by Cameron Coon

Created on: March 25, 2009

There are many sour candies in the world and every person in the world has different taste buds than the others. What makes these delicious candies sour? One ingredient is the citric acid found in sweet fruits like oranges and lemons. Another more known ingredient is sugar, an increased amount of sugar will make anything sweet and sour. I have found that the sourest candy in the world is infact toxic waste candy that comes in little cans, but before I could make a decision I had to first find candies that could be the sourest then I narrowed it down. I went on a search to find which candy would be named the sourest candy in the world based on my taste buds. First I tried sour skittles, if you have at least five in your mouth at a time they will be increasingly sour but unfortunately they are not sour enough to be called the sourest candy.

Next I tried sour punch straws my little brother tried them and he said they tasted pretty sour. But after I tried the sour punch straws I had to say they werent very sour at all. Next in the grocery store I came across sweet tart shockers. This candy seemed like it possibly could be the sourest. It was the sourest candy I had tasted so far. We also tried Wonka sour nerds because they were from the same production company, but as it turns out sour nerds aren't really that sour after all. The next candy was rumored to be the most sour candy in the world. This candy was the warhead. It all depended on what kind of warhead it was, if it was a lemon warhead it was so sour it actually hurt my mouth! But when I tried the watermelon warhead it was still sour but not as sour as the lemon was.

I had not had nearly as much luck with the next few trials as I did with the warhead. After the warhead I tried sour jelly beans. These jellybeans were not as sour as I thought they would be. Neither were the bleeps uncoated sour candy, it was decently sour but still not as sour as the warhead. After trying sour gummy bears, Napoleon sour bon-bons, and sour candy I knew all of these candies were sour but the sourness just didn't match up well enough to be in the same group as the warhead.
Finally I had ran into the toxic waste candy and boy was I blown away! This candy is so sour it had a disclaimer saying that people with sensitive mouths should not eat this candy, how cool is that? After I tried both the warhead and the toxic waste candy I had decided that the toxic waste candy was the most sour candy in the world. But this is just my opinion, you can go out and find these candies in any store and try them out for yourself.

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