Suso Tropical Fizz

Here's another thing I picked up at B&M

I've seen these before but in the thin 250ml cans. They used to be 99p a pop :o
But this was 29p for a 330ml can, bargain ;)
It's a sexy looking can, along with the others in the range
So this is the tropical flavour and it has 60% juice, carbonated and no added sugar. Sounds good so far. I have high hopes for this. If it's good, I might go back and get some more. On the back it says the fruits inside are grape, apple, orange, lemon, acerola (what the hell is that?), mango, passion fruit and pineapple
It should be better than the LOL drink I tried the other day

So now it's time to crack it open straight from the fridge.... Oh yeah....

It's the usual tropical juice colour, yellowy orange. It smells kind of like Lilt too....
It tastes kind of watered down and weak, but besides that, it's pretty good. Really tropical tasting and not just mostly orange like most tropical juice drinks

If they put less water in, it'd be a definite nine out of ten, but at the moment I can only give it a even out of ten. But well worth the 29p I paid for it. If there's a B&M near you or a similar discount warehouse type shop, have a look for them in there ;)

Barr Strike Energy

I've not long got back from town today, and whilst up there, I popped into B&M to see what bargains they had. They usually sell things a lot cheaper than the RRP. Like this drink says 49p on the can, but they were selling them for 3 for a quid or 39p each. Not bad, eh? I bought six ;) Let's hope they're ok

Aarrrrr, thar be a picture for ye, jim lad

Striking appearance for Strike Energy, don't you think? I'm digging the whole red on black look. It really caught my eye in the shop. On the back it says "Carbonated mixed flavour energy drink with added taurine, caffeine and vitamins"
Mixed flavour? Mixed what? Mixed elephants? Mixed chairs? Mixed fruit? Personally I'm hoping for elephant. That'd be different
So it has the usual caffeine content, ie. 30mg per 100ml ad these cans are 330ml
Thinking about it, I don't think I've ever seen an energy drink in this size, they're usually either 250ml or half litres
I put this is the fridge a few minutes ago, but I'm doubting it's been chilled enough. It's a nasty, hot, muggy day today

Time to pour it into a glass
It's the usual colour and has the usual smell. It tastes really sweet and kind of.... what is that.... pineapple? It's slightly tropical compared to the usual bog-standard taste of these kind of drinks. Also a bit syrupy
But it's allll gooooddd

Seven out of ten
Not bad for the price

Moshi Monsters Fruity Yummy Gummies

I have no idea what Moshi Monsters are, but I see them all the time in Asda. I think it's some game website? Pfffff, dunno

I think it's aimed at younger kids (I probably looked a bit odd buying these at Asda, haha) by the pictures of the cute animal things on the front and just the general feel of it. I'm imagining these are basically the average old gummy sweet just in the shape of these monster things. The pack feels half empty (what a surprise)

After opening the bag, I've counted 11 sweet about the size of a 2p coin and about just under a centimetre thick maybe. Some are all gummy, some have a foam bit on the back and some are just the foamy bits. The shapes only just resemble something, they just look like malformed blobs and one looks like a turd. Ah well, maybe they taste better. They look nothing like what they do on the pack

All I can smell is cola flavouring. Let's try this charcoal-black looking gummy cat thing. It stands out from all the others which are orangey-yellow colours. Now, I have no idea what flavour this is supposed to be. A very nasty blackcurrant flavour? It's not too nice either way. There's also a brown foamy sweet and a pink one. The brown one is cola (ugh) and the pink one is funny bubblegum flavour. There's also orange and brown foamy-backed gummies. I'm not to sure what the brown one is and the orange one is what I'm guessing is orange. It's kind of weak
The ones left are only an off-pinky-orange, brown and yellow gummies. I guess I better try these ones too. What a wide variety of colours.... The off pink one is a pear flavour. And not a nice pear flavour too. The brown one is, yup, cola. And last but not least, the yellow one is lemon
So overall, not the best of flavours but has a somewhat attractive packaging and I think this Moshi Monster thing is pretty big with the younger kids, so it's more aimed towards them and you know what kids are like....
4 out of 10

LOL Razz Bri

What a great name, eh? Haha

I think it's pretty obvious by the feel of the name and picture what demographic group this is aimed at. It's a fizzy 75% fruit juice drink with no added sugar\colours\sweeteners\caffeine\crap and so on. I'm guessing it's for younger kids as an alternative to sugary carbonated drinks like Fanta or energy drinks. But the thing is, fruit juice is nearly as bad as other drinks for sugar, aren't they?
There were two other flavours on sale in Asda, but I'll review them at a later date (EDIT: I've actually already drank these, haha. I give them a 6 out of 10 for both). They were all a pound a piece (a bit steep if you ask me), but these really caught my eye and sound pretty good. The name and flavour is even written how little kids write online :o
Yay! Bad spelling! Haha

It's a pretty cool looking can albeit it a bit gimmicky, but hey, let's pop this beast open and wreak havoc upon my innards. Oh wait, I can't, it's crap free >:I

It smells really strong of raspberry (even though it's only 2% raspberry juice. The other 73% is apple juice. It's the same with the other flavours). A really nice smell

:O Guess what I've just realised? I've finally found something which is raspberry flavour using real raspberry and it's not blue!!!!!! There is a god!

