{"id":37902,"date":"2019-07-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=37902"},"modified":"2019-07-10T10:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T20:07:04","slug":"sonic-reaper-spicy-margarita-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/11\/sonic-reaper-spicy-margarita-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Sonic Reaper Spicy Margarita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sonic-Reaper-Spicy-Margarita.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sonic Reaper Spicy Margarita\" title=\"Sonic Reaper Spicy Margarita.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What is the Sonic Reaper Spicy Margarita?<\/h3>\n<p>As a part of Sonic\u2019s somewhat innovative line of supposed non-alkie \u201cmocktails,\u201d the Reaper Spicy Margarita takes everything alcohol-lovers enjoy with a classic margarita, subbing the usual tequila with, what the Hell, the absolute terror of liquefied Carolina Reaper Peppers.<\/p>\n<h3>How is it?<\/h3>\n<p>As cold and satisfying as the Reaper Margarita is on the first sip, almost immediately, the fires of a demonic inferno are quickly unleashed on the insides of your mouth, burning your tongue, numbing your nose, and scalding your throat, causing anyone with a well-worn grip on their remaining senses to throw this drink down on the ground, cursing the heavens with a closed fist in a most stupid fit of self-imposed rage.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sonic-Reaper-Spicy-Margarita-Top.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sonic Reaper Spicy Margarita Top\" title=\"Sonic Reaper Spicy Margarita Top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While there is an extremely slight citrus-flavor that is hovering around, it is practically impossible to taste over the mouth-destroying Reaper additives, a garden-peppery coating the slowly moves down the throat in a esophageal thrashing that\u2019s normally reserved for Saturday night at the taqueria, not for a Tuesday afternoon getting a Sonic Happy Hour treat on the way home from work.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry guys, but this just doesn\u2019t work; I mean, for real: who is this drink for?<\/p>\n<h3>Is there anything else you need to know?<\/h3>\n<p>The night I forcibly drank about half of this, the scalding belches and burps continually seared my gutwerks with each gastric devil-bubble that traveled up my throat. Consequentially, I ended up downing about two or three rather large gulps of Pepto-Bismol just to cool my aching body-tubes.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion:<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sonic-Reaper-Spicy-Margarita-Lid.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sonic Reaper Spicy Margarita Lid\" title=\"Sonic Reaper Spicy Margarita Lid.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who knows me knows how much I truly enjoy the spicier things in this life. Give a roundhouse kick of heat on just about everything I eat, please. That being said, I truly get what Sonic is trying to do here, but, if I\u2019m being honest, this isn\u2019t a drink as much as it is a novelty dare. The mix should be sold on page 35 of the Archie McPhee catalog, not at my local Sonic Drive-In. Maybe, just maybe, it would work if the Scovilles was brought way down, maybe to level it a bit more evenly with the sugar. But, as for now, it\u2019s too little, way too <em>hot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchased Price:<\/strong> $1.79 (each)<br \/>\n<strong>Size:<\/strong> Small<br \/>\n<strong>Rating:<\/strong> 1 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Nutrition Facts:<\/strong> 190 calories, 0 grams of fat, 230 milligrams of sodium, 51 grams of carbohydrates, 50 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Sonic Reaper Spicy Margarita? As a part of Sonic\u2019s somewhat innovative line of supposed non-alkie \u201cmocktails,\u201d the Reaper Spicy Margarita takes everything alcohol-lovers enjoy with a classic margarita, subbing the usual tequila with, what the Hell, the absolute terror of liquefied Carolina Reaper Peppers. How is it? As cold and satisfying as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1547],"class_list":["post-37902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-sonic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37704,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/03\/fast-food-news-sonic-mocktail-slushes\/","url_meta":{"origin":37902,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Sonic Mocktail Slushes","author":"Marvo","date":"July 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: We tried the Reaper Spicy Margarita! 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