Pucker Up for Warheads! Quiz / Test | Food & Drink

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1. Warheads, also known as Mega Warheads, have become known as an extreme candy that was popular in the eighties and nineties. Which of these describes an original Warhead?

Answer: all of these

Warheads are hard candy, known for their intense sour flavor. Warheads have a coating that contains malic acid, which causes the extreme sour flavor. The intense sour effect that occurs once the candy is put in the mouth, fades off within a few seconds. Once the sour layer is gone, it leaves the hard sweet layer of the candy. Warheads also come in different colors according to their flavor.

2. Warheads have become popular in the United States, but the United States of America was not the country of their original origin. Warheads originally came from this small island in East Asia, known for mountainous regions and their Chinese and Japanese history. Which geographical location were Warheads invented in?

Answer: Taiwan

Warheads were invented on the beautiful island of Taiwan in 1975. This tropical island has many mountains and is bordered by the East China Sea, the Philippine Sea, the Luzon Strait, and the South China Sea. Like the island of its origin, Warheads remain a unique and special candy.

3. As of 2008, Warheads were being manufactured in the United States by Impact Confections. However Impact Confections was not the name of the first company that brought Warheads to the United States. Which of these companies was the first in the United States to import Warheads?

Answer: The Foreign Candy Company

Warheads were imported to the United States by the Foreign Candy Company in 1993. Impact Confections, a company founded in 1981, became the manufacture of Warheads in 2004. Warheads became Impact's flagship candy, benefiting their business specialty of manufacturing candy appealing to children. Impact also manufactures other childhood candies, including Paint Brush lollipops, Sidewalk Chalk bubblegum, and Bubbaloha bubblegum.

4. Warheads obtained their name from the comparison of their sour flavor to the reaction of a real warhead, which is an explosive part attached to missiles and some weapons.

Answer: True

Warheads were named after the explosive part of weapons such as missiles, because their sour taste can sometimes cause intense reactions. The sour reaction creates an "explosion" of flavor in an individual's mouth that can be symbolized by the reaction of warheads that are used as military ammunition.

5. Can Warheads cause temporary tongue damage and irritation?

Answer: Yes

Warheads can cause temporary tongue damage and irritation if an individual consumes too many in a short amount of time. Sometimes this can result in temporary loss of taste or numbness for a few hours in extreme usage.

6. Although Warheads are known for their sour reputation, a different version or cousin of Warheads became well known for their extreme hot flavors. Which of these was brand name of the extreme hot version of the candy manufactured by The Foreign Candy Co?

Answer: Torcher Scorchers

Torcher Scorchers used to be a good object for a practical joke, because of the reaction they caused in people's mouth. These extreme candies were similar to Warheads, but instead of being extremely sour, they were known for their fiery hot sensation, caused by the coating of cayenne pepper. Often Torcher Scorchers that were left too long in an individuals mouth or eaten too many at once, could actually burn someone's mouth temporarily. Torcher Scorchers were available in flavors that included lemon-lime lava, raspberry rage, tangerine torcher, and cherry combustion.

They never became as popular or as well known as the original Warheads, and were discontinued.

7. Warheads come in many assorted flavors. Which of these was NOT a Warhead flavor in 2008?

Answer: Root Beer

Warheads have come in watermelon, lemon, apple, blue raspberry, and black cherry flavors. Lemon is known for being the most sour. My favorite flavors were watermelon and apple.

8. This fun character knows how to pucker up when there is a sour taste! Which of these was the Warhead mascot as of 2008?

Answer: Wally Warhead

Wally Warhead decorated the packaging of most Warhead products as of 2008. Wally is a boy with puckered lips and an atomic cloud rising above his head. The mascot was aimed to appeal to children, Warhead's most targeted consumers.

9. Although the original Warheads are hard candies, Warheads have been made available in many other forms. Which of these was NOT a Warhead product?

Answer: Warhead Oreos

Sour Gummy Grubs are the Warhead version of gummy worms. Warheads Super Sour Spray candy is a liquid version of the sour candy that is in a small spray bottle. Sour Fruit Chews QBZ are a packages assortment of gummy fruit, similar to gummy bears. As of 2008, Oreos were a NaBisCo product and there was not a Warhead version of the cookie.

10. As an extreme candy, Warheads can be enjoyed in many ways. Which of these is a common way to enjoy the original Warheads?

Answer: all of these

Sour races and competitions are fun informal battles among kids. In competitions the one who lasts the longest without swallowing or spitting out a Warhead is the winner. For those who can not handle the sour shock of the original Warhead, rinsing off the candy in water lowers down the sour level and exposes the sweet hard layer of candy quicker. Of course, eating the candy just the plain old way is still an original way of having fun! ;)

Source: Author exceller

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