List of Skittles products

Skittles candy products, produced by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, come in a wide variety of flavours and colours. Some of these varieties are only released for a limited time; others are available only in particular regions of the world. The oldest skittles product is Original Fruit Skittles, which was originally released in Europe in 1974, and was launched in the United States in 1979.[1] The most recent, Blenders, was released in 2011. Earlier Skittles products tended to focus on fruit flavours, more recent products have branched out to include flavours such as chocolate, bubble gum, popcorn, mint, and sours. Skittles products also come in a wide variety of colours, although different Skittles products often use the same colours for sweets with different flavours. For example, the colour yellow is associated with lemon flavour in Original Fruit Skittles and as banana berry in Tropical Skittles.

List

Picture Name Flavors Notes Year
Original Fruit Skittles In North America, purple Skittles are grape.[1]

In the UK, purple Skittles are blackcurrant.
In Taiwan, South Korea, China and Australia, lime is replaced with green apple flavour.
Green apple replaced lime in the United States as well for a brief time in 2001, as part of a promotion.[2]

 1974[1]
Tropical Tropical Skittles typically have two flavours in one skittle.[1] 1989[1]
Wild Berry 1989[1]
N/A Tart-N-Tangy Flavors were those that represent the sour skittles that were released after these where discontinued with slight differences to the flavors. Specifics on the flavors are sketchy. Discontinued in 1992. Was later replaced by sour skittles in the bright green package. 1989
Crazy Cores (outside colour, core) Sold in North America in bulk stores. (Sams Club etc.) 2008[3]/2011 (UK)
Sour Vary in flavour in both North America and the United Kingdom 2000[1]
N/A Crazy Sours This product is sold as just skittles sour in the United Kingdom 2000
N/A Smoothie Mix In 2005,[1] Smoothie Mix Skittles were introduced.

The name comes from a smoothie, which is a fruit mix drink.
The product is sold in either orange bags or boxes.[1]

 2005[1]
N/A Ice Cream Treats N/A 2006[4]
N/A Carnival N/A N/A
N/A Skittles Unlimited In 2007, Limited Edition Carnival Skittles were re-released as 'Skittles Unlimited'

Released in Canada for a limited time, they are sold in black packages.

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N/A Double Sour These types of Skittles are coated with a double portion of very sour citric acid crystals.

Like Sour Skittles, the product is sold in either bright green bags or boxes.

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N/A Extreme Fruit
Gum		 These skittles have the same flavours as Extreme Fruit Skittles Bubble Gum.

The product is sold in either black bags or boxes.

 2006[1]
N/A Mint Unlike ordinary Skittles, they came in plastic containers instead of bags.[5] 2004
N/A Skittles Mints A variety of mint flavoured Skittles, different from Mint Skittles, sold for a time in Europe.

They were sold not in the usual bag nor in the plastic containers.
Rather, they were sold in a 55 gram box, deep turquoise in colour. All but Toffee Mint were revived in the form of "Extra chewy mints"

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N/A Chocolate They were sold in 55 gram bags just like M&M's. N/A
N/A Chocolate Mix The product is sold in either brown bags or boxes. 2007[4]
N/A Liquorice
  • Black Liquorice (black)
  • Liquorice Aniseed (green)
  • Liquorice Mint (white)
  • Liquorice Spice (red)
  • Liquorice Vanilla (orange)
 They were sold in Europe in 55 gram boxes rather than the usual bag. N/A
N/A Fresh Mint N/A N/A
N/A Skittles Sensations N/A N/A
Skittles Fizzl'd Fruits Wild Berry Skittles with fizzing powder coating. 2010[4]
N/A Skittles Blenders Skittles with two flavors blended together. 2011[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Skittles". Wrigley Company. Wrigley Company. http://www.wrigley.com/global/brands/skittles.aspx. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
  2. ^ JPS. "The Great Skittle Debate". February-7.com. http://www.february-7.com/index.asp?cat=Personal. Retrieved 2008-12-05. 
  3. ^ Mars Press Release
  4. ^ a b c d Blog items categorized as "Skittles" at Candy Blog on typetive.com
  5. ^ "Mint Skittles. (Candy Product Update).". Confectioner. 2002-06-01. http://www.allbusiness.com/manufacturing/food-manufacturing-sugar/202056-1.html. Retrieved 2009-07-11.