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The Latest Spooky Sodas.

by -RoG- on 10/30/2008, 6:15 am

Man, is Halloween sneaking up on us this year or what? How the hell is it already October 30th? HOW!? I guess when you're spending your days living and breathing this season like I do, it can all blow by pretty quickly. I always have a ton of leftover stuff that I bought between September and October that I never had a chance to feature on the site. Sure, that always leaves me some extra stuff to write about the following year, but it also means I need to find a place to store it for the next 365 days, and I already have more boxes filled with Halloween goods than anybody probably should.

Well anyway, amongst my bags o' Halloween purchases, I realized I had all these new Jones Soda varieties still. It's 3am and I've gotta wake up in a few hours. Hmmm... yeah... I think that means now is the perfect time to do a soda taste test. Halloween demands that I toss out all logic and reason.

First up, is the Candy Corn flavored soda. This has pretty much been the backbone of their seasonal Halloween sodas over the years, and it hasn't changed at all since I first tasted the stuff. The best way I can describe the stuff is that it's basically like drinking carbonated maple syrup. It's never been my favorite, but it's not as bad as a lot of people claim. And even if you don't like the flavor, if you're a completionist like me, you must have every monster can in the set.

Next is the Lemon Drop Dead flavor which has also been around for a few years, though I don't recall it featuring a mummy with a gold tooth before. It's never been one of my favorite flavors really... I prefer the "lymon" flavor of Sprite of this stuff.

One of their new soda flavors this year is Buried Pomegranate. Not exactly the best name for a Halloween soda really. They should've gone with something more like "Putrefied Pomegranate" or "Postmortem Pomegranate". The flavor itself isn't half bad either. I've always liked POM's drinks, and this comes off like a mellow carbonated version of 'em. Not too shabby at all...

The last of the four cans is Frankenstein and his Spooookiwi flavored soda. Again, this is a pretty mellow flavor, but I can't say I really like it. That's probably because I'm not a fan of kiwis. Also, this being a kiwi flavor, they really should make a limited edition can that's actually hairy. You can't tell me that wouldn't rule. It's this late at night and I'm still a goddamn marketing genius.

As usual, Jones has also released a few regular sized bottles of Halloween themed sodas too. I really wanted to like this Dread Apple flavor, but instead of having the zing that apple cider has, it really comes off like a bottle of apple juice that's been sitting out for way too long. It's actually teetering on the edge of tasting like cough syrup.

Their popular Monster Mojito flavor has also popped up again this season... don't ask me why though. I never could stand the taste of this stuff and it hasn't changed a bit. And no, there's no rum in it either, so I'm sure that makes 99% of you even less interested in it. Still, I just want to say mojito a few more times if you don't mind. Mojito. Mojiiiiiiiiiiiiiiito. Mojitoooooooooooooooooooo! Ok... I'm good.

Last on my list was a 4-pack of Izze sparkling juice, and while it's technically not a soda, I figured it was still worth mentioning. I almost walked right on by the stuff until I noticed the word "Halloween" on the can. "Halloween Blackberry" to be precise. According to their site, it's not even a new flavor, and all they really did was tack on the word "Halloween" and make the can black. Even the can itself tries to distance itself from the holiday as it reads, "Nothing spooky here. No trick and all treat" The beverage itself is alright if you're into the blackberry flavor, but come on, they could've done a lot more than just making the can black.

On a final note, I have to say I'm really disappointed that Jones Soda didn't make this flavor for Halloween again:

Black Cat Licorice Soda. I only have one bottle left and I'm saving it for a rainy day, which in L.A. pretty much never happens so I guess I'll have it for quite some time, but holy Wolfman nards... this stuff was insanely tasty! And when you factor in the near pitch black color of it, that makes for one hell of a soda. They also had a Dread Licorice flavor, which was good too, but it's allllll about the Black Licorice flavor. Bring it back Jones, for the love of Halloween bring it back.

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