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What I am reviewing here today is a share size bag of Skittles, America Mix flavored. Walmart is the highest likelihood of carrier, and/or Target. I was originally going to call this review because *spoiler alert* these things sucked, in my opinion. Being an avid anti-tropical Skittles person since conception, I was avert to many of these flavors. Nonetheless I will picture and review flavors one by one

So to start at the top, Strawberrry. It’s not quite like classic Strawberry, it’s a bit duller like someone made a light version of Strawberry. Usually I eat this flavor first out of the Classic Skittles but in this mix I was not impressed.

Next would be BlackBerry. This like the upcoming WildBerry taste like they were misplaced from a tropical package. These by themselves have an interesting taste, but in an unassuming handful they can nasty up the mix. It’s not quite grape not quite Blueberry but somewhere inbetween.

Yumberry is an interesting one. It has a good medium type berry flavor, more Raspberry in my opinion. The White coloring is interesting as that is usually only seen in the upcoming Pride Skittles which are technically colorless. For some reason this one reminds me of the Pop Tarts with the confetti sprinkles and strawberry filling.

Raspberry isn’t really my jam. It’s not bad but it tastes more like a candle than a candy. It’s flagrant, but lacking. Another one that doesn’t really mix well. The coloring is really dull on this one too.

Wild Berry is god awful. I just hate the tropical type flavors and this one topped the cake.

Overall I had a bad experience with this candy and in my personal barometer I would say these are going to end up as giveaways in the family mix bowl

Overall rating: 1.5/5

Pros~ Not too much to highlight. If you like Berry this might be your bag

Skittles has evolved over the years from the simple 5 flavor scheme to many different variations. Reviewed currently is the 'Darkside' variation. Released as an exclusive alongside 'Brightside' Skittles it was the more flavor heavy variant of the two.

Some people have argued that all Skittles taste the same. This argument is indeed false. The quality which determines the taste is obviously flavor, so to start here are the flavors of Skittles: Darkside 

(Forbidden Fruit, Black Cherry, Dark Berry, Midnight Lime, Blood Orange)

(As Packaged)

Starting with Forbidden fruit, the taste is slightly tropical Skittle Berry with an unexpectedly sweet aftertaste. Probably the most unique flavor of the lot, color and taste wise.

My Personal favorites are Black Cherry & Dark Berry. Black Cherry is a somewhat docile Cherry flavor, not in your face or sour. Dark Berry is the new version of grape, likely modeled more after Black Currant flavor rather than grape. Though I’m a lover of Grape anything, the Dark Berry Flavoring isn’t bad. 

Aside from the flavoring, the coloring on these was pretty strange. I first thought I got a stunted package or something, most of the colors except Forbidden fruit looked washed out, I thought it was recently packaged. 

Midnight Lime and Blood Orange are both valuable additions as well. Midnight Lime being an almost Apple Lime and Blood Orange a more sweet than sour Orange. 

One of the benefits of this mix is that it combines well, If you happen to take a handful, you won’t get a taste out of consistency with the others. 

The consistency of these Skittles is also particularly tough I would say, it might of just been the ones I purchased but some were less chewy than the original Skittles.

Overall Rating: 3.5/5

Pros~ Sweet, Easy to mix, Different Flavors, Almost Tropical