{"id":76,"date":"2004-11-08T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2004-11-08T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=76"},"modified":"2020-10-21T19:10:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T05:10:10","slug":"holiday-spice-pepsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2004\/11\/08\/holiday-spice-pepsi\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Pepsi Holiday Spice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/11\/Pepsi-Holiday-Spice-Bottle.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/11\/Pepsi-Holiday-Spice-Bottle.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/11\/Pepsi-Holiday-Spice-Bottle.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/11\/Pepsi-Holiday-Spice-Bottle.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/11\/Pepsi-Holiday-Spice-Bottle.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/11\/Pepsi-Holiday-Spice-Bottle.jpeg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/11\/Pepsi-Holiday-Spice-Bottle.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ye holiday season is here!<\/p>\n<p>Woo hoo!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to get into the holiday spirit and I&#8217;m trying to get into the mood by drinking Pepsi Holiday Spice.<\/p>\n<p>I NEED to have the holiday spirit, as I prepare for the crowded malls, last minute shopping, excessive Christmas decorations, the color red, tinsel, children crying on Santa&#8217;s lap, and numerous kiss rejections under the mistletoe.<\/p>\n<p>I would&#8217;ve gotten eggnog, but no one is selling it yet. So until someone starts selling it, I&#8217;m stuck with Pepsi Holiday Spice to get me in the mood for some holiday \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fun.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>I know liquor is quicker, but I&#8217;m afraid I might relive my 21st birthday drinking binge, which involved ten shots in one hour, followed by dancing with two girls, flashing body parts on my body that shouldn&#8217;t be flashed, and dry heaves.<\/p>\n<p>So what does Pepsi Holiday Spice taste like?<\/p>\n<p>It has a nice spicy cinnamon and ginger taste and it&#8217;s really good, but let me think of a better way to describe the taste.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Well go to your favorite store, whether it&#8217;s a local mom and pops or your gigantic mom and pops-destroying superstore, and look for a red soda bottle or can with the word Coke on it. Then purchase it or steal it, because there&#8217;s no way the old greeter at the superstore entrance will be able to tackle you. Then open it and when you drink it you will know what Pepsi Holiday Spice tastes like.<\/p>\n<p>To make that unnecessarily long explanation paragraph short, Pepsi Holiday Spice tastes very similar to Coke.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a crazy Coke fanatic and you think what I just said is blasphemy, then go try it for yourself, YOU FRICKEN&#8217; COKE-HEAD!<\/p>\n<p>Wow. That last part was rude of me. I&#8217;m sorry.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like I need more holiday spirit. <\/p>\n<p>Well, I guess it&#8217;s a good thing I bought a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi Holiday Spice, because hopefully the more holiday spice I drink, the more holiday spirit I&#8217;ll have.<\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b> Pepsi Holiday Spice<br \/>\n<b>Purchase Price:<\/b> $1.49 (2-liter bottle, on sale)<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 8 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b> Very good. Nice spicy taste. A great holiday drink replacement until eggnog hits the stores. Tastes like Coke.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b> If you&#8217;re a crazy Coke fanatic, it tastes like Coke. Too bad it&#8217;s a limited edition. Might need a bit more holiday spirit in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ye holiday season is here! Woo hoo! It&#8217;s time to get into the holiday spirit and I&#8217;m trying to get into the mood by drinking Pepsi Holiday Spice. I NEED to have the holiday spirit, as I prepare for the crowded malls, last minute shopping, excessive Christmas decorations, the color red, tinsel, children crying on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[1500,1488],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-pepsi","tag-soda"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25748,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/09\/review-salted-caramel-pepsi\/","url_meta":{"origin":76,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Salted Caramel Pepsi","author":"Marvo","date":"November 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Most seasonal flavors stay in their section of the calendar. 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