Mentos Update

MENTOS SIGHTING: On the ferry between Germany and Denmark.  Duty-free, boat-exclusive, massive-tubes filled with Mentos.  The let down(s): the tubes are filled with 5 rolls of Mentos, and they are expensive. I really wanted giant, tube-sized Mentos. In my opinion, going giant is the best step a candy can take (if you disagree, let me remind you of GIANT SWEETTARTS).  I even would've settled for a tube filled to the brim with loose Mentos.  Thankfully, I was able to discern the contents without buying.  A mystery remains, though.  The tube promises the flavors of Watermelon, Mango, and Orange.  Seeing how Watermelon gets one side and Mango/Orange get the other, I assume that Mango/Orange is one flavor.  If not one flavor, it must be a single roll of Mentos with both Mango and Orange inside.  I wonder, though, if there are supposed to be five rolls inside the tube, the distribution of flavors cannot be equal.  There must be an extra roll of either Watermelon or Mango/Orange (if the three should happen to be separate rolls, then there has to be one flavor with only one roll inside).  Is it three Watermelons and two Mango/Oranges? Or is it three Mango/Oranges and two Watemelons?  Or...could it be five rolls containing the odd mix of Mango/Orange & Watermelon? This question will haunt me. Also, if the disparity turns out to be true and, say, there is one more Watermelon roll than Mango/Orange, where did that decision come from?  Someone in this world works for Perfetti Corp and has a serious bone to pick with Mango/Orange, giving Watermelon such an unfair advantage.  Just by the nature of the package, Watermelon is given equal billing, but Mango/Orange is no match for an extra roll.  Watermelon will live on in the minds of the consumers because of its dominance while Mango/Orange will be forgotten.  If I was to buy the tube and get three Watermelons and two Mango/Oragnes, I'd bookend my consumption with Watermelon rolls and layer the underdog rolls inbetween.  This type of neat-eating would leave Watermelon as the last taste in my mouth, memory, and heart (regardless of quality or flavor).  The structure of this type of "special" packaging doesn't allow for a balanced or informed taste experience.   This is the Darwinian battlefield of some marketing guy at Perfetti Corp. I will not indulge unless you give me an even number of rolls. This is taste eugenics.  

I always knew it would start with Mentos. 

Mini Mentos!  Sadly, I couldn't actually buy any Mini Mentos.  This sign overlooks a children's playarea in a Mediamall near Alexanderplatz in Berlin. The playarea is Mentos-themed, though. And by that, I mean that these signs lined the long rectangle of squishy floor and germ-ridden blocks these kids were fortunate enough to have to entertain themselves. I like that you are going for them young, Mentos.  You definitely don't have anything to worry about in terms of a choking hazard, you can definitely go mini.  Or, if you are planning to pull something akin to the Tobacco industry to hook-em-while-they-are-young, you should make your harmful product into candy, like the candy cigarette.  Oh wait, you already are candy. I guess you could try making some lethal form of your candy if you want to go for reserve psychology.  How about you just make a roll of Mentos that is lead-flavored?

I figured it out.  Mini Mentos are definitively made of lead.  Stay away. 

Mentos Green Apple, German-style: still delicious, a little more tart than the ones we have in the States. Grade: B+

Mentos RAINBOW: This is it.  This is the pinnacle of a Mentos roll.  Not only do you get seven delicious flavors, but the individual Mentos sit, geographically, with their external picture on the sleeve.  You always know what flavor is next!  Here is my ranking of the flavors, from best to a slightly lesser best: Raspberry, Lime, Grape, Strawberry, Green Apple, Pineapple, Orange. 

I feel horrible having to rank the flavors.  

Overall: A+