But anywho, It's only mildly fizzy and doesn't taste as strong as it smells, it's kind of weak. I'm sure I can detect a slight bit of ginger or something similar too? I don't know....

Overall, it's pretty good, but I feel it's selling more on a gimmick than the actual product. Maybe this will be the new thing I'm going to be picking up in the car park at work when the school kids go back after the holidays
If you see it fairly cheap, give it a go. I give it eight and a half out of ten ;)

Jolly Rancher Fruit Chews

These were picked up in Truro while I was down Cornwall visiting the missus from a small sweet shop by the cathedral

Now, unfortunately I didn't get a single apple on in the box I bought. What the hell?!?!
But ah well, Apple isn't my favourite flavour ever
But other than apple, the flavours are cherry, watermelon and red raspberry
No, just kidding, it's blue raspberry
I've had various Jolly Rancher sweets before, so I know they're pretty decent
I also have a bag of hard ones, but they'll be reviewed some other day

So let's start with the watermelon flavour. It's in a pale-ish pink wrapper and the chew itself is a funny pink-ish-slightly-orange colour. It's fairly sticker and there's always remnants of the wrapper stuck to it.This flavour is pretty sweet. It does't taste like what I remember watermelon tastes like (I haven't had it in a long time), but it's a nice flavour. Kind of refreshing and cool, not too hard on the ol' taste buds. The texture is fairly soft and when you chew, you accumulate a fair bit of juice in your mouth.

Then onto the blue raspberry. This one's in a blue wrapper and is blue itself (what a surprise). The taste is pretty strong and has a slight tang to it, in my opinion. It's the usual blue raspberry flavour but a bit stronger

And now for the cherry, my favourite Jolly Rancher flavour. I love these. It's in a deep red wrapper and so it the sweet. These have an amazing flavour. It's not the same cherry flavour a everything else out there. It reminds me of those cheapo round lollipops you can get. It definitely stands out from most other cherry things. Maybe I'll try to get the drink one day....

The box is also nice. There's a little flap on the back which allow you to close the box and not have the top pop open. That's pretty handy

But overall (besides the apple flavour), if you like bold, slap in the face flavours, and prefer to chew things than have sugar floating around your mouth for minutes forming cavities, I can't recommend these enough. I think they're brilliant and will probably get some more at some point

Nine out of ten!

Poppets Strawberry Milkshake

My girlfriend and I went to Truro today and there's an old fashioned sweet shop there. But they also sell other stuff and a small American section too
I found these in said shop

They sound pretty good, but whether they actually are or not... We'll find out

You can just about smell the strawberry over the chocolate
They're not really pink inside like on the box, but more of an off white colour. The inside is quite solid, but bite-able and not too hard. It does taste like strawberry milkshake, but it's not the strongest thing ever, but it goes well with the chocolate. Not bad

Seven out of ten

Monster Energy Absolutely Zero

I'm not usually a fan of Monster, but this can caught my eye

It's a pretty funky looking can

So this is a zero sugar, calorie free energy drink. I don't get that. Surely if you're wanting energy, you want sugar and calories so your body actually has something to burn? After a spot of research, I've come to understand that caffeine itself doesn't give you energy (as far as I know, only sugars and carbs can be "burned" for energy, but I'm not biologist), but one of its functions is to "tell" your liver to release more sugar into the bloodstream for your body to use. But what good is that if there's no sugar to be released? Obviously there will be from reserves or whatever you ate earlier, but not from this drink. It also blocks adenosine, which is the chemical which tells your brain it's time to sleep. But that doesn't mean you'll have the energy to do stuff, you just won't be able to sleep (as I've found out many times before because of energy drinks)
But don't take all this as a fact, I'm just writing what I'm understanding by reading various materials on the net....
I'm thinking this is more for hipsters who want to look cool by holding a monster can, but also want to fit into the hippy healthy group by not consuming calories or sugar, so they don't end up fat (but if you're having an energy drink, surely you're wanting to do some sort of exercise anyway?)

So anywho, let's pop this baby open and suckle upon its juicy innards
It's the usual urine colour, which pretty much every other drink in this market has, but with a slightly green tinge. It smells mildly fruity, but not all too different from the rest of the bunch. It's sweet, really sweet. And tastes kind of flowery and delicate. There's not all that much flavour to it. I don't really like it, to be honest. But I'm not one to pour money down the drain (these things aren't too cheap) so I guess I better drink it. Unfortunately

This drink isn't for me really and I wouldn't recommend it at all
Two out of ten (Only because it's not gut wrenchingly disgusting)