{"id":58389,"date":"2023-09-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=58389"},"modified":"2023-09-25T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T02:45:07","slug":"ghost-rainbow-sour-strips-energy-drink-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2023\/09\/26\/ghost-rainbow-sour-strips-energy-drink-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Ghost Rainbow Sour Strips Energy Drink"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In recent years, Sour Strips, the social media-savvy candy company founded in 2019, has gone from relative gourmet obscurity to a sweet and sour force to be reckoned with. Popping up in big box stores like Target and gourmet sugar shops all across the United States, the brand has now officially aligned with another of the modern sweet and sour overlords \u2014 Ghost Energy. This didn\u2019t come out of nowhere though, as Sour Strips founder Maxx Chewning is a longtime collaborator with Ghost, including last year\u2019s fantastic Ghost Energy flavor Strawbango Margarita<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s limited edition collab is a bit more on the nose, turning one of Sour Strips\u2019 most popular flavors, Rainbow, into a drinkable sugar-free elixir chock-full of 200 milligrams of natural caffeine and focus ingredients, including L-Carnitine, Taurine, and Alpha-GPC.<\/p>\n

Like many great candy companies that came before it, Sour Strips makes a type of typically tough, leathery gummy candy belts covered in sugar that come in a myriad of whimsical fruity flavors. The difference with Sour Strips is they feel like the softest, thinnest, and freshest version of candy belts I\u2019ve ever had, with punchy flavors and a legitimate sour finish to go along with the crunchy sugar crystals. I know we\u2019re not reviewing the candy here, but I wanted to show you my credentials that I do, in fact, know what this drink should taste like.<\/p>\n

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So what does a rainbow taste like? It tastes like many other rainbow-flavored Skittles-adjacent drinks with one huge difference \u2014 there\u2019s no grape. Oftentimes, with Taste the Rainbow-type concoctions, whether from Alani Nu\u2019s Cosmic Stardust or C4\u2019s Skittles, the grape comes in with authority and can be a touch overpowering, but not here at all. This rainbow is a beautiful blend of cherry first, then blue raspberry, and a lemon-forward citrus that\u2019s really refreshing. I think I even get a hint of strawberry, which helps differentiate it from a more typical Bomb Pop-type of profile.<\/p>\n

The flavor is delicious and packs a pretty decent sour punch too. Again, much like the Sour Pink Lemonade<\/a>, it\u2019s not going to take the sourness to Warheads heights, and I wouldn\u2019t want it to, but it has a sour bite that stacks as you drink it to back up the dense sweetness at the forefront. It\u2019s nice and bubbly bright with zero thick syrupiness, and I think it\u2019s safe to say Maxx should be very proud of his second excellent flavor with Ghost.<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> $2.99
\nSize:<\/strong> 16 oz can
\nPurchased at:<\/strong> Vitamin Shoppe
\nRating:<\/strong> 9 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 can) 10 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 30 milligrams of sodium, 2 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 0 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent years, Sour Strips, the social media-savvy candy company founded in 2019, has gone from relative gourmet obscurity to a sweet and sour force to be reckoned with. Popping up in big box stores like Target and gourmet sugar shops all across the United States, the brand has now officially aligned with another of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"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_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1530,2089],"class_list":["post-58389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-energy-drink","tag-ghost-energy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52942,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/09\/14\/ghost-energy-strawbango-margarita-energy-drink-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":58389,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Ghost Energy Strawbango Margarita Energy Drink","author":"Sean","date":"September 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"What is it? 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