93 thoughts on “Name That Candy: Fizzy, Sour, and Disgusting Color”

1. Fizz Bombs!

2. Bottlecaps! they had so much promise from the marketing on the package and then you open them up and they are just bottlecap shaped smarties that are SUPPOSED to fizz but, never quite get there and whatever agent they put in to make the fizz action really destroyed the flavor, they were a mottled pastel color – not very exciting.

3. Maybe Zott’s if it turned your mouth a gross color. they came in a long tape package.

4. no i know and love zotz and bottlecaps…those so are not it, but thank you for your replies. I wish that I could remember the packaging better…I think that they had like a weird looking face on it…and the packaging was white…good description right? hahaha. i wish that i remembered more about these..but i don’t. more ideas please please!!!! thank you!!! katee

5. Hmm, I remember eating Fizz Bombs, but maybe those weren’t available across the US. There was another candy called Fizzy Faces that I remember looking for a few years ago and discovered was discontinued. Thos actually had a face on the package.

6. Now and Laterz maybe? for the weird colour anyway.

7. When I was a kid…30 years ago…we had a candy called fizzies. They were meant to dissolve in water to make a pop like drink. We always dared each other to let them dissolve in our mouths. They were pretty intense! They did turn your mouth a disgusting color, but most were not sour.

8. Sour FX had heaps of different ones

   I believe this is what you are looking for
   http://tinyurl.com/mv77u

9. i’m not very old, but when i was a kid (still a fair time ago) my friend used to give me this sour/fizzy/mouth-colouring powder-type candy called “spew.” because that was what you’d look like if you stuffed your mouth full of it, they even had illustrations indicating likewise. not sure if this is what you meant, but the “disgusting name” part is there!

10. Was it gum? There used to be this gum called Mad Dog back in the early 90′s that had a foaming powder in the middle. I used to love those! There was two similar kinds of gum (they all came in gumball form, BTW) called Tearjerkers and Cry Babies that were sour. I don’t know about the one that turns your tongue a weird color. I’m seeing something on a few websites called Tongue Splashers? I’m pretty sure that the same company made Tearjerkers and Mad Dogs. I think all of this candy is actually still sold except the Mad Dogs, which were my favorite. I really miss those…

11. What a great forum you have!! I appreciate all of the replies so much, but sadly, none of these are what I’m looking for. It’s one of those things that if I see it I will know it….If you ever come across something that you think might be it and you have the time, could you let me know? Thank you so much for posting my question..I appreciate it so much. Katee

12. Could it be tearjerkers or cry babies, or tongue splashers? The first two are sour and the last turns your tongue a different color. They are make by Concord.

    RESPONSE: Good guesses! We’ll see what she says.
    –Brian

13. I know this is off topic but someone mentioned “Spew” I loved that candy and I haven’t been able to find it. Does anyone know where it can be gotten? -I’ve searched it on the internet and this forum is the ONLY place I could find it.

    RESPONSE: Hmmmm…I have never heard of Spew candy. I did some searching online and found out that it is/was called “Mad Dawg Super Spew Bubble Chew” made by a company called “How Can It Be So Sour Co.” out of California. I can’t find a website for the company but I found this page that has their phone number and address so I called them but it went straight to an answering machine.

    So, I’m fairly certain Spew isn’t made anymore :(

    –Brian

14. I am looking for a candy – butterscotch laddies or lassies, chocolate covered butterscotch shaped like buttercreams alsways got in school out of a scotish plaid box any one know the real name or the maker ty

15. Were they Raven’s Revenge? I used to love those- last I heard they were made by a South Californian company. They don’t even have a website.

    They were vials of powder (like pixie stick powder) candy.

16. In response to Joanne, I too am trying to find out about Butterscotch Laddies. My uncle used to buy them at a market in downtown Baltimore when I was a kid about 40 years ago. I remember the plaid box but have no idea who the maker was. I am pretty sure the name was “Butterscotch Laddies” though.

17. where can i buy sourfx to be delivered over the internet? need to get them for my friend’s birthday – it’s important!

18. this candy is a tongue coloring fizzy candy!!!! Is this what u are looking 4?

19. Are you sure it wasnt fizzy warheads? I loved those! Grape ones were the best… you could be suckin on them and next thing ya know, theyre exploding in your mouth with fizzy sugary stuff!! Mmm (and that sounded so wrong LOL)

20. I am also trying to find the butterscotch laddies.Not to to set doubt, but I think my dad called them butterscotch lassies. I’ve been looking off and on for a year. My dad talks about this candy
    all the time. Frankly, I’m sick of hearing about it. If any one know where to find it, let me know, please. Thanks Kim

21. The ones that turn your tongue colors are Tongue Splashers. The sour ones are CryBaby’s. I’m not sure about the last one you’re referring too though.

22. http://www.theworldofcandy.com/tsplasher-mini.html

    Here is a link to the Tongue Splashers.

