loyalty club members. Per the press release, Dr Pepper Fansville Reserve had “subtle hints of cherry, vanilla, chocolate, and caramel.” I wasn’t able to secure a can at the time, and they’re going for pretty absurd prices on the secondhand market. This is definitely #2 on my list of rare Dr Pepper variants I haven’t tried. No spoilers, but #1 is just a few paragraphs away.

Dr Pepper FANtastic Chocolate

Chocolate-flavored Dr Pepper is so good, y’all. I’ve mentioned this soda in a few other pieces here on Sporked because this is truly my all-time best example of “this shouldn’t work, and yet.” This was a Pepper Perks reward offered back in 2021; I definitely didn’t make multiple accounts to get around the one-redemption-per-account limitation. If I could pick any Dr Pepper flavor on this list to see a wide release, this would be my gift to the world.

Dr Pepper Icing On The Cake

Here it is, folks: the rarest Dr Pepper flavor ever produced to date. Dr Pepper Icing On the Cake was a birthday cake-flavored soda sent out to select Pepper Perks members back in 2018 and 2019. Trying to get my hands on this soda is what led me down the path to my funny little brand of beverage journalism. Time will tell whether this Dr Pepper flavor ever comes back. But Mountain Dew actually sold a cake-flavored soda a few years ago, so anything’s possible.

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New Pepsi Flavor!

Pepsi Electric Zero Sugar

Exotic Snack Guys

The SGFR Store

Pros: This blue Pepsi looks even cooler than Crystal Pepsi. The label is giving TRON: Legacy and even the shape of the bottle looks more futuristic than any Pepsi sold in the U.S. Upon opening the soda, you’re hit with a very strong citrus and raspberry aroma. It smells so red that it’s hard to believe it’s blue. I know blue raspberry is a myth, but if you blindfolded me and had me smell this, I would swear up and down this is the most red raspberry soda ever made. If this tasted how it smells, this new Pepsi flavor would be such a winner.

Cons: Alright, it’s important to remember a few things working against this soda before I totally rip it to shreds. First, this was imported from the U.K., so the carbonation isn’t what it’s supposed to be anymore. (It’s a tragedy what shaking around on an international boat or plane ride will do for your bubbly little soda.) Also, I’m not an expert in foreign soda packaging, but the date printed on this bottle is November 2024. I’m going to assume that’s a “best by” and not a full-on expiration date, since sodas don’t really expire. That still meant I was drinking this literally a day before this soda formally became old. But here’s the deal: This is really bad. When they say “zesty citrus,” they don’t mean lemonade, they mean lemon peels. This is not the blue Pepsi I was looking for. Judging by the negative reviews floating around on British outlets, it doesn’t seem like this was received too well over there either.

Credit: Liv Averett / The SGFR Store

Rating:

2.5/10

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Not to be nasty, but… how big are the jugs?

According to the press release for this new product launch, “a staggering 76 percent of suggestions received by the Capri Sun call center [between 2020 and 2023] were about fans wanting a bigger product size.“ They heard your cries of “go bigger” and they listened, y’all. Starting now, you’ll be able to buy Capri Sun Fruit Punch jugs, each holding 96 ounces of pure nostalgia. For the math majors among you, that means each jug contains 16 standard Capri Sun pouches’ worth of juice. That same press release says these jugs are perfect for “families and bigger groups,” which is the PR-friendly way of saying college ragers.

Where are they selling these new jugs of jungle juice ingredients?

For now, Capri Sun jugs are only going to be available at certain big-box/bulk stores. Capri Sun has stated we’ll be able to find two-packs at BJ’s Wholesale Club, Sam’s Club, and select Costco locations. Nothing official has been said regarding plans to stock these at regular grocery stores, but I’m pretty confident we’ll see these in the Walmart juice aisle by the end of 2024.

Will we see any other flavors in this format?

I sure hope so. No offense to Capri Sun, but I don’t entirely understand why they started with Fruit Punch. I can get a big jug of fruit punch from like… 20 different companies. I can’t get a jug of Capri Sun’s all-time classic Pacific Cooler anywhere. Expand the flavor lineup and we’re gonna see the summer of Capri Sun.

UPDATE: We’re getting a smaller big version of Capri Sun! These new bottles are the standard juice jug size of 64 ounces each, which comes out to nearly 11 pouches’ worth of fruit liquid. This marks the third size innovation from Capri Sun announced this year, no small feat for those plucky pouch pushers. Per the online chatter about this new release, these will launch in Fruit Punch and Strawberry Kiwi to start. And I have my fingers crossed that we see Tropical Punch whenever they expand past those two classics. We won’t have to wait too long to find them either; these are expected to start hitting shelves at retailers including Walmart, Hyvee, and Food Lion this November.

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