23. I think you are talking about FUN DIP! It was great!!! : D

24. i think it may be popin rocks

25. We tried a candy called “Tongue Fizzy coloring candies” by ARCOR made in Peru but haven’t been able to find them anywhere. Don’t know exactly where it came from a parade or party. My son said it was the best candy he ever had tried.

26. Did anyone ever find out where you can get butterscotch lassies? I’ve been looking for years. They were hard butterscotch covered in dark chocolate and came in a plaid box. We bought them at recess in Catholic school.

27. hey i think we might be looking for the same thing. what im looking for was from when i was young.. it was a tablet form and when you placed it in your mouth it woudl fizz. I cant remember what it was but i would love to try to find some. If you can PLEASE help me find what these are called.

    RESPONSE: Sounds like Fizzies
    –Brian

28. I have been looking for a similar candy. I thought they were called Fizzies, but thoes are different. Fizzies are a tablet that makes your water taste like soda. The candy I’m looking for fizzed in your mouth for a few seconds after you put it in, then teh fizz wore down, but they were little round balls of hard candy and they were wraped in clear plastic. I don’t kno what the package looked like though. I had them late 80′s early 90′s.

29. They are called Lotsa Fizz.

    http://www.blaircandy.com/lofica48.html

30. to Joanne and Barbara,
    Those candies in the plaid Box were Butterscotch Lassies and they were the most awesome candy ever! I used to sell them by the box load back in grade school (in 1968 or ’69). If you know where they can be found, do TELL!!!!!!

31. Hey Ellie-
    I think you and I are looking for the same product. I’m looking for Fizzies for my mom. They looked exactly like smarties, same packaging and everything. But when you put a fizzie in your mouth, it fizzes for a few seconds. Seems like most people think the only fizzies were the ones you dropped into water…..and that’s not what I’m looking for. Perhaps we can help each other look for them.
    Miranda

32. Mad Dog Spew was the super sour gum that made your mouth foam like a mad dog. Loved it! I actually found your site doing a search for it.

33. tongue fizzy coloring candies made by arcor

34. Miranda and Ellie, I am looking for the same candy please let me know if you find out what it is. It would mean a big raise to me! As my boss is pregnant and craving these…….lol

35. I’m looking for Butterscotch Lassies also. The good sisters of mercy let us sell/eat them at recess in suburban
    Philadelphia in the 50′s. My aging teeth are seeking this
    delightful butterscotch center with dark choc cover. Anyone?

36. Miranda and ellie if you google the word fizzers and look under images these are the candies your looking for they are discontinued. hope this helps.

37. Ellie, I think you are referring to Zotz. They are a hard candy that after sucking on it awhile produces a fizzy center….very similar to Fizzies. Comes individually wrapped in a string usually about 5 per string.

38. My hubby remembers a candy from his childhood that I have never heard of but am desperately trying to find for him. He said it was a stringy candy that when you put it in your mouth it fizzed up. He grew up in Texas. If anyone knows anything about a candy like this please respond.

    Thank you so much!!!!

39. I think what you are looking for is Fizzers. I was looking for them too. I LOVED them! I prefer them over Smarties.

    Sticks of Fruity Fizz. The Original fizzy sweets, made by Swizzels Matlow

    Please Note: box of pack of 20 option is supplied in our new crystal clear bags, box of 100 option is supplied in the original box and the 3kg option is supplied in the original bag.

    Find them at: http://www.chocolatebuttons.co.uk

40. Mad Dog Spew (gum) and Spew are not the same. Spew was a fruit punch flavored powder that would foam. It came in a rectangular plastic tube and had a “Spewer Viewer” so that you could watch your mouth change colors.

    I still have an empty tube but it doesn’t have the name of the company on it.

41. Its got to be zots.

42. its not dots.. lol but im goin to google it!

43. Lotsa Fizz Sour Candy (Similar To Zotz)

44. *sigh* I found Mad Dog Spew here after searching for it too, but I have never found much information on it. I used to chew it when I was younger (I am 20 now.) The first time I chewed it, I didn’t know it foamed, so I kept swallowing it and got a little sick, but afterword someone told me about it and loved it! Used to put small stains on our driveway. *sigh* The good ol’ times!

45. pop rocks? nerds?

46. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! I know ACTUALLy what you’re talkin’ about..

    Mouth washers= Is the gum that turn your teeth a different color >

    Fizz= is the hard candy with the fizz powder inside
    >

    Warheads= Is the super sour ones

    THAT SHOULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTION…..

47. the candy you are referring to…did it come in a package that had a light bulb on it and the candy was round and fizzed if so then I have been looking for this also the blue was my favorite

48. pop rocks it sounds like

49. they are called tongue splashers

    or there is the mixed tub she is talking about of dye bomb sweets and fizzy sweets – called gladiators

50. Could someone please give a website to find the “tongue coloring fizz candies” from Peru. Email Mexcry2005@yahoo.com